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Rising Students (Cuttack) won the State Inter-Club T-20 Cricket Tournament, defeating Paramount Sporting (Bhubaneswar) by 54 runs in the final at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on Wednesday. The highlight of the match was a half-century by Rising Students batsman Bikash Swarup Pati. The champion club, which is run by Orissa Cricket Association secretary Asirbad Behera`s son Satyabrata Behera, became richer by Rs 15,000, while the runners-up received Rs 10,000.
Brief scores:
Rising Students: 159/8 in 20 overs (Bikash Pati 50, Deepak Behera 32 n.o, Bibhudutta Panda 26, Biplab Samantaray 23: Gourav Mohapatra 3/37) beat Paramount Sporting: 105/7 in 20 overs (Sumitosh Praharaj 40: Biplab Samantaray 2/25).
