Buxi Jagabandhu English Medium School (BJEMS) emerged champions in the 16th Bhubaneswar Inter-School Cricket Tournament when they crushed Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) by 70 runs in the final at BJB College ground here today. BJEMS allrounder Soumya Routray won the Player of the Match prize, scoring 32 runs and taking three wickets.
Ramesh Menka of KISS bagged the prize as player of the tournament, while his teammates Navidatya Mallick and Suleman Silpadia pocketed the best wicket-keeper and best fielder awards respectively. The prizes for best batsman, best bowler and best promising player went to Anurag Biswal (Loyola EM School), Aniket Tripathy (BJEM School) and Siba Sankar Jena (BBC for Deaf).
Former Odisha Ranji team captain Biplab Samantaray handed over the trophy in the presentation ceremony. BJB College Principal Prasanna Kumar Mohanty, host Veterans’ Cricket Association of Odisha (VCAO) president Ashokananda Jena, vice-presidents Bikram Mohanty, Naba Ranjan Patnaik, Balabhadra Pattnaik and secretary Biren Kumar Das were present on the occasion.
RESULTS:
March 30: St Joseph’s High School 181/7 in 20 overs (Suman Sahoo 3/19) beat Ruchika High School 74/10 in 13.3 overs (Baladev Sahoo 6/18) by 106 runs. MoM: Santa Karam Mohanty (St Joseph’s).
March 30: Mother’s Public School 99/10 in 16.5 oves (Manas Sahoo 4/23) lost to BBC Deaf & Dumb School 100/4 in 14.5 overs (Soumya Ranjan Rout 41) by 6 wkts. MoM: Soumya Ranjan Rout.
March 31: Young Phonix Public School 75/10 in 17.5 overs (Sourangan Patra) lost to St Xavier’s High School, Khandagiri 77/0 in 6.1 overs (Chitta Ranjan Patra) by 10 wkts. MoM: Sourangan Patra.
March 31: St Joseph’s High School 151/7 in 20 overs (Rajat Behera 3/24) lost to BBC Deaf & Dumb School 154/9 in 19.3 overs (Amit Naik 34) by 1 wkt. MoM: Amit Naik.
April 1: Loyola Odia Medium School 202/9 in 20 overs (Pritam Digal 71, Manas Digal 67) beat Vivekananda Sikhya Kendra 147/10 in 19.4 overs (Manindra Patnaik 34; Sanjay Jena 3/38) by 55 runs. MoM: Pritam Digal.
April 1: Venkateswar English Medium School 92/10 in 17.2 overs (Padma Lochan Rout 3/22) lost to BBC Deaf & Dumb School 96/6 in 18 overs (Siba Sankar Jena 26, Soumya Rout 20) by 4 wkts. MoM: Padma Lochan Rout.
April 3: St Xaviers High School, Khandagiri 148/7 in 20 overs (Chitta Ranjan Patra 47) beat Loyola Odia School 95/10 in 15.2 overs (Rudranshu Panigrahi 5/23) by 53 runs. MoM: Rudranshu Panigrahi.
April 5: KIIT International School 97/8 in 20 overs (Satya Prakash Jena 30; Piyush Nanda 3/12, Lalit Mansingh 2/7) lost to DAV School, Chandrasekharpur 98/6 in 18.3 overs (Piyush Nanda 35; Gourav Sahu 2/13, Hemanta Nayak 2/16) by 4 wkts. MoM: Piyush Nanda.
April 5: Stewart School 111/8 in 20 overs (Ankit Arnab 44; Chirag Nayak 3/27) lost to Loyala English Medium School 113/0 in 15 overs (Neeraj Gupta 52*, Anurag Biswal 46*) by 10 wkts. MoM: Neeraj Gupta.
April 6: Sai International School 134/5 in 20 overs (Swayam Sarangi 30, Amitav Rout 30; Biswajit Biswaprakash 3/27) beat DAV School, Chandrasekharpur 126 (Tarini Nayak 36; Rohit Kumar 4/24) by 8 runs. MoM: Rohit Kumar.
April 6: KISS 135/7 in 20 overs (Ramesh Melaka 24, Muna Mallick 21; Niraj Gupta 2/12) beat Loyola School 128 (Niraj Gupta 62, Anurag Biswal 39; Ramesh Melaka 4/26, Muna Mallick 2 wkts, Salmansil Padia 2 wkts) by 7 runs. MoM: Ramesh Melaka.
April 7 (SF): BJEM School 171/8 in 20 overs (Anshuman Sahoo 55, Sudarshan Swain 23; Tapan Mallick 2/20) beat BBC for Deaf & Dumb 46/10 in 12.5 overs (Aniket Tripathy 3/1, Souma Sarthak 3/7, Ritesh Priyaranjan 2/12) by 125 runs. MoM: Anshuman Sahoo.
April 7 (SF): Sai International 190/10 in 25 overs (Priyanshu Mishra 97; Ramesh Melaka 3/27) lost to KISS 191/3 in 21 overs (Ramesh Melaka 66; Kunal Goel 1/34) by 7 wkts. MoM: Ramesh Melaka.
April 9 (Final): BJEM School 170/10 in 29.3 overs (Bibhanshu Ray 35, Soumya Routray 32; Chandra Mallick 3/17) beat KISS 100/10 in 26.2 overs (Salman Silpadia 25; Soumya Routray 3/13, Ritesh Priyaranjan 2/20) by 70 runs. MoM: Soumya Routray.
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PHOTO: Players of champion BJEM School with guests and VCAO office-bearers in Bhubaneswar on April 9, 2018.