leeds bag the Oxford Cricket title
Bhubaneswar: A brilliant all-round performance by Satyabrata Sahu, who smashed 67 runs and scalped three wickets for 13 guided leeds Sporting Club emerged champion of the Oxford Trophy Cricket, defeating Rameswar Sporting Club by huge 113 runs at Berhampur Stadium on Tuesday. Batting first, Satyabrata and IS Giri scored 67 and 50 runs respectively and ensure a healthy 205 for 9 in 40 overs for leeds Sporting. In reply, leeds bowlers dominated Rameswar innings from beginning, Jitendra Tripathy and Satyabrata pocketed five and three wickets respectively to skittle out Rameswar 92 in 27.3 overs. The champion team received the trophy along with cash award of `15,000 and runner up team took home `10,000. IS Giri and Satyabrata of the champion team received man of the series and best batsman award respectively, while Harisankar Pati of the runner up team got best bowler award. Weightlifting coach Sachitananda Majhi gave away the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony in presence of Pradip Das. Brief Score: leeds Sporting Club 205/9 in 40 overs (Satyabrata Sahu 67, IS Giri 50; Kalia Sahu 2/24) beat Rameswar Sporting Club 92/10 in 27.3 overs (Sunil Sahu 43; Jitendra Tripathy 5/13, Satyabrata Sahu 3/13) by 113 runs.
Odisha win over J’khand in Zonal T20 Cricket
Bhubaneswar: A half-century by Anurag Sarangi and three wicket haul by simmer Suryakant Pradhan powered Odisha beat Jharkhand by three wickets to notch back to back win in the Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy Senior Men East Zone T20 league at Eden Garden in Kolkata on Tuesday.Earlier, Odisha beat Tripura by 10 runs and will nest meet host Bengal on February 3. Put into bat by Odisha skipper Biplab Samantaray, Jharkhand compiled a competitive total of 149 for five in the allotted 20 overs. Pradhan was the most successful Odisha bowler, picking three wickets for 19 runs. In reply, Odisha reached the winning target in 19.5 overs, losing seven wickets. After the each departure of Sandeep Pattnaik, Paresh Patel and Sarangi stitched 61-run for the second wicket to put Odisha in a comfortable position. Patel made a 30-ball 35 with the help of three fours and two sixes while Sarangi was the top scorer with a 48-ball 58 studded with six boundaries. Brief score: Jharkhand 149/5 in 20 overs (Ishank Jaggi 47,Kumar Beobrat 44 n.o; Surayakant Pradhan 3/19) lost to Odisha 153/7 in 19.5 overs (Paresh Patel 35, Anurag Sarangi 58, Abhisek Yadav 26 n.o;Varun Aaron 2/23, Rahul Shukla 2/29) by 3 wickets.