Rising Students Club emerged champions in the Mulberry Cuttack Premier League T20 Cricket Tournament, defeating their Cuttack city opponents Solar Cricket Club by four wickets in the low-scoring final at Nimpur ground, Cuttack today. The champion team received a cash prize of Rs 40,000 and the runners-up side Rs 25,000.
Pratik Tripathy (Rising Student) was adjudged both best batsman and man of the tournament and he pocketed Rs 4,000. Prakash Panda (Nimpur Sports & Cricket Club) and Suryakanta Pradhan (Rising Students) became richer by Rs 2,000 each as the best bowler and man of the final match respectively.
State Sports Minister Chandra Sarathi Behera and Hi-Tech Medical College Director Dr Premranjan Ojha handed over the trophy and cash prizes in the closing ceremony. Host Nimpur Sports & Cricket Club president Bibhu Satpathy was present on the occasion. The tournament, featuriing 16 teams from Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, was inaugurated by Cuttack Mayor Meenakhi Behera earlier on April 22.
RESULTS:
April 22 (Match No 1, PQF): Biswabharati Club 140/9 in 20 overs (Subit Biswal 53, RR Rout 33; Tarakanta Samal 4/22; Deepak Behera 3/22) lost to Rising Students Club 141/6 in 19.4 overs (Pratik Anurag Das 25, Deepak Behera 22) by 4 wkts. Man of the Match: Tarakanta Samal.
April 22 (Match No 2, PQF): Nimpur Sports & Cricket Club 186/5 in 20 overs (Rajesh Dhuper 74, Abinash Nahyak 46, Iqbal Amin 31, Girija Rout 20; Nrusingha Mahakud 2/26, Sovan Sourav Swain 2/34) beat Red Star Club 117/10 in 16.3 overs (Nrusingha Mahakud 37, Sanny Nandi 21; Prakash Panda 3/19, Sunil Roul 2/9, Lagnajit Bej 2/24, Girija Rout 2/24) by 78 runs. MoM: Rajesh Dhupper.
April 23 (Match No 3, PQF): Juvenile Club 173/6 in 20 overs (Ramachandra Behera 72, Mojakir Ali 37, Subrat Samal 28; Seikh Salman 2/37) beat Scan Sporting 142/5 in 20 overs (Seikh Salman 57, Alok Sethi 26, Barun Kamyani 21 n.o; Sumit Sharma 2/21) by 31 runs. MoM: Ramachandra Behera.
April 23 (Match No 4, PQF): Rameswar Sporting 99/9 in 20 overs (Tuhin Tushar Tripathy 29, Paresh Patel 23; Anand Sahool 2/10, Manish Rout 2/22) lost to Solar Club 88/5 in 13 overs (Satyajit Sabat 44 n.o; Deepak Mangaraj 2/13, Rakesh Sharma 2/17) by 5 wickets (D/L Method). MoM: Satyajit Sabat.
April 25 (Match No 5, PQF): Union Sporting 135/8 in 20 overs (Md Akram 42, Om Bikash Nayak 35, Niranjan Behera 30; Piyush Pattnaik 2/24, Asis Pradhan 2/33, Khyamasagar Bal 2/37) beat Trail Blazzers 97/9 in 20 overs (Sagar Ku Rout 22, Srijay Mohanty 21; Niranjan Behera 2/12, Md Akram 2/20, Sourav Kanojia 2/20) by 38 runs. MoM: Md Akram.
April 25 (Match No 6, PQF): Paramount Sporting 110/10 in 19.5 overs (Soumya Ranjan Biswal 30, Sourav Kumar Gouda 27; Pritam Jena 3/24, Md Ekram 2/29) lost to Gymkhana Rourkela 114/5 in 19 overs (Swastik Samal 46, Pritam Jena 24 n.o, Amit Bhoi 21; Kartik Biswal 3/17) by 5 wickets. MoM: Pritam Jena.
April 26 (Match No 7, PQF): Pragati Sporting 120/9 in 20 overs (Tukuna Sahu 30, Dibyajyoti Pradhan 20; Badal Bhoi 4/25, Biswajit Behera 2/15, Rakesh Pattnaik 2/27) lost to Sahid Sporting 122/5 in 19.4 overs (Suvam Satrujeet 29, Santosh Debkant 22; Tukuna Sahu 2/20) by 5 wickets. MoM: Badal Bhol.
April 26 (Match No 8, PQF): Green Club 156/9 in 20 overs (BBCC Mohapatra 47, Omkar Mohanty 31; Pratik Das 3/34, Ashish Goel 2/18, Aman Shastri 2/25) beat Mukteswar Cricket Club 148/7 in 20 overs (Sandeep Pattnaik 59, M Prasant 25; Prayash Satapathy 4/21) by 8 runs. MoM: BBCC Mohapatra.
April 27 (Match No 9, QF): Gymnkhanna Rourkela 131/9 in 20 overs (Swastik Samal 62, Ashish Parija 24, Ashish Mishra 23; Prakash Panda 4/26) lost to Nimpur Sports & Cricket Club 134/3 in 16.3 overs (Iqbal Amin 56 n.o; Rajesh Dhuper 36, Abinash Nayak 26; Asish Parija 2/8) by 7 wickets. MoM: Prakash Panda.
April 27 (Match No 10, QF): Rising Students Club 182/4 in 20 overs (Pratik Tripathy 97, Nishikanta Pattnayak 26 n.o, Biplab Samantray 25, Alok Sahoo 21; Prayash Satapathy 2/35) beat Green Club 99/7 in 20 overs (Mohan Sahoo 35; Alok Sahoo 4/26, Debapriya Pattnaik 2/5) by 83 runs. MoM: Pratik Tripathy.
April 28 (Match No 11, QF): Union Sporting 185/6 in 20 overs (Niranjan Behera 61 n.o, Liladhar Pradhan 44, Kameswar Barik 31, Sarbeswar Mohanty 25; Lenin Bal 3/34, Sumit Sharma 2/17) beat Juvenile Club 90/10 in 19.5 overs (Sidharth Jain 18; Md Akram 5/20, Sourav Kanojia 3/11) by 95 runs. MoM: Md Akram.
April 28 (Match No 12, QF): Sahid Sporting 179/5 in 20 overs (Suvam Satrujeet 101, Santosh Debkant 33 n.o, Sonit Chakra 23; Anand Sahoo 2/38) lost to Solar Club 180/4 in 18.1 overs (Tanmay Mohanty 94, Kabir Khan 41, Pradipta Dash 20; Badal Bhoi 2/30) by 6 wickets. MoM: Suvam Satrujeet.
April 29 (Match No 13, SF): Solar Club 114/10 in 19.3 overs (Sarthak Parida 26, Satyajeet Sabat 25; Girija Rout 3/21, Sunil Roul 2/13) beat Nimpur Sports & Cricket Club 107/8 in 20 overs (Girija Rout 37, Abinash Nayak 26; Tapash Das 3/22, Pradipta Dash 2/24) by 6 runs. MoM: Satyajeet Sabat.
April 29 (Match No 14, SF): Rising Students 166/9 in 20 overs (Biplab Samantaray 41, Arabinda Singh 38, Alok Sahoo 25, Tatakanta Samal 24 n.o; Sarbeswar Mohanty 3/38, Md Akram 2/20) beat Union Sporting 146/10 in 19.1 overs (Niranjan Behera 35, Sarbeswar Mohanty 27, Kameswar Barik 24; Biplab Samantaray 4/37, Debapriya Pattnaik 3/17) by 21 runs. MoM: Biplab Samantaray.
April 30 (Match No 15, Final): Solar Cricket Club 76/10 in 19.4 overs (Satyajeet Sabat 15; Suryakanta Pradhan 3/7, Debapriya Pattnaik 3/13, Biplab Samantaray 2/20) lost to Rising Student Cricket Club 79/6 in 15.3 overs (Sujit Lenka 16*; Malay Jena 2/9, Tapash Das 2/17) by 4 wickets. MoM: Suryakanta Pradhan.
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PHOTO: Players of Rising Students Club lift the trophy in the midst of guests in Cuttack on April 30, 2018.