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Two players from Odisha have featured in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 players’ auction list Abhishek Raut and Subhransu Senapati will be among the 590 players that will go under the hammer in a two-day mega auction to be held on February 12-13 in Bengaluru. Both the players will feature in the ‘Uncapped Players’…
Five players from Odisha have made it to the 2022 IPL auction list, which will be held in Bengaluru on Feb 12-13. All the players who had played Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy were nominated for the registration for the mega auction, Odisha Cricket Association has said. But after scrutiny, Subhransu Senapati,…
In order to reduce “biosecurity risks”, India’s upcoming limited-overs series against West Indies next month will be played in two cities, BCCI has announced on Saturday. The ODI and T20I series was earlier scheduled to be played across cities including Jaipur, Visakhapatnam, Cuttack and Thiruvananthapuram. But now the ODI series will be played in Ahmedabad…
A senior umpire in the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) panel passed away on Jan 17 in Bargarh, aged 52. Wilson Singh represented Bargarh district from 1994 till 2005 in Kalahandi Cup. He also played for Sambalpur University in 1998. OCA office bearers and members of the association extended condolences to Singh’s family members.
The 2022 Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton arrived in Bhubaneswar on Friday. It was received by chairman, Odisha Hockey Promotion Council, Dilip Tirkey along with officials from DSYS and Odisha Olympic Association. Eminent sportspersons Anuradha Biswal and Shradhanjali Samantaray were also present while welcoming the baton. The relay baton after a stay in the capital city…
Ashok Mahapatra, an umpire in the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) panel passed away aged 49. A lawyer by profession, he had been active as an umpire in the cricket circuit. He passed away in the evening of January 12 while being treated at MKCG Hospital in Berhampur. Office bearers and members of OCA expressed their…
Bidyadhar Behera scored 182 as BBSR-A defeated Angul by a huge margin of 228 runs in the OCA Junior Boys (U-16) Inter-District Cricket tournament, played at SCB Medical Ground on Tuesday. In a low-scoring match at Nimpur Ground, Rourkela beat BBSR-B by 22 runs. SK M. Naqueeb starred by picking seven wickets in two innings….
Odisha also lost their second match to Hyderabad by nine wickets in the U-25 BCCI One-Day (Elite-A) Trophy, in Rajkot on Sunday. Put in to bat, Odisha were restricted to 211 for 9 in 50 overs, with Rajesh Mohanty scoring 35. For Hyderabad, Kartikeya Kak picked three wickets and G. AnikethReddy took two wickets. Hyderabad…
Abhinab Nanda took a five-wicket haul as Rest of Odisha-2 registered a thumping 152-run win over Angul in OCA Junior Boys (U-16) Inter-District tournament, played at Ravenshaw-1 Ground in Cuttack. In another match at Sunshine Ground, Pratik Kumar Swain also took a five-for as BBSR-A bowled out Sundargarh for 61 and win by 139 runs….
Odisha lost a close match against Vidarbha by five runs in the U-25 BCCI One-day (Elite-A) Trophy, being played at Saurashtra Cricket Association in Rajkot. After opting to field in their opening match, Odisha bowlers led by Kartik Biswal (2 for 43) and Rajesh Mohanty (2 for 44) did well to restrict Vidarbha to 252…
