CUTTACK 16-May-2013 549
Rakesh Gochhayat, emerged hero as Chilika emerged champions in the 2nd edition of Odisha Premier League T-20 Cricket Tournament, beating Baitarani by four wickets in the hard-fought final at the floodlit Barabati Stadium here tonight. Put into bat, Baitarani compiled a healthy total of 168 for four in the stipulated 20 overs. In reply, Chilika romped home with three balls to spare.
Gochhayat, a Grade-C player, scored an unbeaten 47 (37 balls) with the help of three fours and four sixes to enable Chilika pull off the thrilling victory from the jaws of defeat. He received a cash prize of Rs 5,000 as the man of the final match.
Amidst the defeat, Baitarani captain Natraj Behera stood tall, hitting an unbeaten 115 (69 balls, 12x4, 6x6), the lone century of the tournament. His splendid knock fetched him the man of the tournament reward, which carried a cash prize of Rs 25,000.
Champions Chilika received the top cash prize of Rs 3 lakhs, while the runners-up Baitarani took home Rs 2 lakhs. Dhauli, which finished third in the tournament, became richer by Rs 1 Lakh. Police DG Prakash Mishra handed over the trophy in the glittering closing function. Host Odisha Cricket Association president Ranjib Biswal, secretary Asirbad Behera and Cuttack Mayor Soumendra Kumar Ghosh were present on occasion.
Earlier in the semifinals, Chilika eliminated title aspirant Dhauli by four wickets, while Baitarani beat Rushikulya by 31 runs.
BRIEF SCORES:
MAY 2:
At Barabati Stadium: Dhauli 155-8 in 20 overs (Mohammad Hasim 48, Sumitosh Praharaj 42, Bibhudutta Panda 25; Soumendra Das 3-16, Alok Sahoo 3-26) beat Barabati 138-9 in 20 overs (Ajay Rout 40, Sidhant Roy 21, Sujit Lenka 20; Suman Mishra 4-22, Sanjib Barik 2-22) by 17 runs.
At Barabati Stadium: Subarnareka 131-9 in 20 overs (Ankit Yadav 32, Basant Mohanty 23; Priyatosh Paramanik 4-17, Santosh Moharana 2-31) lost to Baitarani 135-1 in 16.2 overs (Rupak Jena 77 n.o, Natraj Behera 22 n.o) by 9 wkts.
MAY 3:
At VSS Stadium: Mahanadi 143-9 in 20 overs (Sameer Mohanty 46, S Acharya 23, Om Bikash Naik 20; Paresh Patel 5-17) beat Rushikulya 112 all out in 19 overs (Lagnajit Samal 31, Roshan Swain 25, Paresh Patel 22; Sameer Mohanty 4-18, Amit Das 3-9, Pritamjit Das 2-18) by 31 runs.
At VSS Stadium: Konark 143-7 in 20 overs (Haladhar Das 41, Tukuna Sahu 27, Syed Moinuddin 26, Tanmay Mohanty 23; Santosh Sethi 2-20, Govind Tandia 2-25) lost to Chilika 144-2 in 17.5 overs (Barun Panigrahi 73, Anurag Sarangi 47; Santosh Jena 2-35) by 8 wkts.
At Barabati Stadium: Barabati 139-6 in 20 overs (Niranjan Behera 45, Subit Biswal 36, Alok Sahoo 21; Priyatosh Paramanik 3-24, Santosh Maharana 2-21) lost to Baitarani 84-3 in 9.4 overs (Alok Pradhan 26; Niranjan Behera 2-10) by 7 wkts via D/L method.
At Barabati Stadium: Dhauli 62-1 in 8.2 overs (Sumitosh Praharaj 26 n.o) beat Subarnarekha 48-6 in 5 overs (Ankit Yadav 22; Rakesh Mohanty 2-11) by 1 run via D/L Method.
MAY 4:
At Barabati Stadium: Barabati 154-5 in 20 overs (Sandeep Mulia 46 n.o, Subit Biswal 36, Sujit Lenka 25; Prasanta Sahoo 2-28) beat Subarnarekha 145-4 in 20 overs (Prasanta Sahoo 65, Bikash Pati 54 n.o) by 9 runs.
At Barabati Stadium: Dhauli 157-4 in 20 overs (Rakesh Mohanty 61, Sanjib Barik 36, Mohammad Hasim 32 n.o; Alok Das 2-25) beat Baitarani 119-5 in 20 overs (Priyatosh Paramanik 44 n.o, P Roshan Rao 33; Manoj Nayak 2-19) by 38 runs.
At VSS Stadium: Mahanadi 81 all out in 15.5 overs (Govind Poddar 42; Tukuna Sahu 3-17, Sanujit Samal 3-20) lost to Konark 82-1 in 7.5 overs (Tanmay Mohanty 39, Tukuna Sahu 34 n.o) by 9 wkts.
At VSS Stadium: Chilika 142-8 in 20 overs (Deepak Behera 43, Santosh Sethi 27; Prayas Thakur 2-24, Paresh Patel 2-30) lost to Rushikulya 144-7 in 19.2 overs (Prayas Thakur 33 n.o, Paresh Patel 24, Sanjib Sahoo 21; Subhranshu Senapati 3-26) by 3 wkts.
MAY 5:
At Barabati Stadium: Baitarani 145-6 in 20 overs (Priyatosh Paramanik 49 n.o, Natraj Behera 24, Subhrajit Sahoo 23, Rupak Jena 21; Ankit Yadav 3-25, Anand Sahoo 2-19) beat Subarnarekha 117 all out in 19.5 overs (Ankit Yadav 39, Saiba Singh 20; Santosh Moharana 2-8, Natraj Behera 2-15, Priyatosh Paramanik 2-20, Alok Das 2-24) by 28 runs.
At Barabati Stadium: Dhauli 152-6 in 20 overs (Sanjib Barik 66 n.o, Bibhudutta Panda 21, Rupak Pradhan 20; Alok Sahoo 2-27) lost to Barabati 156-8 in 19.1 overs (Soumendra Das 28, Alok Sahoo 27 n.o, Subhranshu Samal 27, Sandeep Mulia 21; Bibhudutta Panda 2-15, Suman Mishra 2-38) by 2 wkts.
At VSS Stadium: Mahanadi 133-7 in 19 overs (Sameer Mohanty 27, Aditya Basa 24; Deepak Behera 3-25, Govind Tandia 2-24) beat Chilika 130-9 in 19 overs (Subhranshu Senapati 53; Govind Poddar 2-16, Gourav Mohapatra 2-26, Sameer Mohanty 2-33) by 3 runs.
At VSS Stadium: Rushikulya 154-5 in 20 overs (Prayas Thakur 54 n.o, Sanjib Sahoo 35, Lagnajit Samal 27, Sagar Rout 25 n.o; Sanujit Samal 2-27) beat Konark 89-8 in 20 overs (Haladhar Das 31; Niranjan Behera (jr) 3-18, Alok Mangaraj 2-12, Prayas Thakur 2-18) by 65 runs.
MAY 6:
At Barabati Stadium: Subarnarekha 146-5 in 20 overs (Sheshdeep Patra 48, Abhinav Ghosh 42, Basant Mohanty 24, Rashmi Ranjan Rout 21 n.o; Suman Mishra 2-39) lost to Dhauli 147-7 in 19.5 overs (Sanjib Barik 43, Bibhudutta Panda 35 n.o, Sumitosh Praharaj 24, Mohammad Hasim 20) by 3 wkts.
At Barabati Stadium: Baitarani 166-8 in 20 overs (Natraj Behera 59, Alok Pradhan 47; Niranjan Behera 2-26, Soumendra Das 2-29) beat Barabati 158-9 in 20 overs (Suvranshu Samal 70, Niranjan Behera 36; Rupak Jena 3-25, Santosh Moharana 2-30) by 8 runs.
At VSS Stadium: Konark 145-5 in 20 overs (Tukuna Sahu 61, Haladhar Das 26, Tapendra Singh 20 n.o; Deepak Behera 2-22) lost to Chilika 148-3 in 18.5 overs (Anurag Sarangi 64, Subhranshu Senapati 53 n.o, Barun Panigrahi 23) by 7 wkts.
At VSS Stadium: Mahanadi 133-5 in 20 overs (Sameer Mohanty 50, Om Bikash Naik 39; Lagnajit Samal 2-21) lost to Rushikulya 139-8 in 19.4 overs (Lagnajit Samal 27; Sameer Mohanty 2-29) by 2 wkts.
MAY 7:
At Barabati Stadium: Baitarani 119-9 in 20 overs (Sukant Das 35, Abhinash Nayak 24 n.o, Priyatosh Paramanik 21; Dhiraj Singh 4-19, Sanjib Barik 2-35) lost to Dhauli 120-4 in 19.2 overs (Rakesh Mohanty 57 n.o, Rupak Pradhan 23) by 6 wkts.
At Barabati Stadium: Subarnarekha 164-7 in in 20 overs (Sheshdeep Patra 74, Bikash Pati 36; Soumendra Das 2-20) beat Barabati 131 all out in 19.3 overs (Sujit Lenka 29, Niranjan Behera 28, Suvendu Samal 21; Ankit Yadav 2-16, Anand Sahoo 2-20, Prasant Sahoo 2-26) by 33 runs.
At VSS Stadium: Rushikulya 129-7 in 17 overs (Paresh Patel 52, Ashok Barik 38; Deepak Behera 2-13) lost to Chilika 138-7 in 17 overs (Anurag Sarangi 63, Arvind Singh 26; Alok Mangaraj 2-20, Paresh Patel 2-30) by 2 wkts.
At VSS Stadium: Mahanadi 139-8 in 20 overs (Sameer Mohanty 48, Om Bikash Naik 42, Pritamjit Das 20; Jayant Behera 6-10) lost to Konark 139-7 in 20 overs (Tukuna Sahu 55, Ranjit Singh 26, Tanmay Mohanty 23; Sameer Mohanty 2-13, Amit Das 2-37) via Super Over: Konark 18-0 (Tanmay Mohanty 16) beat Mahanadi 6-2 (Govind Poddar 5).
MAY 8:
At VSS Stadium: Rushikulya 166-8 in 20 overs (Pallabendu Mishra 42, Paresh Patel 31, Lagnajit Samal 26; Sanujit Samal 3-37) beat Konark 146 all out in 19.4 overs (Tanmay Mohanty 38, Tukuna Sahu 37; Prayas Thakur 3-21, Paresh Patel 3-31, Ashok Barik 2-15) by 20 runs.
At VSS Stadium: Chilika 173-8 in 20 overs (Aravind Singh 65, Debapriya Pattnaik 35, Deepak Behera 24, Rakesh Gochhayat 23 n.o; Abinash Nanda 3-22, Payas Ranjan Sinha 3-33) beat Mahanadi 169-7 in 20 overs (Pratik Tripathy 50, P R Sinha 28, Om Bikash Naik 23, Rahesh Shetty 20; Suryakant Pradhan 2-25, Debapriya Pattnaik 2-32) by 4 runs.
MAY 9:
First semifinal at Barabati Stadium: Dhauli 135-6 in 20 overs (Mohammad Hasim 38 n.o, Manoj Nayak 26 n.o; Subhranshu Senapati 3-24, Deepak Behera 2-24) lost to Chilika 138-6 in 19.4 overs (Subhranshu Senapati 37 n.o, Arabinda Singh 30, Anurag Sarangi 24; Suman Mishra 2-21) by 4 wkts.
MAY 10:
Second semifinal at Barabati Stadium: Baitarani 155-6 in 20 overs (Rupak Jena 71, Natraj Behera 36, Priyatosh Paramanik 27 n.o; Alok Mangaraj 2-25, Paresh Patel 2-26) beat Rushikulya 124 all out in 18.5 overs (Pallabendu Mishra 37, Sagar Rout 32, Sanjib Sahu 26; Priyatosh Paramanik 4-11, Rupak Jena 2-26, Sukanta Das 2-29) by 31 runs.
MAY 12:
Third-place match at Barabati Stadium: Rushikulya 124-7 in 20 overs (Paresh Patel 50, Ashok Barik 23; Sanjib Barik 3-15, Suman Mishra 2-20, Dinakrishna Parida 2-26) lost to Dhauli 125-5 in 19.3 overs (Sumitosh Praharaj 43, Abhinab Mishra 38 n.o; Ashok Barik 2-19) by 5 wkts.
MAY 16:
Final match at Barabati Stadium: Baitarani 168-4 in 20 overs (Natraj Behera 115 n.o, Priyatosh Paramanik 22; Suryakant Pradhan 2-39) lost to Chilika 171-6 in 19.3 overs (Rakesh Gochhayat 47 n.o, Aravind Singh 41, Santosh Sethi 24; Sukant Das 2-33, Rupak Jena 2-38) by 4 wkts.
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PHOTO: Chilika players celebrate their OPL-II title triumph in Cuttack on May 16, 2013.
