02-Jun-2023
Paramount Sporting emerged champions in the 2nd Prasant Mohapatra Memorial U-16 Cricket Tournament, defeating Pragati Sporting by 28 runs in the all-Bhubaneswar final at MCC Ground in Bhubaneswar today. Paramount bowler Durga P Mallick won the Player of the Match award, taking three wickets for 15 runs.
Eminent Odisha cricketers Basant Mohanty, Sanjay Satpathy, Gobinda Poddar, Gurjit Singh Chouhan, Pradosh Mohanty and Saramjit Singh handed over the trophy and prizes at the closing ceremony. OCA panel umpire Nirmal Mishra was felicitated on the occasion.
Earlier in the semifinals, Pragati Sporting beat host Mukteswar Cricket Club by 178 runs while Paramount Sporting got the better of emphatic win over Rising Students Club, Cuttack 158 runs.
Mukteswar Cricket Club (MCC) organised the tournament in the memory of former Odisha cricketer and BCCI Match Referee Prasant Mohapatra. Altogether 14 teams from twin city Cuttack and Bhubaneswar participated in the tournament, which was inaugurated by former Bhubaneswar Mayor Mihir Mohanty.
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