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Host Amateur Cricket Club (ACC) emerged champions in the 2nd PVR Murthy Memorial Inter-Club T20 Cricket Tournament, defeating Sunrise Cricket Club by three wickets in the final at BOSE Ground here today. Six teams participated in the tournament. The hosts, who had a number of past and current Ranji Trophy players in their ranks.
RESULTS:
April 17 (QF): Golden Dragor 74/10 in 14.4 overs (Bibhu Prasad Behera 22; Akhanda Behera 4/9) lost to Royal Club 75/4 in 12.3 overs (Niranjan Samal 17) by 6 wkts. MoM: Akhanda Behera.
April 18 (QF): Stars XI 110/10 in 18.2 overs (Jitu Mangaraj 24, Muna Sethy 21; Tapas Lenka 3/22, Paresh Behera 2/17) lost to Jagatpur Athletic Association 114/4 in 18.4 overs (Anurag Kanojia 46, Subhajit Jena 20; Butu Paikray 2/20, Manoj Das 2/21) by 6 wkts.
April 19 (1st SF): Sunrise Cricket Club 135/10 in 20 overs (Ranjan Rout 25, Sunil Behera 21; Saurav Kanojia 3/18, Rajesh Das 2/10) beat Jagatpur Athletic Association 98/10 in 19.4 overs (Rajesh Das 20; Prasant Senapati 5/13, Lokaranjan Routray 2/13) by 37 runs. MoM: Prasant Senapati.
April 20 (2nd SF): Amatuer Cricket Club 188/5 in 20 overs (Niranjan Behera 47, Mohammad Akram 45; Supun Sahoo 2/25) beat Royal Club 100/9 in 20 overs (Mohammad Akram 2/5, Prashant Rana 2/10) by 88 runs. MoM: Mohammad Akram.
April 21 (Final): Sunrise CC 172/8 in 20 overs (Loka Ranjan Routray 75, Roshan Swain 31; Sanjib Barik 2/12, Santosh Jena 2/30) lost to Amateur CC 174/7 in 19.4 overs (Tapendra Swain 33, Santosh Jena 29 n.o, Sanjib Barik 23; Sumendra Patra 2/22) by 3 wkts. MoM: Santosh Jena.
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PHOTO: ACC players with the Murthy Memorial Trophy in Cuttack on April 21, 2015.