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Cuttack, August 1: Orissa Police (OP) defeated Young Utkal Club (YUC) by 2-0 in a match of the FAO first division football league at the Barabati Stadium here Monday.
In spite of their overall domination Orissa Police could only score once each in each session. Yudhistir Tudu opened the account in the sixth minute with an opportunistic effort while Rabi Mundary found the back of the net in the 63rd minute to seal the fate of the match.
Biplab knock props Orissa
Skipper Biplab Samantray was the lone bright spot Monday in an otherwise wobbly display by Orissa batsmen against hosts KSCA XI on day one of their four-day match in the KSCA Invitational cricket tournament at Bangalore.At stumps, Orissa were 241 for the loss of eight wickets.
After opting to bat first, Orissa were reduced to 60 for 5 against some incisive pace bowling. Then Biplab (75, 124b, 4×4, 5×6) hit a fighting half century to give some semblance of respectability to the total. Last match’s hero Subhranshu Senapati (26, 45b, 5×4) supported Biplab well, but failed to convert his good start into something substantial. Lower down the order Debabrata Pradhan (38 n o, 56b, 4×4, 2×6) and Bikash Rout (36 no, 43b, 7×4) held the innings firm.
