Orissa-B win Power-20 Federation Cup

Orissa-B won the first Federation Cup Power-20 Cricket Tournament, defeating favourites Orissa-A by six wicket in the final at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar today. Orissa-B all-rounder Sameer Barik picked up two wickets and scored a quick-fire 27 to be adjudged the man of the match. Dhiren Lenka of Orissa-A took the prize as man of the tournament. Notary Dillip Kumar Mohanty gave away the trophy at the closing function. Host Orissa Power-20 Cricket Association chairman Manoranjan Mohanty and general secretary M Azam were present in the closing ceremony. Brief scores: Semifinals: Orissa-A 229/7 in 20 overs (Rashmi Mohapatra 66, Biranchi Narayan 42) beat Madhya Bharat86/10 in 10.1 overs (Lala 33: Sunil Swain 4/12) by 143 runs. Orissa-B 140/8 in 20 overs (Jyoti Behera 65) beatPondicherry 55/10 in 14.5 overs (Satish 3/5) by 85 runs. Final: Orissa-A 109/10 in 14.4 overs (Ajit Nayak 32: Sameer Barik 2/16) lost to Orissa-B 111/4 in 7.3 overs (Pritam 34, Sameer Barik 27) by 6 wkts.