Host Paramount Sportings-A emerged champions in the All-India Arabinda Das Memorial GAIL India Cup U-15 Cricket Tournament, defeating Naihati Sporting, West Bengal in the final by seven wickets here at Paramount Sportings ground today. The champion team received the Aurobinda Memorial Trophy and a cash prize of Rs 20,000, while the runners-up side took home the Bimal Prasad Memorial Trophy and a cash prize of Rs 10,000.

Bhubaneswar Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena handed over the trophies in the presence of Paramount Sportings president Pratap Jena and secretary Ashok Patra. Sudarshan Swain of the champion team bagged three individual prizes as players of the final match, best batsman and player of the tournament. The prizes for best bowler and best fielder were pocketed by Partha Sarathi Sahu (Paramout Sportings-A) and Suraj Yadav (Naihati Sporting) respectively.

The tournament, featuring 16 teams, was organised by Paramount Sportings from March 18. State Tourism and Culture Minister Ashok Panda inaugurated the tournament in the presence of Bhubaneswar Mayor Anant Narayan Jena, Deputy Mayor K Shanti, Paramount Sportings president Pratap Jena and secretary Ashok Patra.

RESULTS:

March 18 (PQF-1): Sahid Sporting 191/10 in39.5 overs (Om Sriram Das Mohapatra 53, Priyabrata Das 27, Bibhas Chand 25; Ansuman Bej 4/29, Parag Samantray 3/32) beat Pragati Sporting 106/10 in 34.3 overs (Pratyush Purohit 23; Om Sriram Das Mohapatra 2/8) by 85 runs. Man of the Match: Om Sriram Das Mohapatra.
March 20 (PQF-2): Rameswar Sporting 221/5 in 40 overs (Ashutosh Sahu 86, M Gautam Gopal 43; Sisir Pattnaik 3/23) beat BBCA 103/10 in 20.1 overs (Himanshu Shaw 54; Subhrakant Parida 5/11, Chhanda Charan Kothari 2/23) by 112 runs. MoM: Subhrakant Parida.
March 21 (PQF-3): Oscar Sporting, Bhubaneswar 190/7 in 40 overs (Tarini Prasad Nayak 65, Debabrata Pradhan 41, Biswajit Rout 27; Jagyanjeet Sahu 3/36) lost to Union Sporting, Cuttack 191/8 in 34 overs (Nitesh Muduli 67, Jagyanjeet Sahu 48, Om Prakash Sahoo 20; Tarini Prasad Nayak 3/38, Aniket Patra 2/24) by 2 wkts. MoM: Nitesh Muduli.
March 23 (PQF-4): Paramount Sporting-B 196/5 in 40 overs (Abhishek Mahanta 64 n.o, Spandan Mohanty 41, Sidheswar Parida 34 n.o; Prateek Prasan Swain 2/46) beat Solar Club, Cuttack 161/7 in 40 overs (Soham Jyoti Sahu 46 n.o, Prateek Das 25, Sambit Bej 23 n.o; Spandan Mohanty 2/14, Sayed Taufel Ahmed 2/31, Sai Prasad Patra 2/38) by 35 runs. MoM: Abhishek Mahanta.
March 25 (PQF-5): Mayurbhanj Cricket Academy, Baripada 63/10 in 28.2 overs (Subrat Singh 33 n.o; Partha Sarathi Sahu 4/17, Ritesh Priyaranjan 3/3) lost to Paramount Sportings-A 64/0 in 9 overs (Sudarshan Swain 26 n.o) by 10 wkts. MoM: Ritesh Priyaranjan.
March 26 (PQF-6): Mukteswar Cricket Club, Bhubaneswar 175/9 in 40 overs (Karan Mohapatra 58, Gourish Patra 34; Arahand Pattnaik 4/42, Himanshu Mohanty 2/32) lost to Juvenile Cricket Academy, Cuttack 176/0 in 31 overs (Prince Sanket Behera 89, Sohail Khan 63) by 10 wkts. MoM: Prince Sanket Behera.
March 27 (PQF-7): Biswabharati Club, Cuttack 122/10 in 39.4 overs (Rashmi Ranjan Sarangi 38, Mohammad Zishan 25; Bhavya Choudhury 3/15, Mohammad Umar 2/23, Rahul Kumar Indora 2/25) lost to Madanlal & Chetan Chouhan Academy, Delhi 123/1 in 15.3 overs (Bhavya Choudhury 63 n.o, Vansh Sethi 28 n.o, Dhruva Mohapatra 24; Pritam Kumar Das 1/16) by 9 wkts. MoM: Bhavya Choudhury.
March 29 (PQF-8): Naihati Sporting, West Bengal 84/10 in 20.1 overs (Aniket Das 29, Suman Sethi 21; Sawan Kumar 3/16, Sarfraz Alam 2/6, Rahul Kumar Sah 2/12) beat Sonet Cricket Club, Ranchi 82/10 in 37.2 overs (Amit Gupta 35; Suraj Yadav 3/4, Harsh Pandey 2/17,  Akash Sarkar 2/21) by 2 runs. MoM: Suraj Yadav.
March 31 (QF-1): Delhi Strikers 133/10 in 36 overs (Vansh Sethi 35, Nikhil Tanwar 26; Suman Sethi 3/24, Akash Sarkar 3/32, Suraj Yadav 2/14) lost to Naihati Sporting 134/4 in 36 overs (Suraj Yadav 31, Akash Sarkar 27, Dipan Ghosh 24; Rahul Kumar Indora 3/51) by 6 wkts. MoM: Suraj Yadav.
April 1 (QF-2): Paramount Sportings-A 298/7 in 40 overs (Sudarshan Swain 139, M Gyanendra Kumar 67, Punya Prasan Mohanty 28; Nitesh Muduli 3/70, Mangesh Choudhury 2/44) beat Union Sporting 103/10 in 39.1 overs (Pritish Kanungo 25; Ritesh Priyaranjan 3/5, Sai Subham 2/14, Partha Sarathi Sahu 2/19) by 195 runs. MoM: Sudarshan Swain.
April 3 (QF-3): Rameswar Sporting 198/8 in 40 overs (Ashutosh Sahu 101, M Gautam Gopal 32; Pratyush Prakash Sahoo 2/24, Chirag Kumar Mishra 2/28, Spandan Mohanty 2/35) beat Paramount Sportings-B 94/10 in 34.2 overs (Tushar Sengupta 24; Chanda Kothari 3/13, Anuj Mahasupakar 2/20) by 104 runs. MoM: Ashutosh Sahu.
April 4 (QF-4): Saheed Sporting 219/7 in 40 overs (Om Sriram Das Mohapatra 61, Soumya Srichandan 52, Bivas Chand 47; Arihant Pattnaik 3/47, Jagdish Ghadai 2/46) beat Juvenile Club 176/10 in 37.1 overs (Aurobinda Mohapatra 49, Saideep Mohapatra 39, Sohel Khan 34; Shresth Singh 3/20, Ashutosh Chhuria 3/38, Om Sriram Das Mohapatra 2/28) by 43 runs. MoM: Soumya Srichandan.
April 5 (SF-1): Naihati Sporting 134/10 in 28.5 overs (Suraj Yadav 53, Akash Sarkar 23; Bivas Chand 3/27, Sresta Singh 3/29, Ashutosh Chhuriya 2/14) beat Saheed Sporting 121/8 in 30 overs (Soumya Srichandan 30, Om Sriram Das Mohapatra 30; Askash Sarkar 3/20, Aniket Das 2/22, Samiran Pal 2/23) by 13 runs. MoM: Akash Sarkar.
April 6 (SF-2): Rameswar Sporting 108/9 in 40 overs (Saransh Kumar 33; Partha Sarathi Sahu 2/35) lost to Paramount Sportings 109/2 in 18 overs (Sudarshan Swain 45*, M Gyanendra Kumar 26; Subhrakanta Parida 1/28) by 8 wkts. MoM: Sudarshan Swain.

April 8 (Final): Naihati Sporting 129/10 in 35.4 overs (Suman Sethi 32; Partha Sarathi Sahu 3/29, Swayam Sarthak Routray 3/33, Birajkanta Behera 2/7, Ritesh Priyaranjan 2/15) lost to Paramount Sportings-A 130/3 in 26 overs (Sudarshan Swain 67*, M Gyanendra Kumar 23; Akash Sarkar 2/32) by 7 wkts. MoM: Sudarshan Swain.
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PHOTO: Players of Paramount Sportings-A lift the Arabinda Das Memorial Trophy in Bhubaneswar on April 8, 2018.