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Bhubaneswar, August 16: Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) posted an imposing target of 441 runs against Orissa on the first day of their two-day match of the Buchi Babu Invitational cricket tournament at Chennai, Sunday.
Opting to bat first, TNCA rode on the brilliant centuries of B Indrajith (127, 116b, 7×4, 2×6), Kaushik Gandhi (100 n o, 169b, 11×4) and R Sathis (102 n o, 70b, 8×4, 3×6) to notch up 441 runs for the loss of five wickets in the stipulated 90 overs.
Orissa bowlers started well, by taking three quick wickets. But thereafter, three effective partnerships by the Tamil Nadu batsmen kept the Orissa bowlers at bay. Basant Mohanty (2/59) was the pick of the bowlers, while Alok Sahoo, Jayant Behera and Govind Podder captured one wicket each. All the bowlers bowled well in patches, but it had little impact on the rampaging middle order batsmen of Tamil Nadu.
Brief Scores
TNCA 441 for 5 (B Indrajith127, Kaushik Gandhi 110, R Sathis 102 n o; Basant Mohanty 2/59) vs Orissa. Match to continue.
Arif hogs the limelight
Mehrin Arif was adjudged the best swimmer in the girls’ category of the Swimming Meet organised by Orissa Cricket Association (OCA) at the Barabati Stadium Swimming Complex in Cuttack, Saturday. Altogether 150 participants in both the boys’ and the girls’ categories participated in the meet.
Results: Girls’- (Group-I) champion- Ekata Chand, (Group-III) champion- Riya Sahoo, (Group-IV) champion- Smruti Patra; Boys’- (Group-I) champion- Satyaki Bose, (Group-II) champion- Surya Sekhar Bose, (Group-III) champion- Yogesh Joshi, (Group-IV) champion- Swastit Ghosh.
Rakesh selected
Emerging footballer of Orissa Rakesh Oram has been selected by All India Football federation (AIFF) Sunday, in the U-19 Indian team for the U-19 Asian Champions Trophy in Malaysia August 19-26. “I will try my best to put up a great show in the tournament,” stated a confident Rakesh.