BHUBANESWAR 23-Dec-2013 486
Joint hosts Odisha Power Tramsmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) won the 9th Power Cup Cricket Tournament, trouncing National Aluminium Company (Nalco) by eight wickets in the final at East Coast Railway Stadium here on Monday. Arun Pradhan of OPTCL was adjudged the man of the match for hitting a 57-ball 58.
The third position of the tournament went to Central Electricity Supply Utility (CESU), who defeated Vedanta by seven runs. Pratap Patnaik of CESU slammed 64 to be declared the man of the match.
Arun Pradhan, Amitav Rout, Abhay Mallick and Sambit Harichandan (all OPTCL) received prizes as best batsman, best bowler, best fielder and best wicketkeeper respectively. The prize for the man of the tournament was pocketed by Priyabrat Das of Vedanta.
Hemant Sharma, CMD of OPTCL and GRIDCO, handed over the trophy in the presence of OPTCL directors Santanu Kumar Rath, BP Mohapatra; GRIDCO director PK Pradhan; OHPC directors Rajesh Sharma and Santosh Sahoo.
BRIEF SCORES:
December 17:
Match No 1: NTPC 102/8 in 15 overs (SR Pattanaik 43, AK Sahoo 26; Waseem-ul Maq Qureshi 3/6, Shah Sala-ud-Din 2/15) beat JKPSDC 79/10 in 15 overs (N Kabi 3/15, S Raul 2/12) by 23 runs.
Match No 2: OHPC 107/8 in 15 overs (S Mishra 63; Senapati Pradhan 3/24, Sourav Samal 2/19) beat OPGC 51/9 in 15 overs (Jaswant Nayak 3/13, C Bouda 2/9, BC Pati 2/11, S Mishra 2/11) by 56 runs.
Match No 3: OERC 50/8 in 15 overs (CD Sika 3/4, Deepak Samal 3/13) lost to NALCO 51/3 in 8 overs (Dusmant Das 22 n.o; Siba Bhoi 2/4) by 7 wkts.
Match No 4: TTPS 92/6 in 15 overs (Ajay Nayak 30; Kamal Bahadur 2/4) beat WESCO 89/8 in 15 overs (Rashmi Ranjan Satpathy 2/24) by 3 runs.
December 18:
Match No 5: JKPSDC 67/10 in 17.3 overs (Amitabh Mohapatra 4/5, Subrat Das 2/8, Sachitra Das 2/11) lost to GRIDCO 68/7 in 30 overs (Pradeep Das 26; Asharafa Wani 2/7, Hahsal-uddin 2/12) by 3 wkts.
Match No 6: WESCO 248/3 in 20 overs (Ajit Behera 68 n.o, Kamal Bahadur 56 n.o, Debashis Dalabehera 33, Rupak Dalai 29) beat OPTCL-A 71/10 in 15 overs (Kamal Bahadur 4/18, Rupak Dalai 3/12, Ajit Behera 2/8) by 177 runs.
Match No 7: OERC 128/5 in 20 overs (Pradeep Behera 39, Shiva Bhoi 35, Manoranjan Maharana 20; Bibhuti M0hapatra 2/8, Nirmala Biswas 2/8) lost to HOD 129/4 in 19 overs (Susant Badjena 43, DB Patnayak 28) by 6 wkts.
Match No 8: OHPC 95/6 in 16 overs (S Mishra 41 n.o; Ranjit Yadav 3/15) lost to Vedanta 96/5 in 15.4 overs (Naresh Balaka 25, Sovan Dev 23 n.o) by 5 wkts.
December 19:
Match No 9: GRIDCO 93/10 in 20 overs (Manoj Subuddhi 32; N Kabi 3/16, P Maharana 2/14, SR Pattnaik 2/18) lost to NTPC 94/2 in 12 overs (Anil Sahoo 38, SR Pattnaik 30) by 8 wkts.
Match No 10: NALCO 140/5 in 20 overs (Tarun Swain 50, A Deo 32; A Zawad 2/16) beat Heads of Departments 128/5 in 20 overs (Rupak Jena 55, Nilamadhab Bhoi 47; Deepak Samal 2/18) by 12 runs.
Match No 11: Vedanta 149/4 in 20 overs (Priyabrata Dash 43, Sandeep Panigrahi 38; Ganesh Korda 2/30, Pradumna Sahoo 2/33) beat OPGC 65/10 in 14 overs (Deepak Tripathy 28; Bijay Verma 4/21, Ranjit Yadav 2/2, Pratap Pradhan 2/5) by 84 runs.
Match No 12: TTPS 90/8 in 15 overs (V Prakash 36; Prabhat Kumar Das 3/5, Krushna Chandra Parida 2/16) beat OPTCL-A 75/8 in 15 overs (Prasant Goshwami 3/24, Mithun 2/15, Gourav Mohanty 2/15) by 15 runs.
December 20 (Quarterfinals):
Match No 13: SOUTHCO 106/7 in 20 overs (K Gourishankar 29; Bijay Berma 3/12, Sovan Dev 2/27) lost to Vedanta 107/3 in 18 overs (Ranjit Ramsingh 44, Priyabrata Dash 29 n.o, Sandeep Panigrahi 21; Debasis Mohapatra 2/16) by 7 wkts.
Match No 14: NTPC 99/10 in 17.1 overs (S Raul 35, P Moharana 21; AK Panigrahi 3/15, Vipin Nalpi 3/15, Santanu Behera 3/17) lost to CESU 102/1 in 14.1 overs (Pratap Pattnaik 46 n.o, Dippi Mishra 38 n.o) by 9 wkts.
Match No 15: NALCO 139/8 in 20 overs (Sunil Singh 56, CD Sika 20 n.o; Susanta Rout 2/16, Rajendra Swain 2/17) beat NESCO 115/8 in 20 overs (Rudra Prasad Rath 32, Rajendra Swain 28 n.o; Deepak Sinh 3/11, Akshya Seth 2/14) by 24 runs.
Match No 16: TTPS 84/7 in 20 overs (V Prakash 21; Amitav Rout 4/21) lost to OPTCL 87/2 in 9.4 overs (Jyoti Prakash Rout 50 n.o; R R Satpathy 2/22) by 8 wkts.
December 21 (Semifinals):
Match No 17: Nalco 147/7 in 20 overs (Deepak Samal 44, Deepak Sing 40; Santanu Behera 2/23) beat CESU 125/9 in 19.2 overs (Dippi Mishra 47, SK Samantaray 23; Deepak Samal 3/12, Akshay Seth 3/21, Rajnikant Munda 3/25) by 22 runs.
Match No 18: Vedanta 122/3 in 20 overs (Priyabrata Dash 59 n.o, Rajib Ranasing 23) lost to OPTCL 124/2 in 14.5 overs (Arjun Pradhan 50 n.o, Soumitra Sethy 40, Sambit Harichandan 20 n.o) by 8 wkts.
December 22:
Match No 19 (For 3rd place): CESU 104/4 in 12 overs (Pratap Pattnaik 64, Vipin Nandi 23; Naresh Balak 2/19) beat Vedanta 97/5 in 12 overs (Naresh Balak 25, Rajeeb Singh Jadav 22; Santanu Behera 2/20) by 7 runs.
Match No 20 (Final): Nalco 158/7 in 25 overs (Deepak Singh 77, Rajnikant Munda 26, Dushmant Das 22; Amitav Rout 3/30) lost to OPTCL 160/2 in 22 overs (Arun Pradhan 58, Jyoti Prakash Rout 44 n.o, Soumitra Sethy 34) by 8 wkts.
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PHOTO: Power Cup champions OPTCL players with guests in Bhubaneswar on December 23, 2013.
