BHUBANESWAR 20-Mar-2016
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) regained the title in the 3rd E-League Cricket Tournament, defeating Odisha Blues by six runs in the hard-fought final here at IMMT Ground today. BSNL had emerged champions in the inaugural edition in 2013-14 and finished runners-up in 2014-15.
Champions BSNL received the glittering trophy and a cash prize of Rs 25,000, while runners-up Odisha Blues were given Rs 15,000. Ramachandra Mohanty and BBCC Mohapatra pocketed the prizes as man of the final match and man of the tournament respectively.
The prizes for best batsman, best bowler and best wicketkeeper were pocketed by Bibhudutta Panda (Odisha Blues), Rajesh Mohanty (Odisha Greens) and Subrajeet Behera (TCS) respectively. IMMT Chief Scientist Dr S K Singh, TCS Delivery Head Kishore Swain and former Odisha cricketer Bikram Mohanty handed over the prizes at the closing ceremony.
Three generations of cricketers took part in this year`s E-League, which was conducted in two phases _ Challenger Series and Elite Series _ by sports enthusiasts of TCS and IMMT at IMMT from November 15.
Four teams _ IMMT, TCS-A, NISER and Infosys _ competed in the Challenger Series, which served as the basis for composition of a combined team for participation in the six-team Elite Series. Other five teams of the Elite Series included Bhubaneswar Colts, Odisha Blues, Odisha Greens, BSNL and TCS.
RESULTS:
CHALLENGER SERIES:
Nov 15 (Match No 1): IMMT 110/10 25.2 overs (Mohan Kumar 27; Rishikesh 8/28) lost to Infosys 111/2 in 18 overs (Sushant Sethy 63 n.o) by 8 wkts.
Nov 21 (Match No 2): Infosys 176/7 in 30 overs (Soumyajit Mondal 41, Kanta Archit Pattnaik 35, P C Sahu 3/20) beat NISER 81/10 in 20.1 overs (Prateek Gupta 4/14, Kanta Archit Pattnaik 2/7) by 95 runs. MoM: Kanta Archit Pattnaik.
Nov 22 (Match No 3): TCS-A 218/7 in 30 overs (Smrutikanta Das 59, Sandeep Nanda 46; Sreyas Goutam 3/37) beat IMMT 160/10 in 23.1 overs (N Chinnadurai 53; Debesh Mishra 4/19) by 58 runs. MoM: Smrutikanta Das.
Nov 28 (Match No 4): TCS-A 49/10 in 25.4 overs (Ram Prasad Pattnaik 3/9, Kanta Ashrit Pattnaik 2/2, Abhijit Roy 2/9) lost to Infosys 50/1 in 6 overs (Subhasish Basu 31*) by 9 wkts. MoM: Ram Prasad Pattnaik.
Nov 29 (Match No 5): TCS-A 180/4 in 30 overs (Asutosh Das 72*, Rabi Narayan Das 35*, Smrutikanta Das 30, Pramod Rath 22; Nishant Sharma 2/31) beat NISER 176/10 in 30 overs (Vijay Singh 42, Nishant Sharma 40; Manoj Choudhury 3/39) by 4 runs. MoM: Asutosh Das.
Dec 6 (Match No 6): IMMT 88/10 runs in 22 overs (Snehasish Behera 22; Srikanta Sethi 3/20, Abhay Naik 2/9) lost to NISER 89/1 in 13.2 overs (Purna Chandra Sahu 37 n.o, Sambit Senapati 1/14) by 9 wkts. MoM: Purna Chandra Sahu.
Dec 13 (Match No 7, Final): TCS-A 149/10 in 35 overs (Pramod Rath 35, Rabi Narayan Dash 32*, Soumendra Dalai 28; Rishikesh 3/16, Prateek Gupta 3/28) lost to Infosys 151/2 in 27.5 overs (Sujay Mukhopadhyay 49*, Shamdeep Singh 32*, Subhasish Basu 22) by 8 wkts. MoM: Sujay Mukhopadhyay.
ELITE SERIES:
Dec 26 (Match No 1): Bhubaneswar Colts 79/10 in 34.1 overs (Satyajit Sabat 30; Rakesh Mohapatra 3/5, Swayam Singh 3/7) lost to Odisha Blues 81/2 in 17 overs (Mahabir Prasad 22*, Sumitosh Praharaj 21) by 8 wkts. MoM: Swayam Singh.
Dec 27 (Match No 2): BSNL 254/7 in 40 overs (BBCC Mohapatra 95, Priyabrata Pradhan 69; Rishikesh 3/52) beat ELO XI 193/8 in 40 overs (Sujoy Mukhopadhyay 85*; BBCC Mohapatra 5/19, Sujan Mohanty 2/26) by 61 runs. MoM: BBCC Mohapatra.
Jan 3:
Jan 3 (Match No 3): Odisha Greens 82/10 35.1 overs (Saroj Barik 4/19, Swayam Singh 3/13) lost to Odisha Blues 83/2 in 17.1 overs (Sumitosh Praharaj 31, Payas Ranjan Sinha 29) by 8 wkts. MoM: Saroj Barik.
Jan 9 (Match No 4): BSNL 181/8 in 40 overs (Bikash Pati 61 n.o, BBCC Mohapatra 35; Abhilash Semwal 4/21, Rupak Jena 2/29) lost to Odisha Blues 183/8 in 40 overs (Rupak Jena 50, PR Sinha 40, Rakesh Gocchayat 32 n.o; Sourav Kanejia 4/37, Niranjan Behera 2/27) by 2 wkts. MoM: Rakesh Gocchayat.
Jan 10 (Match No 5): Odisha Greens 215/7 in 40 overs (Debasish Samantaray 54, Kartik Biswal 41, Abhay Mallick 35, Amaresh Mohanty 30 n.o, Mohammad Azhar 24; Amit Jaiswal 3/36) beat ELO XI 88 all out in 28.4 overs (Shamadeep Singh 26; Kartik Biswal 3/13, C S Kanungo 3/17) by 127 runs. MoM: Kartik Biswal.
Jan 16 (Match No 6): TCS 146/10 in 39.4 overs (Partha Pani 56, Soumendra Dalai 30; Rajesh Mohanty 4/23, Vishal Kar 3/34) lost to Bhubaneswar Colts 149/3 in 26.3 overs (Sarthak Priyadarshi 61 n.o, Dibyajyoti Pradhan 51 n.o) by 7 wkts. MoM: Dibyajyoti Pradhan.
Jan 17 (Match No 7): BSNL 174/8 in 40 overs (BBCC Mohapatra 53 n.o, Tukuna Sahu 49; Ashish Pradhan 3/21) beat Bhubaneswar Colts 116/10 in 35.2 overs (Purna Chandra Lenka 32; Sanjay Satpathy 3/25, Sanjay Mallick 2/13, BBCC Mohapatra 2/23) by 58 runs. MoM: BBCC Mohapatra.
Jan 23 (Match No 8): Odisha Greens 173/9 in 40 overs (Abhay Mallick 34, Mohammad Azhar 29, Rajesh Mohanty 3/36; Vishal Kar 2/27) beat Bhubaneswar Colts 124 all out in 31.2 overs (Deepak Majhi 63; CS Kanungo 4/35, Amitav Rout 2/17) by 49 runs. Man of the Match: CS Kanungo.
Jan 24 (Match No 9): Bhubaneswar Colts 145/8 in 40 overs (Priyatosh Paramanik 30, Biswajit Bhuyan 21; Biswajit Mohanty 3/26, Debesh Mishra 2/22) beat ELO XI 97/10 in 35.1 overs (Biswajit Mohanty 25; Rajesh Mohanty 4/14, Bhabatosh Paramanik 2/18) by 48 runs. MoM: Rajesh Mohanty.
Jan 26 (Match No 10): Odisha Greens 225/3 in 40 overs (Debasish Samantaray 102, Sourav Gouda 72) beat TCS 135/8 in 40 overs (Rabinarayan Dash 51 n.o, Soumendra Dalai 28, Pranay Sahu 24; Suryakanta Samal 2/11) by 90 runs. MoM: Debasish Samantaray.
Jan 30 (Match No 11): ELO XI 228/10 in 38.4 overs (Ashish Sahu 94, Soumya Sourav Kumar 72; Bibek Das 2/30, Prasanna Dora 2/31) beat TCS 153/10 in 33.1 overs (Sandeep Nanda 29, Subrat Mishra 29, Rabinarayan Dash 24, Pranay Sahu 20; Ashish Sahu 3/20, Debesh Mishra 3/23) by 75 runs. MoM: Ashish Sahu.
Jan 31 (Match No 12): Odisha Greens 163/8 in 40 overs (Kartik Biswal 60, Debasish Samantaray 21, Amaresh Mohanty 20; Sanjay Satpathy 4/43, Tukuna Sahu 3/32) lost to BSNL 164/4 in 35.1 overs (Niranjan Behera 70 n.o, Ramachandra Mohanty 30, Tukuna Sahu 22 n.o; C S Kanungo 2/24) by 6 wkts. MoM: Niranjan Behera.
Feb 6 (Match No 13): Odisha Blues 148 all out in 35.3 overs (P Jayachandra 52, Bibhudtta Panda 34, Soubhagya Ranjan Mohanty 21; Kuna Gochhayat 5/30, Debesh Mishra 3/23, Abhijit Roy 2/25) lost to ELO XI 152/8 in 38 overs (Santanu Mishra 50, Abhinav Ghosh 31, Badal Bhol 20 n.o; Suday Pradhan 3/15, Aman Shastri 3/32) by 2 wkts. MoM: Kuna Gochhayat.
Feb 7 (Match No 14): TCS 174/9 in 40 overs (Soumendra Dalai 54, Asutos Das 52, Rabinarayan Dash 20; BBCC Mohapatra 3/18, Niranjan Behera 2/27, Sanjay Satpathy 2/27, Tukuna Sahu 2/31) lost to BSNL 176/3 in 28 overs (Niranjan Behera 50 n.o, Tukuna Sahu 40 n.o, Priyabrat Pradhan 32, Ramachandra Mohanty 21; Gourav Bhut 2/22) by 7 wkts. MoM: Niranjan Behera.
Feb 14 (Match No 15): Odisha Blues 275/4 in 40 overs (Bibhudutta Panda 145 n.o, Manoj Nayak 65, Sumitosh Praharaj 20; Nishant Biswal 2/39) beat TCS 57/10 in 14.2 overs (Manoj Nayak 3/4, Swayam Singh 3/25, Aman Shastri 2/19) by 218 runs. MoM: Bibhudutta Panda.
Feb 14 (Match No 16, SF): Bhubaneswar Colts 96 all out in 23.3 overs (Deepak Mangaraj 25; Prabir Nayak 4/36, Payas Ranjan Sinha 2/24) lost to Odisha Blues 98/1 in 24.1 overs (P Jayachandra 57 n.o, Priyatam Singh 24 n.o) by 9 wkts. MoM: Prabir Nayak.
March 13 (Match No 17, SF): BSNL 191/10 in 39.3 overs (Ramachandra Mohanty 81, Priyabrata Pradhan 26, BBCC Mohapatra 25; Santosh Hota 4/49, Kartik Biswal 3/16, Hitesh Nayak 2/32) beat Odisha Greens 161/9 in 40 overs (Kartik Biswal 64, Subrat Samal 30, Sudeepta Swain 4/29, BBCC Mohapatra 3/22, Tukuna Sahu 2/36) by 30 runs. MoM: Ramachandra Mohanty.
March 20 (Match No 18, Final): BSNL 223/10 in 39.1 overs (Ramachandra Mohanty 61, Bikash Pati 53, Srijoy Mohanty 32, BBCC Mohapatra 24; Swayam Singh 2/34, Rupak Jena 2/51, Saroj Barik 2/53) beat Odisha Blues 217/7 in 40 overs (Bibhudutta Panda 77, Payas Ranjan Sinha 56, Santosh Debkant 24; BBCC Mohapatra 2/32, Sanjay Satpathy 2/35) by 6 runs. MoM: Ramachandra Mohanty.
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PHOTO: BSNL playes lift the trophy in Bhubaneswar on March 20, 2016.
