BHUBANESWAR 15-Jan-2017
East Coast Railway (ECoR) emerged champions in the 24th Pradip Memorial International Cricket Festival, defeating Progressive Association, Jharsuguda by five wickets in the low-scoring final at Hanuman Jew Mini Stadium in Tillo, Bhadrak today.
Earlier in the semifinals, Progressive Association beat Southern University, Bangladesh by two wickets, while East Coast Railway outplayed Tata XI, Jamshedpur by eight wickets. The T20 tournament was organised by Tillo Athletic Association with 12 teams in the fray. The champion team took home a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh and the runners-up side Rs 50,000.
RESULTS:
Jan 7 (Match No 1): DRK Baripadad 104/8 in 20 overs (Manoj Tudu 27, Aditya Basa 23; Suryakanta Pradhan, Rajesh Mohanty each 2 wkts) lost to East Coast Railway 105/2 in 15.3 overs (Prashant Sahoo 33, Sandip Mulia 26; Suman Mohanty 2 wkts) by 8 wkts.
Jan 7 (Match No 2): Tata XI, Jamshedpur 173/9 in 20 overs (Bhanu Anand 40, Ravi Pandey 35, Prem Kumar 33; Balwinder Singh 3 wkts, Vishal Rawat 2 wkts) beat RCF Punjab 81/10 in 15 overs (Asaf Ali 24; Ratiraj Singh 4 wks in 4 balls) by 92 runs. MoM: Ratiraj Singh.
Jan 8 (Match No 3): DRK Baripada 84/7 in 20 overs (Tariq Aziz 3, Udit Narayan 2) lost to East Central Railway 85/2 in 13 overs (Manish Wardan 30*, Md Najim 24) by 8 wkts. MoM: Manish Wardan.
Jan 8 (Match No 4): MTN Afghanistan 137/6 in 20 overs (Ajmal Shinwari 42, Tahseen 38*; Balwinder Singh 3/19, Asraf Alli 2/20, Kiran 2/21) beat RCF Punjab 110/10 in 19.2 overs (Vishal Rout 27; Hikmatulla 3/14, Sayar 2/13, Nawab Khan 2/16) by 27 runs. MoM: Ajmal Shinwari.
Jan 9 (Match No 6): MTN Afghanistan 49/10 in 14.5 overs (Md Najim 5/10, Chandan Mukhi 3/9) lost to Tata XI 51/3 in 10.4 overs (Ajay Madhukar 25; Hikmatullah 2/10) by 7 wkts. MoM: Md Najim.
Jan 10 (Match No 7, SF): Tata XI 83/10 in 20 overs (Prem 22; Lagnajit Samal 2/6, Satyajit Sabat 2/9, Alok Mangaraj 2/11) lost to East Coast Railway 84/2 in 8.4 overs (Satyajit Sabat 30, Sujit Lenka 28; ) by 8 wkts. MoM: Sujit Lenka.
Jan 11 (Match No 9): Brothers Cricket Academy, Bangladesh 127/4 in 18 over (Wahid 43*, Osman Gani 27; Saiful Ridon 2/13) lost to Taingail Dist Sports Association, Bangladesh 128/6 in 16.5 overs (Mehdi Maruf 27, Nazmul Haq 20; Amir Khan Sagor, Nayeem Hasan each 2 wkts) by 4 wkts. MoM: Mehdi Maruf.
Jan 12 (Match No 10): SERSA, Adra 152/8 in 20 overs (Ankit Raj 46, Krishna Patel 42, MS Kalsi 26; Sanjay Kumar 3/25) beat ICA, Delhi 65/10 in 16.2 overs (MS Kalsi 3/8, Sourav Suman 2/13, Rajender 2/14) by 87 runs. MoM: MS Kalsi.
Jan 12 (Match No 11): Progressive Association, Jharsuguda 123/9 in 20 overs (Jyoti Moharana 33*, Rahul Sahu 22; Nayeem Hossain 5/29, Mazhar 2/20) beat Brother Cricket Academy, Bangladesh 122/10 in 17.2 overs (Salauddin Papu 38, Shohanur Rahman 33, Kahid 23; Raj Kishan Patel 4/29, Tarun Sa 3/22, Pratik Yadav 2/14) by 1 runs.
Jan 13 (Match No 12): Southern University, Bangladesh 175/4 in 20 overs (Sazzadul Hoque Ripon 45, Akib Ali 38, Kazi Kamrul Islam 32*) beat ICA India 145/10 (Amit Jha 30, Hemant Khawle 28; Imrun Karim 4/6, Kazi Kamrul Islam 2/4) by 30 runs. MoM: Kazi Kamrul Islam.
Jan 13 (Match No 13): Progressive Association 134/10 in 20 overs (Keshab Singh 34, Jyoti Ranjan Maharana 30, Rahul Sahu 23; Rahat Sikdar 4/20, Abdur Rahman 3/18) beat Tangail DSA 120/9 in 20 overs (Mehdi Maruf 32; Rajkishan Patel 5/23, Pratik Yadav 2/19, Tarun Sa 2/25) by 14 runs. MoM: Rajkishan Patel.
Jan 14 (Match No 14, SF): Southern University, Bangladesh 103/10 in 18 overs (Imrul Karim 23; Sayed Zaki 3/13, Anil Buda 2/16, Rajkishan Patel 2/17) lost to Progressive Association, Jharsuguda 104/7 in 17.3 overs (Sayed Zaki 21; Muzib Rahman Muzib 2/22) by 3 wkts. MoM: Sayed Zaki.
Jan 15 (Match No 15, Final): Progressive Association 47/10 in 12.2 overs (Jayant Behera 3/4, Ankit Yadav 3/11, Lagnajit Samal 2/3, Suryakant Pradhan 2/16) lost to East Coast Railway 48/5 in 6.2 overs (Suryakant Pradhan 25; Tarun Sa 3/7, Rajkishan Patel 2/32) by 5 wkts. MoM: Suryakant Pradhan.
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PHOTO: East Coast Railway captain receives the winners` trophy at Tillo on January 15, 2017.
