OPTCl win IDCO Cup cricket
Bhubaneswar: OPTCl wins the IDCO Cup defeating the organising team IDCO by 22 run in the final match played here at Idco Stadium on Wednesday. Winning the toss IDCO decided to bowl first.OPTCl scored 139 run 20 overs loosing 8 wickets. Chasing the match, IDCO could reach 117 runs loosing 8 wickets. Amitabh Rout was awarded as man of the match who scored 30 and took 2 wickets with good economic bowling spell. Rajendra Senapati, Director (HRD) and Ajay Prasad Panda, GM (HRD) of OPTCl were present on the occasion to cheer the victory along with the team members. Brief Score: OPTCl 139/8 in 20 overs (Amitav Rout 30; Candramani Biswal 3/30) beat IDCO 111/8 in 20 overs (Biswmay Das 40; Amitav Rout 2/12) by 28 runs.
DAV lift PVR Murthy inter-school cricket trophy
Bhubaneswar: Brilliant all-round performance by Sashang Rungta, who smashed an unbeaten 52-ball 52 and pocketed three wickets guided DAV Public School CDA to emerged champion of the 12th PVR Murthy Memorial Inter School Cricket Tournament, defeating KISS School of Bhubaneswar by 12 run at BOSE ground in Cuttack on Tuesday. Batting first, DAV was suffered early set backs, while team lost top four batsman at the score of 42 runs. Debiprasad Bhanja (64) and Sashang (52) stitched an unbeaten 122 run partnership for the fourth wicket and ensure the team to gather a respectable 164 for 3 in 25 overs. In reply, KISS lost wickets in regular intervals, opener Ashok Majhi and middle-order batsman Ansuman Sinaha was created hopes for the team by scoring 36 and 50 runs respectively. Sashang of the DAV was caused maximum to KISS bating by picking three wickets by conceding 21 run. KISS manage to score 152 for 7 and register a 12 run defeat. Pratyush Das and Sashang Rungta of the champion team bagged the best bowler and man of the final awards respectively, while Anshuman Sinha, Navidatya Mallick of runner up team and Binayak Sahoo of the Jobra High School received the best batsman, wicket keeper and man of the tournament award respectively. In the closing ceremony the organiser felicitated blind cricketer Md Jafar Iqubal, Sukharam Majhi, SCB Medical College Dr Manoranjan Mallick and Rajesh Dora. Former international cricketer Manoj Prabhakar gave away the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony in presence of former Ranji Trophy captain Karun Dube and Ashirbad Behera. Brief Score: DAV Public School CDA 164/3 in 25 overs (Sashang Rungta 52 n.o; Debiprasad Bhanja 64 n.o;) beat KISS School 152/7 in 25 overs (Ashok Majhi 36, Anshuman Sinha 50; Sashang Rungta 3/21) by 12 runs.
Paramount Veteran win friendly cricket
Bhubaneswar: Paramount Sportings Veteran-XI edged out Media-XI by 24 runs in the friendly match played at Paramount Ground here on Wednesday. Batting first, Veteran-XI scored 198 for 8 in 20 overs with Md Azar and Deepak Mohanta contributed 52 and 44 runs respectively. Asit Mallick and Soubhagya Rath of Media team bagged three wickets each. In reply, Ashok Sethi smashed 38-ball 77 run along with Md Aziz (33) contributed 90 run for the fourth wicket but Media-XI manage to score 174 for 7 in 20 overs. Ashok of the Media team adjudged as the man of the match. In the final match on April 28, Paramount Sportings A will face Juvenile Club Cuttack in the Aurobinda Memorial All Odisha Cricket Under-15 Tournament. Brief Score: Paramount Veteran-XI 198/8 in 20 overs (Md Azar 52, Deepak Mohanta 44; Asit Mallick 3/33, Soubhagya Rath 3/44) beat Media-XI 174/7 in 20 overs (Md Aziz 33, Ashok Sethi 77, Babasish Nanda 23; Rashmi Ranjan Das 2/20, Amar Mahapatra 2/31) by 24 runs.