JHARSUGUDA 09-Feb-2014 329
Rising Students Club, Cuttack, emerged champions in the 3rd Jharsuguda Cup All-India T-20 Cricket Tournament, registering a 65-run convincing win over Sports & Cultural Association of Ashok Nagar (SCAAN), Bhbaneswar in the final at Manmohan School ground here today.
A 51-ball 72 by opening batsman Bikash Pati and rapid-fire 45 off 28 balls by captain Suryakant Pradhan helped Rising Students clinch victory, which fetched them a cash prize of Rs 41,000. Runners-up SCAAN received Rs 25,000. Pradhan was adjudged the man of the match.
Former Odisha Assembly Speaker Kishore Kumar Mohanty and woman cricket international Rasanara Parbin handed over the trophy and prizes at the closing function. Altogether 12 teams participated in the tournament, which was organised by Jharsuguda Youth Cricket Association.
BRIEF SCORE:
February 2 (Match No 1): Mukteswar Cricket Club, Bhubaneswar 198/7 in 20 overs (Anurag Sarangi 76, S Roy 50; Santosh 2/28, Vishal Singh 2/35) lost to CKP Railway, Jharkhand 199/6 in 19 overs (Pankaj Garg 105; P Naik 2/29, N Das 2/33) by 4 wkts.
February 3 (Match No 2): Rourkela Gymkhana 178/9 in 20 overs (Ranjib Singh 73 in 41 balls, Prasant Das 31, Kamlesh Sharma 23; Santosh Jena 4/ 29, Tukuna Sahu 2/43) lost to Union Sporting 179/6 in 19 overs (Om Bikash Naik 47, Taprndra Singh 45; Jagjot Singh 2/38, Ashish Mitra 2/45) by 4 wkts.
February 4 (Match No 3): Santosh Academy 133/9 in 20 overs (Gourav Bhosle 43, Imran Khan 20; Rabindra Naik 2/24, Pravanjan Mallick 2/30) lost to SCAAN 135/5 in 18.3 overs (Manoj Naik 42; Santosh Sahu 3/32) by 5 wickets.
February 4 (Match No 4): CKP Railway 110/10 in 20 overs (Pankaj Garg 39, Tapan Pattnaik 32; Tukuna Sahu 3/17, Santosh Jena 2/12, Mohammad Ishaq 2/18) lost to Union Sporting 111/4 in 15.2 overs (Takuna Sahu 28, Kamleshwar Barik 27; Yajuvindar Singh 2/25) by 6 wikts.
February 5 (Match No 5: SF 1): SCAAN 178/8 in 20 overs (Santosh Deokant 60, Tapan Pattnaik 44, Pravanjan Mullick 29; Santosh Jena 3/30) beat Union Sporting 160/10 in 19.3 overs (Tukuna Sahu 39, Kameswar Barik 35, Sanjib Barik 35; Pravanjan Mallick 3/29, Manoj Naik 3/39) by 18 runs.
February 6 (Match No 6): Progressive Cricket Association, Jharsuguda 118/8 in 20 overs (Pratik Yadav 42, Priyatosh Paramanik 27; Saroj Sahu, Ananda Sahu, Malaya Jena each 2 wks) beat Jobra Solar Club, Cuttack 102/7 in 20 overs (Sagar Rout 31; Tarun Sa 2/18, Raj Kishan Patel 2/18) by 16 runs.
February 6 (Match No 7): SAIL, Ranchi 149/8 in 20 overs (Samod 49; Prasant Thakker 3/17) beat Commissioner`s Colony Cricket Club, Sambalpur 69/10 in 14.2 overs (Sayad Jaki 29; Sahid Hussain 4/13, Manjit 3/19) by 80 runs.
February 8 (Match No 8, SF 2): Rising Students Club 129/9 in 20 overs (Syed Moin 40, Jhumela 26; Manzarul 19; Raj Kishan Patel 23/3) beat Progressive Cricket Association 102/7 in 20 overs (Pratyosh 34, Sunil Dora 22; Bibhu 3/20, Jayant Behera 2/17) by 27 runs.
February 9 (Match No 9, Final): Rising Students 164/9 in 20 overs (Bikash Pati 72(51), Suryakant Pradhan 45(28); Rabindra Nayak 3/23) beat SCAAN 99/9 in 20 overs (Divya Sakti 35, Seikh Amjat 35; J Bhanja 3/20) by 65 runs.
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PHOTO: Rising Students team with the Jharsuguda Cup in Jharsuguda on February 9, 2014.
