Sahid Sporting Club, Bhubaneswar emerged champions in the 2nd Mahanadi Cup T20 Cricket Tournament, defeating Azad Hind Club, Cuttack by four wickets in the final at Bhubanananda Odisha School of Engineering (BOSE) ground in Cuttack today.
The champion club received a cash prize of Rs 20,000, while the runners-up side took home Rs 15,000. The tournament was jointly organised by Union Sporting Club and Youth Club.
RESULTS:
April 1 (QF-1): Solar Cricket Club 198/5 in 20 overs (Tanmay Mohanty 89, Sharthak Nayak 52; Prashant Nayak 1/22) beat Union Sporting Club 171/8 in 20 overs (Md Akram 35, Niranjan Behera 33; Rakesh Mohanty 3/35, Anand Sahoo 2/20) by 27 runs. Man of the Match: Tanmay Mohanty.
April 2 (QF-2): Biswabharati Cricket Club 119/10 in 20 overs (Sanjib Sahoo 33, Lagnajit Samal 27; Manoj Barik 2/11, Dheeraj Singh 2/21, Preetamjit Das 2/23) lost to Sahid Sporting Club, Bhubaneswar 120/5 in 18.4 overs (Jyoti Behera 36*; Lagnaji Samal 2/27) by 5 wkts. MoM: Preetamjit Das.
April 3 (QF-3): Juvenile Cricket Club 143/7 in 20 over (Rama Chandra Behera 79; Sidharth Sinha 3/30, Subham Nayak 2/16) beat Rising Student Club 129/9 in 20 overs (Biplab Samantaray 39, Sujit Lenka 27, Pratik Anurag Das 31; Sidharth Das 3/25, Piyush Nanda 2/20, Ayushkant Panda 2/25, Rama Chandra Behera 2/38) by 14 runs. MoM: Rama Chandra Behera.
April 4 (QF-4): Paramount Sportings, Bhubaneswar 114/10 in 19.1 overs (Rishikesh Das 29, Abhaya Mohapatra 22; Loka Ranjan Routray 4/26, Satya Narayan Senapati 2/18, Jagannath Gota 2/23) lost to Azad Hind Club 115/7 in 14 overs (Subhranshu Samal 40; Kartik Biswal 2/14, Amitav Nayak 2/19) by 3 wkts. MoM: Loka Ranjan Routray.
April 5 (SF-1): Azad Hind Club Solar Cricket Club 169/9 in 20 overs (Rakesh Mohanty 43, Tanmay Mohanty 27, Sathak Parida 24; Loka Ranjan Routray 3/30, T Suresh 3/30, Jagannath Gota 2/25) lost to Azad Hind Club 170/5 in 18.3 overs (Abinash Nayak 55, Santosh Rout 34, Pradeep Rout 22) by 5 wkts. MoM: Abinash Nayak.
April 6 (SF-2): Juvenile Cricket Club 144/9 in 20 overs (Sanjay Khuntia 39, Amin Iqbal 27; Dheeraj Singh 4/32, Abhilash Routray 3/18) lost to Sahid Sporting 145/7 in 19.3 overs (Rakesh Pattnaik 50, Santosh Debkant 36, Bikash Rout 30; Debasish Samantaray 2/10, Piyush Pattnaik 2/29) by 3 wkts. MoM: Dheeraj Singh.
April 8 (Final): Azad Hind Club 152/7 in 20 overs (Arbind Singh 56*, Pradeep Rout 30, Subhransu Samal 27; Manoj Barik 3/30, Bikash Rout 2/13) lost to Sahid Sporting Club 154/6 in 17.4 overs (Rakesh Gochayat 41, Bibhudutta Panda 26*, Bikash Rout 25; Satyaranjan Senapati 2/44) by 4 wkts. MoM: Rakesh Gochhayat.
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PHOTO: Players and officials of Sahid Sporting Club with the Mahandi Cup in Cuttack on April 8, 2018.