Juvenile Club, Cuttack emerged champions in the 3rd Rameswar Cup U-19 Cricket Tournament, beating hosts and defending champions Rameswar Sporting by two wickets in the exciting final here at BM High School Ground, Old Town today. Anil Parida powered Juvenile to title triumph, hitting an unbeaten 121 off 108 balls.
The champion team received a cash prize of Rs 15,000 and the runners-up side Rs 10,000. Anil Parida was declared both Player of the Final and Player of the Tournament. The prizes for best batsman, best bowler and best wicketkeeper went to Binit Mohanty, Tofan Gouda and Krushna Chandra Barik respectively.
Former minister Ashok Chandra Panda was the chief guest at the presentation ceremony. Former city mayor Ananta Narayan Jena, Rameswar Sporting president Suresh Kumar Routray and secretary Deepak Mangaraj were present on the occasion.
RESULTS:
March 10 (PQF): Saheed Sporting 234/10 in 38.2 overs (Arya Jena 61, Diptansu Parida 47; Gourish Patra 4/20, Srujit Kumar 3/37) beat Mukteswar Cricket Club 216/10 in 35 overs (Debashis Rout 58, Bismay Rout 49; Arya Jena 4/30) by 18 runs. Player of the Match: Arya Jena
March 11 (PQF): Crown Sporting 114/10 in 28.5 overs (Kumar Shivam 44; Sarthak Gourav Panda 4/14; Prasant Gangoi, Sanket Swarup 3 wkts each) lost to Biswabharati Club 117/3 in 23.2 overs (Sumar Sourav Ojha 42, Sambit Kumar Sahoo 31 n.o) by 7 wkts. PoM: Sarthak Gourav Panda.
March 12 (QF): Rameswar Sporting 224/10 in 40 overs (Saransh Kumar 40, Tanay Biswal 34, Swostik Samal 28; Ansh Mallick 5/35) beat Saheed Sporting 102/10 in 24.5 overs (Ansh Mallick 37; Rajesh Mohanty, Dibya Prakash Sahu 3 wkts each) by 122 runs. PoM: Saransh Kumar, Dibya Prakash Sahu.
March 13 (PQF): Solar Cricket Club 139/10 in 31.5 overs (Anisur Rehman 47; Suryakant Bhutia 3/31) lost to Greens Criket Academy 140/2 in 20.4 overs (Utkal Charchit 52, S Himanshu 46) by 8 wkts. PoM: Utkal Charchit.
March 14 (QF): Greens Cricket Academy 214/8 in 40 overs (Mrutyunjay Mansingh 63, S Himanshu 56; Shibasis Sahu 2/31) beat Biswabharati Club 166/10 in 36.2 overs (Suman Sourav Ojha 55, Sanket Swarup 36; Suryakant Bhutia 5/22, Tarini Prasad Nayak 3/24) by 48 runs. PoM: Suryakant Bhutia.
March 15 (PQF): Oscar Sporting 161/10 in 32 overs (Ashirbad Mohanty 44; Anwesh Das 5/16, Biswajit Patra 3/34) lost to Rising Students Club 162/3 in 20.3 overs (Puneet Banerjee 80 n.o, Prince Sanket Behera 42) by 7 wkts. PoM: Anwesh Das.
March 16 (SF): Rameswar Sporting 182/10 in 39.2 overs (Ashutosh Sahoo 50, Manitej Mohanty 42, Ramani Jena 25; Syed Arman Ali 3/34, M Sai Varshik 3/39) beat Greens Cricket Academy 97/10 in 31.5 overs (S Himansu 25; Rajesh Mohanty 5/18, Partha Sarathi Sahoo 2/24) by 85 runs. PoM: Ashutosh Sahoo.
March 17 (PQF): Jagruti Cricket Academy 174/10 in 39.5 overs (Subhranshu Harichandan 57, Ashis Jena 50; Lipu Nayak 4/20, Bikash Naik 2/27) lost to Pragati Sporting 175/4 in ? overs (Soubhagya Sankar Behera 50, Subham Nayak 50, Bikash Naik 37 n.o) by 6 wkts. PoM: Bikash Naik.
March 18 (PQF): Juvenile Club 110/10 in 27.1 overs (Binit Mohanty 31, Pankaj Senapati 20; Swayam Sarthak Routray 3/5, Asutosh Nayak 2/22) beat Paramount Sporting 99/10 in 36.5 overs (Ayush Choudhury 38, M Gyanendra Kumar 28; Sudhanshu Senapati 2/8, B Bajrangi 2/9, Binit Mohanty 2/20) by 11 runs. PoM: Binit Mohanty.
March 19 (PQF): Nimpur Sporting 256/7 in 40 overs (Ajay Rout 96, Manoranjan Das 62; Tapas Lenka 2/42) beat Union Sporting 151/10 in 33.5 overs (Deepak Ranjan Nayak 58; Md Danish 3/22) by 105 runs. PoM: Ajay Rout.
March 20 (QF): Pragati Sporting 129/10 in 33.4 overs (Raghunath Malla 44; Nitish Niranjan Samantray 4/25, Sai Prasad Acharya 3/16) lost to Rising Student Club 130/7 in 29.4 overs (M Prashant 46 n.o; Raghunath Malla 3/20) by 3 wkts. PoM: M Prashant.
March 21 (QF): Nimpur Sporting 200/9 in 40 overs (Ajay Rout 57; Sudhanshu Senapati 3/30, Bishal Das 3/40) lost to Juvenile Club 201/3 in 34.2 overs (Binit Mohanty 87, Saideep Mohapatra 62) by 7 wkts. PoM: Binit Mohanty.
March 23 (SF): Juvenile Club 255/8 in 40 overs (Pankaj Senapati 98, Anil Parida 52; Gyana Acharya 5/28 including hattrick) beat Rising Students Club 124/10 in 34.5 overs (Prince Sanket Behera 37; Tejeswar Mohapatra 3/39, Binit 2/19) by 131 runs. PoM: Pankaj Senapati.
March 24 (Final): Rameswar Sporting 220/8 in 40 overs (Prakash Kumar Barik 62, Manitej Mohanty 35; Pankaj Senapati 2/32) lost to Juvenile Club 222/8 in 39.4 overs (Anil Parida 121 n.o, Javed Khan 26; Tofan Gouda 4/27, Prakash Kumar Barik 3/44) by 2 wkts. PoM: Anil Parida.
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PHOTO: Players of Juvenile Club with guiests and organizing officials at the presentation ceremony in Bhubaneswar on March 24, 2019.