OCL: Cheetahs win by five wickets in rain-hit match

Cuttack: In a rain affected game of Odisha T20 Cricket League on Saturday, Odisha Cheetahs beat Odisha Pumas by five wickets, played at DRIEMS cricket ground here.

The match reduced to 12-overs-a-side, the Pumas opting to bat scored 84 for 7 with Binaya Paikaray (25) being the top-scorer. For the Cheetahs, Sumit Sharma and Suryakant Pradhan picked two wickets each.

In reply, the Cheetahs riding on the batting of Gaurav Choudhary (26) and Akash Mohapatra (23) chased down the target.

Brief scores:

ODISHA JAGUARS Vs ODISHA LIONS

TOSS WON BY ODISHA LIONS OPT TO FIELD.
ODISHA JAGUARS-117/7 (20.0 OVERS)
SHREYANSH BHARDWAJ-44(41), DEBABRATA PRADHAN-23(31)
MILAN SAMAL-4-0-25-3, PRADEEP K.PRADHAN-4-0-25-2
ODISHA LIONS-00/0 (00.0 OVERS)

ABANDONED (Match stopped due to rain in 2nd innings)

ODISHA PUMAS Vs ODISHA CHEETAHS

TOSS WON BY ODISHA PUMAS OPT TO BAT.
ODISHA PUMAS-84/7 (12.0 OVERS)
BINAYA K.PAIKARAY-25(17), ANSHUMAN MISHRA-16(13)
SUMIT SHARMA-1-1-0-2, SURYAKANT PRADHAN-3-0-17-2
ODISHA CHEETAHS-89/5 (12.0 OVERS)
GAURAV CHOUDHURY-26(17), AKASH MOHAPATRA-23(25)
MINAL PARIDA-3-0-21-3, RAHUL CHOUDHARY-3-0-16-1

ODISHA CHEETAHS WON BY 5 WICKETS.