Koshal Tuskers emerged champions in the 3rd Bolangir Cricket Premier League (BCPL), defeating Tushar Royal Kings in the final by 21 runs at Gandhi Stadium here today. The champion and runner-up teams received cash prizes of Rs 1 lakh and Rs 51,000 respectively.

Koshal Tuskers allrounder Sanjiv Barik, who hit a match-winning 65 in the final, and Rocky Sawani of Tushar Royal Kings, who scalped four wickets, were adjudged as the best batsman and best bowler of the tournament. Just four teams participated in this edition of the tournament.

RESULTS:
March 1 (Match No 1): Patna Returns 106/7 in 20 overs (Sushant Meher 26, RK Raju 23; Tapendra Singh 2/25, Sanjiv Barik 2/21) lost to Koshal Tuskers 107/3 in 18.3 overs (Babulu Sethi 31, Santu Mishra 25) by 7 wkts.
March 1 (Match No 2): Tushar Royal Kings 169/9 in 20 overs (Prayas Thakur 58, Bigyan Mishra 39, Roshan Swain 31; Rupak Pradhan 3/16, Prashanta Das 3/30) beat Ramdoot 98/7 in 20 overs by 71 runs.
March 2 (Match No 3): Patna Returns 124/9 in 20 overs (Pintu Satpathy 38, Satish Kumar 37; Pardesi Nisad 3/15, Dharmendra Mishra 3/23) lost to Ramdoot 145/0 in 16.4 overs (Rupak Pradhan 59 n.o, Prashant Dash 57 n.o) by 10 wkts.
March 2 (Match No 4): Tushar Royal King 94/10 in 19.2 overs (Raj Kishan Patel 39; Rocky Sowani 5/8) lost to Koshal Tuskers 98/6 in 19.1 overs (Bikash Mohapatra 25, Santosh Mishra 24) by 4 wkts.
March 3 (Match No 5): Tushar Royal Kings 116/8 in 20 overs (Mukesh Pradhan 25, Roshan Swain 21, Chandramani Biaswal 21; Kunal 3/22, Babulu Panigrahi 2/29) beat Patna Returns 89/10 in 18 overs (Santosh Satpathy 25; Jiten Patel 4/18, Raj Kishan Patel 2 wkts, Kuldip Sharma 2 wkts) by 27 runs.
March 3 (Match No 6): Ramdoot 140 /7 in 20 overs (Prashanta Das 56, Sudhai Nag 39; Sanjiv Barik 3/12) lost to Koshal Tuskers 142/4 in 20 overs (Sanjiv Barik 52, Babulu Sethi 40; Biswa Singh 2/37) by 6 wkts.
March 4 (Match No 7, Final): Koshal Tuskers 132 in 20 overs (Sanjiv Barik 65, Tapendra Singh 20; Mukesh Pradhan 2 wkts) beat Tushar Royal Kings 111 in 18.4 overs (Roshan Swain 38, C Biswal 24; Rocky Sawani 4 wkts, Sudarshan Patra 2 wkts, Sanjiv Barik 2 wkts) by 21 runs.
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PHOTO: Players of Koshal Tuskers pose after emerging BCPL champions in Bolangir on March 4, 2015.