Solar Cricket Academy emerged champions in the 1st Chhatia Cup Inter-Club T20 Cricket Tournament, defeating Rising Student Club in the hard-fought final by two runs here at Bhubanananda Odisha School of Engineering (BOSE) Ground today.
Solar Cricket Academy allrounder Pradeepta Das was the cynosure of all eyes in the final match, hitting an unbeaten 32 and bagging four wickets. He was adjudged the man of the match. The champion team received a cash prize of Rs 20,000 and runners-up side Rs 15,000.
Prayas Singh Thakur and Tapas Das (both Solar Cricket Academy) pocketed the prizes as man of the tournament and best bowler respectively, while prize for best batsman went to Biplab Samantaray of Rising Student Club.
Union Sporting Club secretary Pradeep Chauhan graced the presentation ceremony as chief guest and handed over the trophy. Earlier, in the semifinals, Solar Cricket Academy beat Juvenile Club by 29 runs, while Rising Student Club got the better of Saheed Sporting Club by 61 runs.
Organised by Union Sporting Club, in association with Chhatia Youth Sports Club from April 1, the tournament was inaugurated by SCB Medical College Associate Professors Dr Manoranjan Mallick and Dr Rajesh Dora in the presence of Union Sporting Club secretary Pradeep Chauhan, Chhatia Youth Sports Club president Manoj Das and secretary Sukant Das.
RESULTS:
April 1 (QF 1): Paramount Sporting 127/9 in 20 overs (Soumya Ranjan Swain 32, Lalit Ojha 25*, Kartik Biswal 21; Alok Sahoo 2/30) lost to Rising Student Club 128/2 in 18.41 overs (Biplab Samnatary 48*, Arbind Singh 31*, Alok Sahoo 35) by 8 wkts. MoM: Biplab Samantaray.
April 2 (QF-2): Biswabharati Club 88/10 in 19 overs (Sai Shyam Mohanty 17; Pratik Das 3/15, Prayas Singh Thakur 3/20) lost to Solar Cricket Academy 90/7 in 19 overs (Pratik Das 27; Ramesh Behera 3/16) by 3 wkts. MoM: Pratik Das.
April 3 (QF-3): Youth Sports Club 146/7 in 20 overs (Satya Ranjan Rout 62, Pradeep Rout 47; Sidhant Sagar 4/20, Sandeep Rout 2/33) lost to Saheed Sporting Club 149/3 in 19.4 overs (Santosh Debakant 78*, Subham Satrujit 27*, Rashmi Ranjan Parida 25; Manas Ranjan Behera 2/26) by 7 wkts. MoM: Santosh Debakant.
April 4 (QF-4): Union Sporting Club 102/10 in 20 overs (Santanu Mishra 31, Md Akram 15; Sumit Sharma 3/15, Debabrata Pradhan 2/19, Asish Mitra 2/20) lost to Juvenile Club 103/3 in 16.4 overs (Subhransu Senapati 39*, Ramachandra Behera 24; B Shiva 2/27) by 7 wkts. MoM: Subhransu Senapati.
April 5 (SF-1): Solar Cricket Academy 138/5 in 20 overs (Prayas Singh Thakur 62, Satyajeet Sabat 27; Debabrata Pradhan 1/11) beat Juvenile Club 109/8 in 20 overs (Subhransu Senapati 29, Amin Iqbal 24; Tapas Das 3/25, Satyajeet Sabat 2/16) by 29 runs. MoM: Prayas Singh Thakur.
April 6 (SF-2): Rising Student 166/4 in 20 overs (Biplab Samantaray 63, Pratik Anurag Das 49; Bikash Rout 1/35) beat Saheed Sporting Club 105/9 in 20 overs (Partha Sarathi Nayak 24; Deepak Behera 2/7, Tarakant Samal 2/13, Jamela Bhanja Mohapatra 2/21) by 61 runs. MoM: Biplab Samantaray.
April 8 (Final): Solar Cricket Academy 171/8 in 20 overs (Satyajeet Sabat 53, Rakesh Pattnaik 34, Pradeepta Das 32 n.o; Prayas Singh Thakur 30; Alok Sahoo 3/37, Deepak Behera 2/25, Siddharth Singh 2/29) beat Rising Student Club 169/8 in 20 overs (Debapriya Pattnaik 34, Biplab Samantaray 31, Arbind Singh 27, Deepak Behera 23; Pradeepta Das 4/27, Prayas Singh Thakur 3/33) by 2 runs. MoM: Pradeepta Das.
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PHOTO: Players of Solar Cricket Academy with guests and officials at the trophy presentation ceremony in Cuttack on April 8, 2017.