East Coast Railway emerged champions in the E-League Cricket Tournament, defeating Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) by 58 runs in the final at IMMT Ground here today. Earlier in the semifinals, BSNL beat AG Recreation Club by eight runs, while East Coast Railway defeated Odisha Greens in the first semifinal by six wickets.
Employees of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT) organised the tournament from December 17, 2016. IMMT Principal Scientists Dr S K Singh and Dr Bankim Tripathy handed over the trophy and prizes at the closing ceremony.
This edition of the E-League was comprised of two separate competitions namely E-League and E-League Challenger Series. Challenger Series, involving five teams, was played in a 20-20 format. E-League, featuring six teams, took place in a 40-overs format.
RESULTS:
CHALLENGER SERIES:
Dec 17 (Match No 1): IMMT 81/10 in 17 overs (Sudhi Ranjan Panda 3/18, Rishabh Mohapatra 3/20) lost to TCS 82/1 in 13.1 overs (Subhankar Panigrahy 35*) by 9 wkts. MoM: Sudhi Ranjan Panda.
Dec 17 (Match No 2): KIIT 117/6 in 20 overs (Saroj Routray 34, Partha Samal 2/17) lost to Infosys 121/2 in 16.4 overs (Subhasis Basu 56*, Partha Samal 44*, Durga Charan Mallick 2/15) by 8 wkts. MoM: Partha Samal.
Dec 24 (Match No 3): E-League Organizers XI 88/10 in 30.4 overs (Amitabh Rout 4/13, Lalit Ojha 2/13) lost to Odisha Greens 89/1 in 18.4 overs (Ayushraj Choudhury 32*) by 9 wickets. MoM: Amitabh Rout.
Jan 8 (Match No 4): Tech Mahindra 127/6 in 20 overs (Subhodeep Ganguly 33, Durga Charan Mallick 3/12) lost to KIIT 128/2 (Durga Charan Mallick 40, Sarvnangya Chauhan 38*) by 8 wkts. MoM: Durga Charan Mallick.
Jan 8 (Match No 5): IMMT 58/10 11.1 overs (Alok Mishra 4/4, Partha Samal 3/9) lost to Infosys 59/0 in 6.4 overs (Sushant Sethy 28*) by 10 wkts. MoM: Alok Mishra.
E-LEAGUE:
Dec 17 (Match No 1): BSNL 102/10 in 36.2 overs (Santanu Mishra 29, Ramachandra Mohanty 26; Lagnajit Samal 3/30, Ankit Yadav 2/9) lost to Railways 106/3 in 26.2 overs (Sameer Mohanty 59*, Sandeep Mulia 36) by 7 wkts. MoM: Ankit Yadav.
Dec 25 (Match No 2): AG Recreation Club 267/4 in 40 overs (Avinaba Ghosh 107, Bibhudutta Panda 75; Sanjay Mallick 2/33) beat Bhubaneswar Colts 132/10 in 37.1 overs (Satyajeet Sabat 42; Aman Shastri 4/19) by 135 runs. MoM: Avinaba Ghosh.
Dec 31 (Match No 3): ELO XI 187/6 in 40 overs (Biswajit Mohanty 89, Partha Pani 23; Rajesh Mohanty 2/22, Swagat Routray 2/32) lost to Bhubaneswar Colts 188/5 in 38.4 overs (Biswajit Bhuyan 38, Sparsh Somani 36, Kaushika Chandra Barik 32) by 5 wkts. MoM: Biswajit Mohanty.
Jan 7 (Match No 4): AG Recreation Club 229/8 in 40 overs (Debasish Samantaray 93, Priyatam Singh 24; Partha Pani 3/32) beat ELO XI 60/10 in 24.1 overs (Aman Shastri 5/27, Sumitosh Praharaj 2/6) by 169 runs. MoM: Aman Shastri.
Jan 14 (Match No 5): East Coast Railways 230/10 in 39.5 overs (Abhishek Yadav 74, Girija Rout 38; Swagat Routray 4/37) beat Bhubaneswar Colts 52/10 in 20.4 overs (Abhishek Yadav 3/1, Priyatosh Parmanik 3/15) by 178 runs. MoM: Abhishek Yadav.
Jan 21 (Match No 6): Bhubaneswar Colts 169/8 in 40 overs (Narendra Dash 25, Prashant Bhoi 25; C S Kanungo 4/39, Hitesh Nayak 2/34) lost to Odisha Greens 170/7 in 37.5 overs (Abhaya Mallick 56, Amitabh Rout 31*; Bijay Rath 3/30, Paresh Patel 2/27) by 3 wkts. MoM: Abhaya Mallick.
Feb 4 (Match No 7): Odisha Greens 179/9 in 40 overs (Srijoy Mohanty 58, Abhay Mallick 35; Kartik Biswal 3/26, Payas Ranjan Sinha 2/20) lost to AG Recreation Club 180/3 in 36.3 overs (Debasish Samantaray 57, Soubhagya Mohanty 56, Kartik Biswal 31*; Sumit Sharma 2/34) by 7 wkts. MoM: Kartik Biswal.
Feb 5 (Match No 8): ELO XI 93/10 in 16.5 overs (Ashish Sahu 56; Ramachandra Mohanty 7/27, Pradeep Pradhan 2/24) lost to BSNL 96/0 in 14 overs (Tukuna Sahu 66*) by 10 wkts. MoM: Ramachandra Mohanty.
Feb 12 (Match No 9): AG Recreation Club 219/5 in 40 overs (Arabind Singh 83, Bibhudatta Panda 52, Payas Ranjan Sinha 31*) lost to BSNL 220/4 in 35.5 overs (Priyabrata Pradhan 85*, Bikash Pati 51, Tukuna Sahu 26*; Basant Mohanty 3/28) by 6 wkts. MoM: Priyabrata Pradhan.
Feb 18 (Match No 10): East Coast Railways 266/9 in 40 overs (Rakesh Mohanty 75, Abinash Nayak 42, Sandeep Mulia 31) beat Odisha Greens 245/9 in 40 overs (Subrat Samal 66, Rajesh Dhuper 60, Abhay Mallick 30; Malaya Jena 3/45, Alok Mangaraj 2/51) by 21 runs. MoM: Rakesh Mohanty.
Feb 19 (Match No 11): ELO XI 108/10 in 34.5 overs (Asutosh Das 30, Ashish Sahu 23; Jayant Behera 5/20, Saurabh Sehgal 3/14) lost to East Coast Railway 113/2 in 15 overs (Kameswar Barik 38, Abinash Nayak 37*, Pradipta Das 25*; Badal Bhol 2/39) by 8 wkts. MoM: Jayant Behera.
March 4 (Match No 12): Railways 169/9 in 30 overs (Kameswar Barik 47, Sameer Mohanty 34*, Rakesh Mohanty 28, Sandeep Mulia 24; Manas Mohapatra 3/26, Debasish Samantaray 3/32, Sandeep Chouhan 2/34) beat AG Recreation Club 155/8 in 30 overs (Soubhagya Mishra 44, Rakesh Gochhayat 31, Soubhagya Mohanty 30, Amit Sahoo 21; Alok Mangaraj 2/21, Jayant Behera 2/22, Malaya Jena 2/26) by 14 runs. MoM: Kameswar Barik.
March 18 (Match No 13, SF): Odisha Greens 88/10 in 30.3 overs (Abhay Mallick 37; Ankit Yadav 3/11, Lagnajit Samal 3/11) lost to East Coast Railways 89/4 in 21 overs (Lagnajit Samal 42*; Goutam Dash 2/25) by 6 wkts. MoM: Lagnajit Samal.
March 19 (Match No 14, SF): BSNL 169/10 in 38.1 overs (Raghunath Malla 54, Tukuna Sahu 39, Niranjan Behera 22; Biplab Samantaray 4/32, Subham Nayak 2/42) beat AG Recreation Club 161/10 in 39 overs (Biplab Samantaray 43, Aravind Singh 29; Niranjan Behera 3/43, Tukuna Sahu 2/27, S S Behera 2/29) by 8 runs. MoM: Tukuna Sahu.
May 14 (Match No 15, Final): East Coast Railway 176/9 in 35 overs (Girija Rout 39, Kameswar Barik 36, Subit Biswal 20; Tukuna Sahu 4/43) beat BSNL 118/10 in 26.3 overs (Subhranshu Senapati 50, Priyabrata Pradhan 21; Suryakant Pradhan 3/18, Rakesh Mohanty 2/14, Ankit Yadav 2/19, Jayant Behera 2/20) by 58 runs. MoM: Suryakant Pradhan.
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PHOTO: Players of E-League champions East Coast Railway lift the trophy in Bhubaneswar on May 14, 2017.