ODISHA PRO T20 LEAGUE 2025
T20 FORMAT VENUE: BARABATI STADIUM, CUTTACK
Match Summary
| Match No | Team | Innings Details |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Toss: Keonjhar Miners won and elected to field first. Result: Bhubaneswar Tigers won by 37 runs. Player of the Match: Gaurav Choudhary Awarded by Sri Rabindra Kumar Parida (Secretary, Odisha State Table Tennis Association). Winning cap presented to Suryakant Pradhan (Captain, Bhubaneswar Tigers) by Sri Devendra Kumar Sahoo (Secretary, Odisha State Fencing Association & Treasurer, Fencing Federation of India). |
Bhubaneswar Tigers |
Total: 198/8 (20 overs) Batting Highlights: Gaurav Choudhary – 113 (56) Bivash Shaw – 21 (8) Rajesh Dhupar – 20 (22) Bowling Highlights (KM): Sarbeswar Mohanty – 4-0-37-2 Papu Ray – 4-0-38-2 Soumya Lenka – 1-0-45-1 Shekhar Majhi – 4-0-21-1 |
| Keonjhar Miners |
Total: 161/10 (19.4 overs) Batting Highlights: Biswabhusan Bihari – 38 (32) Anil Parida – 36 (19) Soumya Lenka – 19 (11) Bowling Highlights (BT): Suryakant Pradhan – 4-0-25-3 Jayanta K. Behera – 4-0-28-3 Badal Biswal – 4-0-43-2 Debabrata Pradhan – 1-0-21-1 Sambit Beja – 4-0-32-1 |
Date: 19-09-2025
Match Referee: Bikash Pati
Umpires:
Arun Kumar Basa
Dhiraj Kumar Singh
Scorers:
Basu Sekhar & Birabara Nayak
Gourav Choudhary shines in Bhubaneswar Tigers’ win
Cuttack: Gourav Choudhary’s heroics with the bat helped Bhubaneswar Tigers register a thrilling win in the 5th match of the Odisha Pro T20 League 2025. They defeated Keonjhar Miners by 37 runs at the Barabati Stadium.
Chasing a target of 199, Debabrata Pradhan and Om T. Munde opened the innings for Keonjhar Miners. They were reduced to 28/2 at the end of 3 overs, with both openers dismissed cheaply. Munde scored 5 off 5 balls, while Pradhan added just 9 from 7 deliveries. Biswabhusan Bihari was the top scorer with 38 off 32 balls, while Soumya Lenka contributed 19 from 11 deliveries. Towards the end, Anil Parida played a brisk knock of 36 off 19 balls, but it wasn’t enough to take his side over the line.
For Bhubaneswar Tigers, Suryakant Pradhan starred with the ball, returning figures of 3/11 in 4 overs. Jayanta Behera was equally impressive with 3/14 in his 4-over spell. Badal Biswal (2/43), Debabrata Pradhan (1/21), and Sambit Beja (1/32) chipped in with wickets as Keonjhar Miners were bundled out short of the target.
After losing the toss and put into bat first, Prayan Samal and Gaurav Choudhary opened the innings for Bhubaneswar Tigers. Prayan was dismissed for just 5 in 8 balls. Bivash Shaw added 21 in 8 balls and Rajesh Dhupar scored 20 in 22 balls. Gaurav Choudhary remained the most highlighted batter in the innings as he scored the first century in the league. He was dismissed for 113 in 56 balls. At the end of the 20th over, Bhubaneswar Tigers posted a score of 198/8.
For Keonjhar Miners, Papu Ray took 2/38 in his 4 overs. Sarbeswar Mohanty picked 2/37 in his 4 overs. Soumya Lenka(1/45) and Shekhar Majhi(1/21) took one wicket each in the innings.
Gaurav Choudhary (POM) - “Today’s century was very important for me and for my team because in the last match also we had put up a good score, but still we lost. The players were a little mentally down, but today we did well. The target we had set, we achieved, and I also scored a hundred. We won the match too, so it felt really good. It feels really good, both in terms of the game and the enjoyment of playing. The good thing is that because of such leagues, new players will also get chances to play.”