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South Eastern Railway Sports Association (SERSA), Ranchi and Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Jharkhand were declared joint champions of the 22nd All-India Pradip Memorial Cricket Tournament after the final match between the two sided ended in a tie at Hanuman Jew ground in Tillo (Bhadrak) today.
Rakesh Tiwary hit a dashing 78 for SERSA to be adjudged the man of the match. S R Sinha (SERSA), Manjit Singh (SAIL) and A Pawan Kumar (SERSA) won the prizes as man of the tournament, best batsman and best bowler in the order.
Organised by Tillo Athletic Association (TAA), the well-known tournament, featuring eight teams from Odisha, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand, started on January 4. The tournament, which was inaugurated by Union Tribal Welfare Minister Jual Oram. India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni played in this tournament in 2002 and 2003, representing SERSA, Khadagpur. The tournament will conclude on January 11.
RESULTS:
January 4 (1st quarterfinal): DRK Club (Baripada) 131/10 in 30 overs (Anup Pal 32, Sudarsan Patra 22; Shibu Vargese 5/17) beat Railway Workshop (WB) 89/10 in 23.5 overs (Sauvik Mitra 33; Dipranjan Sahoo 4/17, Satyanarayan Jew 2/20, Anup Pal 2/4) by 42 runs. Man of the match: Dipranjan Sahoo.
January 5 (2nd quarterfinal): SAIL, Jharkhand 134/10 in 28.4 overs (Abhitosh Parasar 31, Shushant Singh 24; Suman Mishra 4/22, Santosh Sethy 3/27) beat Odisha Postal 98 /10 in 25.1 overs (Deepak Rout 21; Arun Vidyarthi 3/10, V K Saini 3/14) by 36 runs. MoM: Arun Vidyarthi
January 6 (1st semifinal): SAIL 153/7 in 30 overs (Abhishek Parasar 42 n.o, Suraj Sawant 39, Himanshu Sharma 28; Saiba Singh 2/35) beat DRK Club 78/10 19.5 overs (Sudarshan Patra 18; Binit Singh 4/14, Saif-ul Haque 3/19) by 75 runs. MoM: Abhishek Parasar.
January 8 (3rd Quarterfinal): SERSA , Ranchi 172/7 in 30 overs (SR Sinha 74, A Sikriwal 50; Njjsr Prasad 3/30) beat ECoRSA, Vizag 151/10 in 23.4 overs (K Satish 39, PR Anil 32; Kuldeep Sharma 4/23, A Sikriwal 2/14) by 21 runs. MoM: A Sikriwal.
January 9 (4th Quarterfinal): Railways, Bihar 169/10 in 28.2 overs (Nishant Kumar 39, Asfan Khan 28, Sankalp Saurav 28; Sanujit Samal 3/36, Debabrata Pal 2/21) beat SERSA, Kharagpur 147/10 in 28.2 overs (Tirtharaj Singh 22, Subhojit Chakraborty 21; Aamir Irfan 4/20, Amarendra Singh 2/14) by 22 runs. MoM: Aamir Irfan
January 10 (2nd Semifinal): SERSA, Ranchi 141/10 in 29.5 overs (SR Sinha 27, Hayat Hussain 25; Amarendra Singh 3/20, Asfan Khan 3/240) beat Railways, Bihar 114/10 (Amarendra Tiwari 33, Sankalp Saurav 22; A Pawan Kumar 4/13, A Kumar 2/15) by 27 runs. MoM: A Pawan Kumar
January 11 (Final): SERSA, Ranchi 186/8 in 30 overs (Rakesh Tiwary 78, Nagendra Mishra 46; Arun Bidyarthi 5/16) tied with SAIL, Jharkhand 186/8 in 30 overs (Manjit Singh 50, Ajay Kumar 22; Amit Sikriwal 2/23, A Pawan Kumar 2/46).
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PHOTO: Hockey Olympian Dilip Tirky is feliciated by Tillo Athletic Association President Lucky Master Swain (Lef) in Tillo, Bhadrak on January 8, 2015.
