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Host Amateur Cricket Club (ACC) emerged champions in the 1st PVR Murty Inter-Club Cricket Tournament, defeating city opponents Sunrise Club by six wickets in the final at Bhubanananda Engineering School ground here today.
The champion team received a cash prize of Rs 10,000. Former Odisha Ranji team captain Niranjan Behera was the architect of the triumph, hitting a 40-ball 60. He was adjudged the man of the match.
Loka Ranjan Routray (Sunrise) and Santosh Jena (ACC) claimed prizes as man of the tournament and best bowler respectively. The best batsman and best wicket-keeper prizes went to ACC`s Kameswar Barik.
BRIEF SCORES:
JUNE 5:
Match No 1: Maa Mangala Club 108/6 in 18 overs (Pritam Das 30; Tapendra Singh 2/10) lost to Amateur Cricket Club 109/2 in 8.3 overs (Kameswar Barik 47 n.o; Soumendra Patra 1/25) by 8 wkts.
Match No 2: Jagatpur Athletic Association 141/7 in 20 overs (Tapan Behera 38, Jyoti Dalei 35; Bikash Banerjee 3/21, Rajnaj 2/15) lost to Rovers Club 142/8 in 20 overs (Kanhu Das 35, Ranjan 25; Harekrushna Das 5/16) by 2 wkts.
JUNE 6:
Match No 3: Star Club 159/6 in 20 overs (Muna Sethy 71, Prahallad Paikaray 29; T Shankar Rao 2/30, Sanjay Das 2/28) lost to Royal Club 163/4 in 18.2 overs (Anshuman Mishra 66, Sagar Kar 22) by 6 wkts.
Match No 4: Sunrise Club 188/9 in 20 overs (Lokaranjan Routray 70, Sujit Patra 30; Gatikrushna Mishra 2/21, Sarat Hati 2/28) beat Friends Club 158/6 in 20 overs (Sujit Malla 44, Narendra Sahoo 40 n.o; Prasant Senapati 2/27, Subhanandan Barik 2/32) by 30 runs.
JUNE 7:
Match No 5 (SF-1): Amateur Cricket Club 190/8 in 20 overs (Santosh Jena 52, Deepak Kanungo 36, Om Bikash Nayak 28; Abhijit Biswal 2/20, Rahul Raj 2/39) beat Royal Club 113/9 in 18.2 overs (Soumya Ranjan Das 30; Chhayakant Das 3/16, Tapan Behera 2/17) by 77 runs.
Match No 6 (SF-2): Sunrise Club 160/6 in 20 overs (Lokaranjan Routray 79; Dhananjay Barik 3/26, Sarat Hati 2/28) beat Rovers Club 159/7 in 20 overs (Rupesh Das 40, Pintu Sharma 26; Lakaranjan Barik 3/23, Prasanta Senapati 2/33) by 1 run.
Match No 7 (Final): Sunrise Club 135/8 in 20 overs (Abhimanyu Kalia 24, Rashmi Ranjan Ojha 20 n.o; Tapendra Singh 3/17, Om Bikash Nayak 2/23) lost to Amateur Cricket Club 137/4 in 16.1 overs (Niranjan Behera 60, Kameswar Barik 31) by 6 kts.
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PHOTO: ACC players receive the trophy in Cuttack on June 8, 2014.
