Rising Student Club (Cuttack) emerged champions in Hi-Tech Premier League (HPL), defeating Rameswar Sporting Club (Bhubaneswar) by 10 wickets in the final at Hi-Tech Medical College Ground here today. Hi-Tech Group chairman Dr Tirupati Panigrahi handed over the trophy at the closing function.
The champion team received a cash prize of Rs 50,000 and the runners-up side Rs 25,000. Hi-Tech Premier League, featuring two categories of tournaments was organised by Hi-Tech Trail Blazer Cricket Club from April 15. One tournament (T20) was played among leading clubs of the state, while the other (15 overs) was conducted among medical colleges and educational institutes.
RESULTS:
April 16: Saheed Sporting 84/10 in 20 overs (Rashmi Ranjan Parida 18; Debapriya Pattnaik 3/6, Jamela Bhanjan Mohapatra 2/17) lost to Rising Student 85/1 in 14.4 overs (Alok Sahoo 51) by 9 wkts. MoM: Alok Sahoo.
April 18: Biswabharati Club 111/10 in 20 overs (Sameer Mohanty 31, Rashmi Ranjan Das 24; Md Akram 3/20, Ayaskanta Sahoo 3/22; P Gobind 2/30) lost to Rourkela Youth Cricket Club 113/8 in 19.4 overs (Partha Samal 2/21, R R Rout 2/27) by 2 wkts. MoM: Md Akram.
April 19: Paradeep 57/10 in 16 overs (Dhiraj Singh 4/4, Alok Sahoo 2/8, Jamela Bhanja Mohapatra 2/14) lost to Rising Student 58/2 in 7.4 overs (Arvind Singh 32) by 8 wkts. MoM: Dhiraj Singh.
April 19: Rourkela Youth Cricket Club 130/5 in 20 overs (Asish Mitra 47, Prayash Thakur 26*, Aniket Rout 20; Tapas Das 2/21) beat Mukteswar Cricket Club 92/10 in 19.2 overs (Pratik Das 27, Anurag Sarangi 27; Ayaskant Sahoo 4/16, Satyajit Sabat 3/12, Prayash Thakur 2/10) by 38 runs. MoM: Prayash Thakur.
April 20: Pragati Sporting 89/6 in 20 overs (Abhinab Ghosh 38*, Raghunath Malla 29; Alok Mangaraj 2/16) lost to Rameswar Sporting 91/3 in 14.2 overs (Deepak Mangaraj 38, Biswajit Bhuyan 37*) by 7 wkts. MoM: Deepak Mangaraj.
April 21: Rising Student 103/9 in 20 overs (Arvind Singh 44; Md Akram 3/9, Prayash Thakur 2/15) beat Rourkela Youth Cricket Club 96/8 in 20 overs (Ranjit Singh 33; Jamala Bhanja Mohapatra 3/11, Deepak Behera 2/13) by 7 runs. MoM: Arvind Singh.
April 21: Hi-Tech Trail Blazer 110/7 in 20 overs (Subrat Samal 45, Girija Rout 32; Rakesh Mohanty 5/20) lost to Rameswar Sporting 114/5 in 19.2 overs (Paresh Patel 43, Debraj Kar 33; Piyush Pattnaik 2/16, Santosh Jena 2/19) by 5 wkts. MoM: Rakesh Mohanty.
April 22 (For 3rd Place): Rourkela Youth Club 95/9 in 20 overs (Ashok Barik 30, Alok Pradhan 21; Malaya Jena 3/14, Rama Chandra Behera 3/26, Piyush Pattnaik 2/9) lost to Hi-Tech Trail Blazer 96/3 in 16 overs (Debi Mohapatra 44, Bhabani Nayak 25; Asish Mitra 2/17) by 7 wkts. MoM: Debi Mohapatra.
April 23 (Final): Rameswar Sporting 78//10 in 19.1 overs (Asish Pradhan 21; Dhiraj Singh 5/18) lost to Rising Student 79/0 in 12.2 overs (Aravind Singh 53*, Alok Sahoo 19*) by 10 wkts. MoM: Aravind Singh.
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PHOTO: Players of Rising Student Club lift the HPL Trophy in Bhubaneswar on April 23, 2017.