11-Mar-2009 88
Two Bhubaneswar teams Rameswar Sporting and Saheed Sporting posted convincing wins over their Cuttack opponents to enter the semifinas of the 1st Apin Memorial Twenty20 Cricket Tournament being played at SCB Medical College ground in Cuttack today.
Stumper Priyabrata Pradhan slammed a 48-ball 74 to help Rameswar Sporting beat Solar Club by 68 runs, while Saheed Sporting rode on Sourav Sehgal’s fine all-round performance to defeat Union Sporting by 45 runs.
Brief score:
Rameswar Sporting 150/10 in 19.5 overs (Priyabrata Pradhan 74, Purna Moharana 21: Anand Sahoo 4/14, BD Chouhan 2/28, Tapan Behera 2/26) beat Solar Club 82/10 in 16.4 overs (Chitta Ranjan Rout 30, Tanmay Mohanty 27: Alok Mangaraj 3/23, Paresh Patel 3/11).
Saheed Sporting 169/9 in 20 overs (Devraj Kar 46, Sourav Sehgal 42 n.o: Santosh Jena, Tapendra Singh and Jayaram Rath 2 wkts each) beat Union Sporting 124/10 in 17.4 overs (Niranjan Behera 43: Sourav Sehgal 3/21, Divya Panda 3/18, Manoj Barik 2/18).
