Odisha finished runners-up in the Rani Suryamukhi Devi Memorial All-India T20 Cricket Tournament after losing to Chhattisgarh by seven wickets in the final at Digvijay Stadium in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh yesterday. Led by Swastik Samal, the Odisha team received a cash prize of Rs 3 lakh.
Earlier in the semifinals, Odisha defeated Uttarakhand by 78 runs. Odisha qualified for the semifinals, winning one match and losing two in Group-A league. They beat Vidarbha by four wickets after losing to Chhattisgarh by six wickets and Maharashtra by two wickets.
ODISHA RESULTS:
8 Feb 2025 (League match): Odisha 117/10 in 19.4 overs (Shreyansh Bharadwaj 30, Saideep Mohapatra 28, Sambit Baral 27; Mayank Yadav 4/29, Shubham Singh 3/18) lost to Chhattisgarh 123/4 in 18.5 overs (Prateek Yadav 57*, Ashish Dahariya 44; Sambit Baral 2/13) by 6 wickets.
9 Feb 2025 (League match): Odisha 154/7 in 20 overs (Aashirwad Swain 71, Shreyansh Bharadwaj 28; Avinash Jadhav 2/34) lost to Maharashtra 155/8 in 19.4 overs (Saurabh Thubrikar 47, Shantanu Rajput 30; Pappu Roy 3/33, Sobhandev Behera 3/35) by 2 wickets.
10 Feb 2025 (League match): Vidarbha 175/5 in 20 overs (Shivam Deshmukh 56, Varun Bisht 43, Adhyayan Daga 35; Sambit Beja 2/30) lost to Odisha 177/6 in 15.3 overs (Swastik Samal 51, Saideep Mohapatra 30; Tejas Soni 2/3, Mandar Mahale 2/35, Shanmesh Deshmukh 2/43) by 4 wickets.
14 Feb 2025 (Semifinal): Odisha 218/7 in 20 overs (Swastik Samal 46, Shreyansh Bharadwaj 46, Aashirwad Swain 44, Sambit Beja 29, Sushil Barik 26*; Himanshu Bisht 3/35, Avneesh Sudha 2/22) beat Uttarakhand 140/9 in 20 overs (Himanshu Bisht 53*; Pappu Roy 3/22, Sambit Beja 2/15, Tarani Sa 2/33) by 78 runs.
15 Feb 2025 (Final): Odisha 90/10 in 15.5 overs (Anil Parida 29, Aashirwad Swain 23; Gagandeep Singh 4/17, Mayank Yadav 2/21, Ajay Mandal 2/23) lost to Chhattisgarh 92/3 in 9.2 overs (Prateek Yadav 41*, Ajay Mandal 26*; Tarani Sa 2/22) by 7 wickets.
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PHOTO: Players of Odisha team pose with the runners-up prize at the Rani Suryamukhi Devi Memorial All-India T20 Cricket Tournament in Rajnandgaon on 15 Feb 2024.