Ravenshaw emerge SoA Premier League Champions

Ravenshaw University were crowned champions in the 6th SOA Premier League (SPL) cricket tournament when they outplayed Utkal University by seven wickets in the final under lights at the SOA University stadium here today.

The winners took home a cash prize of Rs one lakh while the runners-up received Rs. 50,000. Om Bikash Nayak of Utkal was adjudged the man of the tournament and Ninimesh Jena of Ravenshaw was chosen the man of the final. Both received cash awards of Rs 10,000 each.

Prof DP Ray, former Vice-Chancellor of OUAT and Principal Advisor to the President of SOA University was the chief guest in the final while Odisha Ranji Trophy player Biplab Samantaray was the guest of honour. Samantaray was felicitated on the occasion.
RESULTS:
February 26:
Match No 1: Utkal University
241/5 in 20 overs (Om Bikash 116, Soubhagya 34; Amit Bhuyan 2 wkts) beat BPUT 123/5 in 20 overs (Himesh Rachra 37, Lakshmikant 24; Om Bikash 3 wkts, Sibananda 2 wkts) by 118 runs.
Match No 2: KIIT University
153 in 19.2 overs (Jivmaya 50, Kunal Roy 33, Biswajeet Roy 3/35) beat Centurion University 74 in 15.1 overs (Dhananjay 23; Chandan 2/11, Kunal Roy 2/25) by 79 runs.
February 27:
Match No 3 (QF): KIIT University
235/3 in 20 overs (Samaresh Routray 111, Sumit Das 59) beat GITAM University 148/10 in 19.4 overs (Sai Dinesh 63, Abhilash 26; Anurag Prustry 4/27) by 87 runs.
February 28:
Match No 4: Utkal University
135/9 in 20 overs (Pratik Das 50, Dibyajyoti Rath 31, Om Bikash Nayak 22; Arindam 4/18, Akash Basu 2/26) beat Jadavpur University 120/7 in 20 overs (Sandipan Dey 31, T Dutta 27; Dinesh Rout 2/16, Rakesh Mohapatra 2/17, Nilu Pradhan 2/17) by 15 runs.
February 28:
Match No 5 (QF): Ravenshaw University
200/8 in 20 overs (Srijay 74, Nirnimesh 64; Tavasar 3/34, Nitya Niranjan 2/43) beat IIIT 90/10 in 18 overs (Nitish 28; Srijay 3/10) by 110 runs.
March 1:
Match No 6 (SF): Utkal University 171 in 20 overs
(Om Bikash Nayak 40, Abhinab Ghosh 37; Mazher Ahmed 3/28) beat SOA University 121/10 in 18.5 overs (Priyanath Sanyasi 34, Rajesh 31; Rakesh Mohapatra 3/16, Nilu Pradhan 3/24) by 50 runs.
March 3:
Match No 7 (SF): KIIT University
127/7 in 20 overs (Samaresh Routray 30, Kunal Roy 30; Sumit 2/12) lost of Ravenshaw University 128/4 in 19.1 overs (Ninimesh 49, Subrat 29, Subhrajit 2/14) by 4 wkts.
March 4:
Match No 8 (Final): Utkal University
128/9 in 20 overs (Pratik Das 17, Soubhagya 17; Sushil 3/28, Bikash 2/15, Piyush 2/19) lost to Ravenshaw University 130/3 in 18.3 overs (Ninimesh Jena 46, Srijay 44, Loknath Das 20; Soubhagya 2/24, Rakesh Mohapatra 1/17) by 7 wkts.
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PHOTO: Ravenshaw University players celebrate their title triumph in Bhubaneswar on March 4, 2015.

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