Last year’s runners-up Sunrise Club emerged champion in the 3rd PVR Murthy Memorial Inter-Club Cricket Tournament, beating Magic XI in the final by 12 runs at Bhubanananda Orissa School of Engineering (BOSE) Ground here today.
The champion team received a cash prize of Rs 10,000, the runners-up side took home Rs 5,000. The tournament, featuring a total of seven matches, was organised by Amateur Cricket Club.
RESULTS:
April 16 (QF-1): Amateur Cricket Club 141/10 in 20 overs (Bikash Moharana 41; Arijit Mitra 3/18, Debasish Samantaray 3/21) lost to Magic XI 144/4 in 18 overs (Debasis Rout 48, Debasish Samantaray 37*, Pritam Singh 28; Krishna Choudhury 2/17) by 6 wkts. MoM: Debasish Samantaray.
April 17 (QF-2): Royal Club 129/7 in 20 overs (A Basudev Rao 41, Bimal Singh 22*; Lipun Behera 3/10, Nitish Samantaray 2/15) lost to Golden Dragon 133/4 in 18.2 overs (Bibhu Prasad Behera 83; Paresh Behera 2/22) by 6 wkts. MoM: Bibhu Prasad Behera.
April 18 (QF-3): Sunrise Club 138/10 in 20 overs (Babu Barik 42; Sourav Kanojia 3/19, Md Akram 2/28) beat Jagatpur Athletic Association 131/9 in 20 overs (Md Akram 49, Niranjan Behera 26; Satyaranjan 3/17, Sarfaraj 2/4) by 7 runs. MoM: Satyaranjan.
April 19 (QF-4): Superstar XI 106/10 in 18.2 overs (Milan 26; Abhilash 3/19, Nikhlesh 2/11) lost to BOSE 108/4 in 13.2 overs (Tirupati 27; Butu 2/19) by 7 wkts. MoM: Abhilash.
April 20 (SF-1): Sunrise Club 227/7 in 20 overs (Suman Behera 78, Sarfaraj Khan 41, Abhimanyu Nayak 21; Tutu Behera 3/47, Raj Kiran Panda 2/26) beat Golden Dragon 207/8 in 20 overs (Harekrushna Das 46, Lipu Behera 39, Raj Kiran Panda 28; Lokranjan Routray 4/28) by 20 runs. MoM: Suman Behera.
April 21 (SF-2): Magic XI 216/6 in 20 overs (Pritam Singh 58, Debasish Samantaray 33, Deeptish Sahoo 23) beat BOSE 105/5 in 20 overs (Abhilash Prasad Naik 20) by 111 runs. MoM: Pritam Singh.
April 22 (Final): Sunrise Club 183/8 in 20 overs (Sarfaraj Nawaj Khan 83, Ranjan Routray 28, Babu Barik 22; Ramachandra Behera 2/20) beat Magic XI 171/10 in 20 overs (Debasis Rout 56, Pritam Singh 38, Ramachandra Behera 28; Ranjan Rautray 2/30, Lokranjan Rautray 2/33, Satyaranjan Senapati 2/39) by 12 runs. MoM: Sarfaraj Nawaj Khan.