Young cricketers showcase talents at Excel Shield Cricket Tournament
Bhubaneswar (28/12/2024): Young cricketers showcased their talents at matches being played at the Excel Shield Cricket Tournament which started on December 23 at Saint Joseph's High School Ground in Bhubaneswar. On December 26, the first match -Pre-quarter Final was played between Juvenile Vs Youth Cricket Club (YCC). YCC won the toss and elected to field.
Juvenile scored 75 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 17 overs.
YCC chased down the total in 11.3 overs, scoring 79 runs with the loss of 2 wickets.
YCC won by 8 wickets. Manabendra Behera was the Player of the Match.
He scored 37 runs in 29 balls and took 3 wickets in 4 overs. Chief Guest for this match was Hemant Suar (Board member of Excel Cricket Academy). Second Match - Pre-quarter Final was played between Red Star Cricket Club and Oscar Sporting Club. Oscar won the toss and elected to field.
Red Star scored 254 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs.
Oscar scored 51 runs and lost 10 wickets in 12.2 overs.
Red Star won by 203 runs. Khirod Bhanja was the Player of the Match.
He scored 113 runs in 39 balls and hit 7 sixes in 7 balls. Chief Guest for this match: Pratima Tripathy (Social Activist). The third Match - Pre-quarter Final Nimpur Jagatbur Vs Greens Cricket Academy. Nimpur won the toss and elected to bat.
They scored 123 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Greens Cricket Academy chased the total down in 15.1 overs and won by 8 wickets. Jignesh Rout was the Player of the Match.
He scored 53 runs in 37 balls and took 1 wicket. Chief Guest for this match was Kavita Suar (Co-founder of Excel Cricket Academy). The matches played on December 27 also drew the attraction of spectators. The first Semi-Final was played between Greens Cricket Academy and Youth Cricket Club (YCC). YCC won the toss and elected to field first.
Greens Cricket Academy scored 116 runs in 18 overs for the loss of 7 wickets.
YCC chased down the target in 17 overs, scoring 117 runs with the loss of 9 wickets.
YCC won by 1 wicket. Player of the Match: Abu Ayan, who scored 48 runs in 27 balls. Swaraj Chandan (Coach of Excel Cricket Academy) graced the occasion as chief guest. Similarly, the second Semi-Final was played between Saheed Sporting Club and Rameswar Sporting. Saheed Sporting won the toss and elected to bat, scoring 121 runs in 18 overs for the loss of 8 wickets.
Rameswar Sporting was unable to chase the target and scored only 14 runs, losing all 10 wickets.
Saheed Sporting won by 27 runs. Player of the Match: Mahesh Panda, who scored 58 runs in 57 balls. Kavita Suar (Co-Founder of Excel Cricket Academy) was the chief guest. The third Quarter-Final was played between Biswa Bharti Cricket Club and Blue Diamond Club. Blue Diamond opted to field.
Biswa Bharti scored 111 runs in 18 overs for the loss of 8 wickets.
Blue Diamond chased the target down in 17.1 overs, scoring 112 runs with the loss of 6 wickets.
Blue Diamond won by 4 wickets. Player of the Match: Yuvraj Singh, who scored 47 runs in 41 balls. Chief Guest: Raghunath Rao (President of Excel Cricket Academy). The fourth Semi-Final was played between Red Star Cricket Club and CAB. CAB won the toss and elected to bat, scoring 83 runs in 16.2 overs for the loss of 10 wickets.
Red Star chased the target down in 8.1 overs, scoring 84 runs for the loss of 2 wickets.
Red Star won by 8 wickets. Player of the Match: Abhilash Kanungo, who took 2 wickets in 3 overs. Chief Guest: TBT Ansari (General Secretary of Tamil Sangam).
