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Cambridge School emerged champions in the 7th PVR Murty Memorial Inter-School Cricket Tournament, defeating Saraswati Sishu Mandir (College Square) by seven wickets in the final at Bhubanananda Engineering School ground here today. Rohit Behera of Cambridge School scored a half-century to be adjudged the man of the final match. His teammate Abhishek Paramanik`s fine all-round performance fetched him the man of the tournament prize of a motorcycle.
Rakesh Behera (Saraswati Sishu Mandir), Y Srikant (Cambridge School) and Bibek Sethi (Ranihat High School) were named as best batsman, best bowler and best fielder respectively.
Former India wicket-keeper Surinder Khanna, Mass Education Minister Pratap Jena and Oriya film star Anubhav Mohanty handed over the trophy and prizes at the closing function. Host Union Sporting Club president Nanda Kishore Tibarewal and secretary Pradeep Chauhan were present on the occasion.
