Cricket

Bhubaneswar: Players of India and West Indies cricket teams were given a rousing welcome as they arrived in Odisha capital on Thursday afternoon for the last and final ODI scheduled to be played at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on  December…

New Delhi: Riding on opener Renuka Rajput’s quick-fire half-century Karnataka defeated West Bengal by 10 wickets to enter the final of the inaugural edition of the Samarthanam Women’s National T-20 Tournament for Blind at DDA Sports Complex…

Bhubaneswar: The Under-19 and Under-23 cricket teams of Odisha had to face the brunt of the ongoing protests in Assam. While the Under-19 team's Ranji matches were cancelled, the Under-23 team managed to play their matches. The U-19 team…

When 16-year-old tearaway quick bowler Naseem Shah made his debut for Pakistan versus Australia at Brisbane in November 2019, he became the ninth youngest debutant in Test cricket. Just a week before, the teenager had lost his…

Sambalpur: With the addition of a new gallery with sitting capacity of 4,000, Veer Surendra Sai Stadium will soon be able to accommodate 21,000 spectators. In February, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had announced Rs 3 crore for development…

You can take an Odia out of Odisha, but you can’t take Odisha out of an Odia. So when cricketer Anshuman Rath decided to relinquish his position in the Hong Kong squad and relocate to India, he picked Odisha as his preferred destination.…

Amol Muzumdar was waiting and waiting with pads on while schoolboys Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli stitched on their memorable partnership. Amol is universally accepted as the best domestic player who has not played for India. On his…

Bhubaneswar: Cricketer VVS Laxman was all praises for a ragpicker from Smart City Bhubaneswar, who feeds stray dogs everyday despite his own misery. Kamala Lochan Baliarsingh barely gets enough to eat by collecting waste materials…

Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly formally took charge as the new president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in Mumbai on Wednesday, ending a 33-month tenure of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of…

Bhubaneswar: A day after former Odisha cricket team captain Haladhar Das decided to hang up his boots, former Ranji player Natraj Behera announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on Monday. In a letter to the Odisha Cricket…