Host Town Club emerged champions in the 1st Junior Cricket League, trouncing Bharat Bhusan Cricket Academy by 103 runs in the final at Town Club ground here in Old Town today. The champion team received a cash prize of Rs 10,000 and the runners-up outfit Rs 5,000.
Former India A cricketer Rashmi Ranjan Parida, Odisha Cricket Association joint-secretary Sanjib Dutta, treasurer Satya Mohanty and Town Club president Suresh Routray were present at the closing function as guests. Town Club’s Aniket Patnaik, Binayak Mohanty, Amitanshu Srichandan and Sushil Barik bagged the prizes as man of the tournament, man of the final, best bowler and best fielder respectively.
The best batsman of the tournament prize went to M Prashant of BBCA. Earlier in the semifinals, BBCA thrashed Paramount Sporting by eight wickets, while Town Club beat Saheed Sporting by 40 runs.
The tournament, featuring 10 clubs, was inaugurated by Ekambra MLA Ashok Chandra Panda in the presence of eminent cricket coach Kishore Mania, Town Club president Suresh Routray, adviser Samir Mohanty, vice-president Jayadeb Mohapatra and sports secretary Manoj Mohapatra.
Teams were divided into three groups and after completion of group league, two teams from Group A and one each from Group B and C advanced to the semifinals. Other eight teams in the fray included host Town Club, Greens Academy Jagruti Club, Pragati Sporting, BBCA, Rameswar Sporting, Saheed Sporting and Oscar Sporting.
RESULTS:
May 23 (Match No 1): Mukteswar Cricket Club 61/10 in 22.4 overs (Saswat Nanda 20; Ranjit Mohanty 5/15, Sai Subham 3/16) lost to Paramount Sporting 62/1 in 12.2 overs (Ayush Raj 42 n.o) by 9 wkts. MoM: Ranjit Mohanty.
May 24 (Match No 2): Jagruti Cricket Academy 121/8 in 30 overs (Dibyasimth Mallick 30, Asish Mohapatra 24; Suman Das 3/15) lost to Pragati Sporting 122/4 in 21 overs (Subham Kumar 25, Ayush Sutar 23; Spandan Mohanty 2/29) by 6 wkts. MoM: Ayush Sutar.
May 25 (Match No 3): Greens Cricket Academy 69/10 in 25.3 overs (Aniket Tripathy 4/2, Sai Subham 2/9) lost to Paramount Sporting 69/3 in 13 overs (Manyatej Mohanty 30 n.o; Preetam Das 2/14) by 7 wkts. MoM: Aniket Tripathy.
May 26 (Match No 4): Rameswar Sporting 103/9 in 30 overs (Aryan Bunga 3/8, Ansuma n Sinha 2/7, Roshan Sharma 2/9) lost to Saheed Sporting 104/5 in 27 overs (Anwesh Tripathy 44 n.o; Chirag Das 2/14, Surag Das 2/17) by 5 wkts. MoM: Anwesh Tripathy.
May 27 (Match No 5): Greens Cricket Academy 106/8 in 30 overs (Ashutosh Samantaray 26; Amitanshu Srichandan 2/5, Suraj Sharma 2/19, Aniket Pattnaik 2/23) lost to Town Club 108/3 in 24.3 overs (Binayak Mohanty 27, Aswini Mohapatra 22, Aniket Pattnaik 20 n.o) by 7 wkts. MoM: Aniket Pattnaik.
May 28 (Match No 6): Bharat Bhusan Cricket Academy 185/7 in 30 overs (M Prashant 81, Shrimay Nayak 47; Suman Das 3/28) beat Pragati Sporting 112/6 in 30 overs (Shubham Kumar 25; Padman Patnaik 2/18) by 73 runs. MoM: M Prashant.
May 29 (Match No 7): Oscar Sporting 140/7 in 30 overs (Bikram Ray 65, Nishant Sahoo 22; Subham Samantaray 3/40, Surag Das 2/18) lost to Rameswar Sporting 142/2 in 18.3 overs (Surag Das 74 n.o, Chirag Das 36 n.o; Amitav Rout 2 wkts) by 8 wkts. MoM: Surag Das.
May 30 (Match No 8): Mukteswar Cricket Club 123/8 in 30 overs (Kishan Patel 61; Amitanshu Srichandan 3/14, Sushil Barik 2/11) lost to Town Club 124/8 in 29.1 overs (Smruti Ranjan Swain 24, Suman Panigrahi 22; Lalit Mohan Mohanty 2/18) by 2 wkts. MoM: Smruti Ranjan Swain.
May 31 (Match No 9): Jagruti Cricket Academy 83/10 in 21.5 overs (Radhagobinda 3/15, Padman Pattnaik 3/16, Sandip Chudamani 2/3) lost to Bharat Bhusan Cricket Academy 85/3 in 19.4 overs (Sandip Chudamani 44 n.o; Dibyasmita Mallick 2 wkts) by 7 wkts. MoM: Sandip Chudamani
June 1 (Match No 10): Saheed Sporting 179/4 in 30 overs (Subham Pani 64, Anshuman Sinha 41, Sriram Dasmohapatra 37) beat Oscar Sporting 94/10 in 16.2 overs (Avishek Das 27; Aman Ali 5/27, Sandeep Chouhan 3/18) by 85 runs. MoM: Subham Pani.
June 2 (Match No 11): Town Club 144/7 in 30 overs (Aswani Mohapatra 55, Aniket Pattnaik 23, Supratik Panigrahi 21; Ashutosh Nayak 3/24, Tanunjay Purty 2/18) beat Paramount Sporting 74/10 in 25.2 overs (Kamalesh Sahoo 26, Ayushraj Choudhury 21; Aniket Pattnaik 5/8, Suraj Sharma 2/4, Binayak Mohanty 2/14) by 70 runs. MoM: Aniket Pattnaik.
June 3 (Match No 12): Greens Cricket Academy 110/10 in 28.1 overs (Aryan Pradhan 21, Asutosh Samantaray 20; Kishan Patel 2/14, Subham Nayak 2/18) lost to Mukteswar Cricket Club 113/7 in 26 overs (Anurag Biswal 45, Ashutosh Agarwal 24 n.o; Abinash Rath 2/13, Asutosh Samantaray 2/19) by 3 wkts. MoM: Anurag Biswal.
June 4 (Match No 13, 1st SF): Town Club 157/10 in 29.4 overs (Binayak Mohanty 33, Sushil Barik 27; Anshuman Sinha 3/28) beat Saheed Sporting 117/10 in 28 overs (Subham Pani 35, Anwesh Tripathy 27; Sushil Barik 4/14, Aniket Pattnaik 3/21, Binayak Mohanty 2/26) by 40 runs. MoM: Sushil Barik.
June 6 (Match No 14, 2nd SF): Paramount Sporting 136/8 in 30 overs (Aniket Tripathy 24; Gourab Jena 3/20, Sandip Chudamani 2/17) lost to Bharat Bhusan Cricket Academy 138/2 in 27.4 overs (M Prashant 81 n.o, Sandip Chudamani 22) by 8 wkts. MoM: M Prashant.
June 7 (Match No 15, Final): Town Club 168/9 in 30 overs (Aswini Mohapatra 43, Binayak Mohanty 25; Gourab Jena 3/29, Santosh Swain 2/14, Sandip Chudamani 2/19, M Prashant 2/21) beat Bharat Bhusan Cricket Academy 65/10 in 28.2 overs (Srimoya Nayak 23; Amitanshu Srichandan 4/14, Binayak Mohanty 3/7) by 103 runs. MoM: Binayak Mohanty.
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PHOTO: Town Club boys with the champions trophy in Bhubaneswar on June 7, 2015.