Rising Students retain N M Bhuyan Memorial Trophy

Rising Students Club retained the trophy in the 3rd N M Bhuyan Memorial Cricket Tournament, trouncing host Mukteswar Club by 158 runs in the lop-sided final here at BJB College Ground today. Rising Students’ captain Biplab Samantray starred in the triumph, hitting 71-ball 92 with the help of three boundaries and seven sixes.

Adjudged as both man of the final match and man of the tournament, Samantaray pocketed a total cash prize of Rs 15,000. The champion team received Rs 30,000 and the runner-up side Rs 20,000. Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) secretary Asirbad Behera handed over the trophy at the closing function. OCA joint-secretaries Satyabrata Behera, Sanjib Dutta; treasurer Satya Mohanty, eminent cricket coach Kishore Mania and host Mukteswar Club secretary Prasant Mohapatra were present on the occasion.

Best batsman Sujit Lenka (Rising Students) and best bowler Sumitosh Praharaj (Mukteswar) received Rs 5,000 each, which best fielder Mahavir Prasad took home Rs 2,000. Basant Mohanty, Subhranshu Senapati and Priyanka Priyadarshini Sahu were felicitated on the occasion as best senior, junior and woman cricketer of the year respectively. The three players received cash award of Rs 10,000 each.
RESULTS:
March 10 (Match No 1): Rameswar Sporting, Bhubaneswar 165/10 in 35 overs (Prasant Bhoi 45, Sandeep Sethy 35, Nilu Pradhan 33; Swayam Siddha 3/30, Rakesh Patnaik 2/21, Abhilash Semwal 2/27, Sidhant Sagar 2/36) lost to Saheed Sporting, Bhubaneswar 171/8 in 34.5 overs (Rashmi Ranjan Parida 44, Rupak Jena 43, Rakesh Gochhayat 25; Rajesh Mohanty 3/28) by 2 wkts. MoM: Rashmi Ranjan Parida.
March 11 (Match No 2): Paramount Sporting, Bhubaneswar 227/10 in 39.3 overs (Lalit Mohan Ojha 50, Debasish Samantray 49, Avaya Mallik 33, Md Azhad 24, Santosh Hota 21; Pradeep Dash 3/52, Ramachandra Behera 2/35, Tanmay Mohanty 2/40) beat Solar Cricket Academy, Cuttack 155/10 in 38.2 overs (Ramachandra Behera 32, Pradeep Dash 25; Hitesh Kumar 2/19, Santosh Hota 2/24, Lalit Mohan Ojha 2/39) by 72 runs. MoM: Lalit Mohan Ojha.
March 12 (Match No 3, QF): Paramount Sporting 233/7 in 40 overs (Avaya Mallik 112, Lalit Mohan Ojha 30, Sourav Kumar Gupta 28; Prasant Sahoo 2/33, Debabrata Pradhan 2/36) beat Biswabharati Club 149/10 in 28.3 overs (Sanjeeb Sahoo 39, Prasant Sahoo 27, Prakash Parida 21; Kartik Biswal 5/32, Hitesh Nayak 2/15, Minal Parida 2/20) by 84 runs. MoM: Avaya Mallik
March 13 (Match No 4, QF): Mukteswar Club 225/10 in 40 overs (Sandeep Pattnaik 38, Satyajeet Sabat 32, Soubhagya Mohanty 26*, Sumitosh Praharaj 24, Pallabendu Mishra 24, Pratik Dash 20; Dinesh Sahoo 3/24, Rakesh Sing 2/36, Rabindra Nayak 2/37) beat SCAAN 200/10 in 35.3 overs (Sk Salman 44, Gaurav Mohapatra 29, Nishank Pattnaik 25; Aman Shastri 4/46, Rakesh Mohapatra 2/23, Sumitosh Praharaj 2/49) by 29 runs. MoM: Aman Shastri.
March 15 (Match No 5, QF): Rising Students 250/9 in 40 overs (Sujit Lenka 98, Debapriya Pattnaik 31, Abinash Nayak 25, Girija Rout 20; Rupak Jena 3/42, Siddhant Sagar 2/45) beat Saheed Sporting 240/9 in 40 overs (Anil Meher 63, P Jayachandra 50, Shreehari Malik 26, Rashmi Ranjan Parida 22; Suryakant Pradhan 3/32, B Siva 2/35) by 10 runs. MoM: Sujit Lenka.
March 16 (Match No 6, SF): Paramount Sporting 188/10 in 39.5 overs (Debraj Kar 61, Debasish Samantray 50, Amitabh Rout 28; Sumitosh Praharaj 4/30, Pratik Das 2/22) lost to Mukteswar Club 191/6 in 38.3 overs (Soubhagya Mohanty 44*, Siddhant Ray 35*, Pratik Das 35, Satyajit Sabat 27; Lalit Mohan Ojha 4/29) by 4 wkts. MoM: Soubhagya Mohanty.
March 17 (Match No 7, QF): Pragati Sporting 193/10 in 40 overs (Raghunath Malla 99, Avinab Ghosh 35; Santosh Jena 2/25, Sawan Toppo 2/35, Anurag Prusty 2/35) beat RYCC, Rourkela 142/10 in 32.2 overs (Ashok Barik 46, Natraj Behera 42; Manas Mohapatra 3/15, Soumya Sourav Kumar 3/23, Shantanu Mishra 2/13) by 17 runs. MoM: Raghunath Malla.
March 18 (Match No 8, SF): Rising Students 302/7 in 38 overs (Sujit Lenka 87, Biplab Samantray 69, Aravind Singh 63*, Abhishek Yadav 50; Sukanta Hati 2/51, Manas Mohapatra 2/52) beat Pragati Sporting 129/10 in 28.5 overs (Piyush Acharya 37*, Tukuna Sahu 23, Rajat Das 23; Dhiraj Singh 3/28, Alok Sahoo 2/22) by 173 runs. MoM: Aravind Singh.
March 20 (Match No 9, Final): Rising Students 250/10 in 40 overs (Biplab Samantray 92, Abinash Nayak 67, Sheshdeep Patra 22; Satyajeet Sabat 2/37, Aman Shastri 2/37, Prabir Nayak 2/38, Sumitosh Praharaj 2/48) beat Mukteswar Club 92/10 in 20.3 overs (Satyajeet Sabat 26; Alok Sahoo 3/10, Debapriya Pattnaik 2/20) by 158 runs. MoM: Biplab Samantray.
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PHOTO: Players of Rising Students Club receive the N M Bhuyan Memorial Trophy in Bhubaneswar on March 20, 2016.