20-Mar-2008 95
Rameswar Sporting won the Mahavir Cup Cricket Tournament, outplaying their Bhubaneswar City opponents Pragati Sporting by 90 runs in the final at Baliguali, Puri today.
Rameswar stumper Priyabrat Pradhan top scored with 64 to be adjudged the man of the match. His teammate Paresh Patel was awarded as the man of the tournament.
The champions received Rs 10,000 while the runners-up pocketed Rs 5,000. Assembly Speaker Maheswar Mohanty and Higher Education Minister Samir Dey gave away the trophy and cash prizes. The tournament was organised by Mahavir Sporting.
Brief scores: Rameswar Sporting 226/9 in 35 overs (Priyabrat Pradhan 64, Partha Sarathi Patnaik 36, Paresh Patel 30; Sanjay Satpathy 3 wkts) beat Pragati Sporting 136/10 in 24.2 overs (Tukuna Sahu 30; Purna Chandra Moharana 4 wkts, Rajesh Mohapatra 2 wkts).
