Rising Students win Rabin Memorial Tournament

Star-studded Rising Students Club of Cuttack emerged champions in the State-Level Rabin Memorial Cricket Tournament, beating their city opponents Union Sporting Club by 26 runs in final at SCB Medical College ground here today.
Prateek Anurag Das of Rising Students hit a 38-ball 52 with the help of five fours and two sixes to be adjudged the man of the match. He also claimed the best batsman of the tournament prize for scoring 122 runs in two matches.
The champion team received a cash prize of Rs 30,000, while the runners-up were given Rs 20,000. Sanjib Barik of Union Sporting won the prize as the man of the tournament for his fine all-round performance, while the best bowler prize went to his teammate Santosh Jena.
Odisha Cricket Association secretary Asirbad Behera presented the trophies and cash prizes at the closing function. Host Biswabharati Cricket Club secretary Soumitra Choudhury was present on the occasion.
Altogether 10 teams have joined.
RESULTS:
MAY 14:
Match No 1 (PQF 1): Pragati Sporting
(Bhubaneswar) beat Mukteswar Cricket Club (Bhubaneswar).
Match No 2 (PQF 2): Biswabharati Club (Cuttack) beat Juvenile Club (Cuttack).
MAY 15:
Match No 3 (QF 1): SCAAN
120/8 in 20 overs (Sandeep Mulia 37, Santosh Debkant 34; Suryakant Pradhan 3/25, Deepak Behera 2/21) lost to Rising Students 123/4 in 17.3 overs (Bikash Pati 42, Girija Rout 27; Sandeep Bhanjadao 2/24) by 6 wkts. MoM: Suryakant Pradhan.
Match No 4 (QF 2): Jobra Solar 125/10 in 19.4 overs (Sanjay Khuntia 24, Manish Rout 21; Preetamjit Das 3/29, Priyatosh Paramanik 2/16, Prayas Singh Thakur 2/17) beat Saheed Sporting 97/10 in 19.3 overs (Rakesh Gochhayat 28; Ashok Barik 4/22, Prayas Singh Thakur 2/17) by 22 runs. MoM: Ashok Barik.
MAY 16:
Match No 5 (QF 3): Union Sporting
119/7 in 20 overs (Tapendra Singh 28, Sanjib Barik 26; Sanujit Samal 2/13, Prasant SAhoo 2/20, PR Sinha 2/36) beat Biswabharati Club 87/10 in 18.5 overs (Lagnajit Samal 25; Niranjan Behera 3/18, Sanjib Barik 2/15, Tapendra Singh 2/26) by 32 runs. MoM: Tapendra Singh.
Match No 6 (QF 4): Pragati Sporting 96/10 in 18.1 overs (Shantanu Mishra 34; Alok Mangaraj 4/6, Paresh Patel 4/8) beat Rameswar Sporting 69/10 in 18.1 overs (Prasant Bhoi 29; Tukuna Sahu 3/17, Niranjan Behera Jr 2/4, Dharmendra Das 2/15) by 27 runs. MoM: Shantanu Mishra.
MAY 17:
Match No 7 (SF-1): Rising Students
150/10 in 19.5 overs (Prateek Anurag Singh 70, Arabind Singh 26; Sukant Hati 3/9, Shantanu Mishra 2/29) beat Pragati Sporting 123/9 in 20 overs (Tukuna Sahu 43, Shantanu Mishra 35; Jamela Mohapatra 3/17, Biplab Samantray 2/15, Deepak Behera 2/21) by 27 runs. MoM: Prateek Anurag Das.
Match No 8 (SF-2): Union Sporting 156/4 in 20 overs (Niranjan Behera 52, Sanjib Barik 51; Anand Sahoo 2/20) beat Jobra Solar 154/8 in 20 overs (Manish Rout 52; Santosh Jena 3/35) by 2 runs. MoM: Sanjib Barik.
MAY 18:
Match No 9 (Final): Rising Students
152/8 in 20 overs (Prateek Anurag Singh 52, Syed Moinuddin 23; Santosh Jena 2/17, Tapendra Singh 2/28, Sanjib Barik 2/39) beat Union Sporting 126/6 in 20 overs (Om Bikash Nayak 40, Mohammad Akram 27; Dheeraj Singh 2/24, Deepak Behera 3/19) by 26 runs. MoM: Prateek Anurag Das.
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PHOTO: Players of Rising Students Club with their trophy in Cuttack on May 18, 2014.

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