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  Utkal crowned East Zone Inter-Varsity cricket champs
19 Jan 2017 BHUBANESWAR
 

Utkal University won eight matches in a row to emerge champions in the East Zone Inter-University Cricket Tournament, which was held at Bidyasagar University in Midnapore (West Bengal) from January 8 to 19, 2017. Utkal achieved this notable success after a gap of 16 years and qualified for the All-India Inter-University Tournament.

In the league round, Utkal beat FM University, defending champions VBS Purvanchal University and Swamy Vivekananda Technical University (Chhattisgarh). Utkal qualified for the league stage by winning all five of their knock-out matches. VBS Purvanchal University finished runners-up in the East Zone Tournament. Utkal University Vice-Chancellor Prof Ashok Kumar Das and the university Sports Council Director Prof Jayant Kumar Parida congratuladed the players and officials of the team for their creditable triumph.

Meanwhile, Ravenshaw University crashed out of the tournament after winning two matches. They defeated Banaras Hindu University by four wickets and TM Bhagalpur by two wickets.

 

UTKAL UNIVERSITY TEAM: Om Bikash Nayak (GCPE); Kartik Biswal, Prabhupada Samantaray (both Jaydev College); Soubhagya Mishra, Pratik Anurag Das, Girija Barik, Ranjit Paikaray, Nilu Pradhan, Badal Bhol (all U N College, Adaspur); Abinash Sahoo (Maharishi College); Manoranjan Tripathy (KBDAV College, Nirakarpur); Asish Sahoo, Avinab Ghosh (both DR College, Bhubaneswar); Subham Nayak, Asutosh Das (both BD College, Jajpur); Lokesh Mohanty (City College, Cuttack). Manager: Biswa Ranjan Behera; Coach: Sambit Rout.

RESULTS OF UTKAL UNIVERSITY:
Jan 8: Utkal University
223 in 32 overs (Subham Nayak 41, Kartik Biswal 36, Om Bikash Nayak 31) beat Durg University 124/10 in 23 overs (Subham Nayak and Kartik Biswal each 3 wkts, Badal Bhol 2 wkts) by 99 runs.
Jan 11: Calcutta University
193/10 in 35 overs (Nilu Pradhan 3 wkts, Om Bikash Nayak 2 wkts) lost to Utkal University 194/9 in 24.5 overs (Badal Bhola 48, Avinab Ghosh 45, Kartik Biswal 22) by 1 wkt.
Jan 14: Utkal University 276 in 30 overs (Om Bikash Nayak 82, Pratik Anurag Das 59, Kartik Biswal 43, Avinab Ghosh 28, Ashutosh Das 25) beat Dibrugarh University 137/10 in 26.2 overs (Subham Nayak 5 wkts, Badal Bhola 2 wkts) by 139 runs.
Jan 15: Bilaspur University, Chhattisgarh 144/10 in 33.5 overs (Nilu Pradhan 3 wkts, Subham Nayak, Asutosh Das each 2 wkts) lost to Utkal University 145/6 in 31.2 overs (Om Bikash Nayak 52, Lokesh Mohanty 28, Avinab Ghosh 23) by 4 wkts.
Jan 16: Utkal University 227 in 40 overs (Girija Barik 71, Asish Sahoo 35, Avinab Ghosh 23, Kartik Biswal 23, Ashutosh Das 22) beat Ranchi University 184/10 in 38.5 overs (Nilu Pradhan, Badal Bhol each 2 wkts) by 43 runs.
Jan 17: Utkal University 261/10 in 34.5 overs (Pratik Anurag Das 53, Avinab Ghosh 46, Kartik Biswal 43, Girija Barik 42) beat F M University 249/9 in 35 overs (Nilu Pradhan 4 wkts, Asutosh Das and Badal Bhola each 2 wkts) by 12 runs.
Jan 18: VBS Purvanchal University 178/8 in 40 overs (Nilu Pradhan 4 wkts, Kartik Biswal 3 wkts) lost to Utkal University 179/5 in 32.3 overs (Pratik Anurag Das 56, Kartik Biswal 38, Avinab Ghosh 37) by 5 wkts.
Jan 19: Swamy Vivekananda Technical University 252/6 in 40 overs (Subham Nayak 3 wkts, Nilu Pradhan 1 wkt) lost to Utkal University 253/6 in 27 overs (Avinab Ghosh 71, Kartik Biswal 66, Pratik Anurag Das 61, Abinash Sahoo 25) by 4 wkts.

RAVENSHAW UNIVERSITY TEAM: Nirnimesh Jena (Captain), Y Srikant, Binayak Nayak, Md Aamir Anis, Vikash Kumar Srivastava, Chandra Prakash Mohanty, Sunil Kumar Roul, Mrutyunjaya Swain, Asmit Kumar Rout, Saifuddin Khan, Liladhar Pradhan, Biprav Moharana, Sushil Barik, Subhrajit Roul, Pritam Barik, Sandeep kumar Kar (WK). Manager: Prasanjeet Banarjee; Coach: Kalinga Das.

RESULTS OF RAVENSHAW UNIVERSITY:
Jan 12: Banaras Hindu University
150/10 in 32 overs (Asmit Rout 3/21, Biprab Moharana3/41, Sunil 2/25) lost to Ravenshaw University 153/6 in 30 overs (Y Shrikant 57, Binayak Nayak 34) 4 wkts.
Jan 14: TM Bhagalpur University 235/6 in 35 overs (Ajit Kumar 100*; Biprab Moharana 2/44, Binayak Nayak 2/44) lost to Ravenshaw University 236/8 in 34.4 overs (Y Srikant 85, Chandraprakash Mohanty 22, Md Asim Anish 22, Liladhar Pradhan 22) by 2 wkts.
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TOP: Players and officials of Utkal University team at Midnapore on January 8, 2017.
RIGHT: Players and officials of Ravenshaw University team in Cuttack on January 11, 2017.

 
   

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