The Sambalpur University and Birla Global University (BGU) registered contrasting victories on the second
day of the ongoing SOA Premier league (SPl) T-20 cricket championship at the SOA Stadium here on Wednesday.
The Sambalpur crushed IIT, Bhubaneswar by 10 wickets in a group-D match, while the BGU struggled to secure a narrow five run victory over IIIT in a Group-B tie.
Winning the toss and electing to bat, IIT, Bhubaneswar managed to score 118 for eight in the allotted 20 over while the openers of Sambalpur managed to win the match in 10.5 over without losing any wicket.
In the other tie of the day, the BGU elected to bat after winning the toss and made 169 for eight in 20 over. Chasing the target, the IIIT remained in the hunt but fell short of the target by five runs.