Industrial houses hold twenty20

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Industrial houses hold twenty20


Staff Reporter


BERHAMPUR: A special twenty20 cricket tournament between teams of industrial houses having their operations in Orissa was organised at Jaykaypur in Rayagada district.
The four-day tournament was played under flood lights in the Jaykaypur club ground. The JK paper mill had organised the tournament. On Sunday evening the final of the tournament held between the host team of JK paper mill and the Jindal Steel and Power from Angul. The Rayagada Superintendent of Police (SP), Ashis Kumar Singh, was the chief guest of the final match. The tournament was inaugurated by the executive vice-president of the JK group, M.C.Goel (works) on Thursday evening. During the final match the match Mr. Goel, M. Ramesh Kumar, vice- president, personnel and administration were present to encourage the players.
Jindal Steel won the toss and elected to bat first. It made 157 for 7 in stipulated 20 overs. Milan from Jindal made 53 runs in 37 balls. Amit Bharati and Anuj Shrivastava of JK paper Mill team took two wickets each.
Eight teams participated in the tournament. They were from the Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd (IMFA), HINDALCO, Utkal Alumina, Jindal Steel and Power, JK paper Mill, Mangalam Timber Products Limited, BILT and Vedanta. The Jindal team had defeated Vedanta in the semi-finals by nine wickets to enter the final. Similarly the JK paper mill team had defeated the IMFA team in the last ball nail-biting finish.

BCCI umpires


To stick to norms of the game during the tournament, the organisers had brought in two level I umpires of the BCCI -- M. Balkrushna Rao and Asit Kumar Patnaik -- to monitor the matches.
Mr. Kumar said the tournament was an effort to strengthen the relationship and togetherness among the employees of the industries of the State.






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