BHUBANESWAR 04-Feb-2014 140
Nilachal Hospital Private Limited (NHPL) and Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) won the corporate and government sector titles respectively in the HOD Cup Cricket Tournament, which concluded at Kalinga Stadium here today.
NHPL, in fact, retained the title, edged out Axis Bank in the final by seven runs. In the other final, OPTCL upset defending champions Odisha Services by 50 runs. The champions teams received cash prizes of Rs 10,000 each, while runners-up teams were give Rs 7,000 each.
Altogether 10 corporate sector and 12 government sector teams participated in the month-long tournament, which was organised by Odisha Heads of Department Ministerial Officers Association. Forest Department Joint-Secretary Debi Dutta Biswal handed over the trophies at the closing ceremony.
BRIEF SCORE (Final matches):
Corporate sector: Nilachal Hospital 121/9 in 20 overs (Rupak Jena 45, Abhinab Ghosh 20; Ajay Rout 2/20, Dibyesh Mohanty 2/32) beat Axis Bank 114/7 in 20 overs (Siba Prasad Ray 26, Partha Sarathi Patnaik 23; Sukanta Hati 3/19, Manoj Barik 2/15) by 7 runs.
Government sector: OPTCL 161/5 in 20 overs (Abhay Mallick 53; Nilakantha Panigrahi 3/18) beat Odisha Services 111/10 in 19.2 overs (Bibhuti Mohapatra 31; Amitav Rout 2/14) by 50 runs.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHOTO: HOD Cup government sector champions OPTCL team with the trophy in Bhubaneswar on February 4, 2014.
