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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…
Ashish Kumar Mallick scored 97 off 104 balls as Rourkela put up 347 for 7 in their first innings against Rest of Odisha-1 at Nimpur Ground in Cuttack on Friday. Along with skipper Mallick, a fine unbeaten 72 was scored by Abhisek Mohanty with Adarsh Raiguru also scoring a fifty in the ongoing two-day format…
Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) on Wednesday unveiled new jersey for the Odisha state teams. MGM Minerals Limited will be the official apparel partner along with being the official sponsor of the state teams for the 2021-22 season. Pankaj Lochan Mohanty (president, OCA), Sanjay Behera (secretary, OCA), Bikash Pradhan (treasurer, OCA), Subrat Kumar Behera (CEO, OCA),…
Bhubaneswar: ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India), a joint venture between the two firms, has been named the official partner for the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup, reported IANS. AM/NS India has signed an agreement in this regard with Hockey India. India, which also hosted the last Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup in…
Odisha are out of the Senior Women’s One-Day Trophy after losing their quarterfinal match against the Railways by 149 runs in Bengaluru on Monday. Opting to bat, Railways scored 271 for 9 in 50 overs, with S Meghana scoring 90 and Nuzhat Parween 62. For Odisha, Priyanka Priyadarshini picked three wickets while Rasanara Parwin and…
Paralympian Pramod Bhagat received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award from the President of India. He became the first Odia to get a Khel Ratna. While Tokyo Games’ bronze medallists and Odisha hockey players Birendra Lakra and Amit Rohidas received the Arjuna Award. Double crown East Coast Railway clinched a double crown by winning…
