Paramount Sporting emerge champions in the 2nd Puspalata Garabadu Memorial Masters T20 Cricket Tournament, beating city opponents Mukteswar Cricket Club by six runs in the final here at Town Club ground today. With this win Paramount avenged their defeat in last year’s final against Mukteswar.

The champion ream received a cash prize of Rs 15,000 and runners-up side Rs 10,000. Gyana Ranjan Sahoo and Krishna Sethi (both Paramount) bagged the individual prizes as man of the final match and best bowler of the tournament respectively. The prizes for man of the tournament and best batsman were claimed by Prasant Biswal (Mukteswar) and Narayan Moharana (Young Veterans) respectively.

Odisha Tourism and Culture Minister Ashok Chandra Panda handed over the trophy and prizes at the valedictory function. Host Town Club president Suresh Kumar Routray, eminent cricket coach Kishore Mania, tournament sponsor Sashi Sekhar Garabadu and Town Club sports secretary Manoj Kumar Mohapatra were present on the occasion.

Former India Test opener Shiv Sundar Das inaugurated the tournament, which commenced earlier on December 10. Bhubaneswar Mayor Anant Narayan Jena, Town Club president Suresh Chandra Routray, BJP State vice-president Samir Mohanty, Town Club sports secretary Manoj Kumar Mohapatra and title sponsor Sashi Sekhar Garabadu were present on the occasion.

RESULTS
Dec 10 (Match No 1): Paramount Sporting 158/5 in 20 overs (Amaresh Mohanty 64, Gyana Ranjan Sahu 47; Radheshyam Nayak 2 wkts) beat Saheed Sporting Club 122/10 (Abinash Rath 34, Nandan Mohanty 27; Sarat Sahu 5/13, Rashmi Ranjan Das 2 wkts) by 36 runs. MoM: Sarat Sahu.
Dec 11 (Match No 2): Young Veterans 169/4 in 20 overs (Narayan Moharana 91, Dipti Patnaik 40) beat Biswabharati Club 131/9 in 20 overs (Subashish Das 47, Hrushikesh Bangari 38; Sandip Rath 4/27, Ashish Patnaik 2 wkts) by 38 runs. MoM: Narayan Moharana.
Dec 12 (Match No 3): Mukteswar Cricket Club 142/7 in 20 overs (Prasant Mohapatra 64, Prashant Biswal 58; Mohammad Aziz, Gyana Ranjan Sahoo each 2 wkts) lost to Paramount Sporting 143/7 in 19.1 overs (Amaresh Mohanty 89; Surya Narayan Rath 2 wkts) by 3 wkts. MoM: Amaresh Mohanty.
Dec 13 (Match No 4): Pioneer Gold 154/8 in 20 overs (Deepak Mohanty 65, Bijay Chouhan 42; Sanjay Raul 3/23, C S Kanungo 3/37) lost to Biswabharati Club 155/9 in 19.1 overs (C S Kanungo 55, Sanjay Raul 30; Manas Nayak 3 wkts, Pulak Mohanty, Pravat Nayak and Saroj Patnaik each 2 wkts) by 1 wkt. MoM: C S Kanungo.
Dec 14 (Match No 5): Mukteswar Cricket Club 135/8 in 20 overs (Sukanta Jena 36, Biswa Ranjan Nayak 32, Prasant Mohapatra 30; Amarendra Biswal 2/22) beat Saheed Sporting 129/9 in 20 overs (Bikash Mohanty 39, Nikunja Mohanty 21, Bandan Mohanty 21; Ajit Biswal 3/29, Duttatreya Biswal and Prashant Biswal each 2 wkts) by 6 runs. MoM: Ajit Biswal.
Dec 15 (Match No 6): Young Veterans 157/2 in 20 overs (Narayan Moharana 74 n.o, Dipti Patnaik 58) beat Pioneer Gold 125/8 in 20 overs (Khirod Mishra 46, Alok Das 27, Deepak Mohanty 22; Soumitra Sethi 3/23, Ashish Patnaik and Narayan Moharana each 2 wkts) by 32 runs. MoM: Narayan Moharana.
Dec 16 (Match No 7, SF): Biswabharati Club 133/8 in 20 overs (C S Kanungo 57; Krishna Sethi 3 wkts, Gyana Sahoo 2 wkts) lost to Paramount Sporting 133/6 in 20 overs (Chitta Ranjan Swain 41, Sampad Patnaik 34, Gyana Sahoo 27; Bharat Bhusan Sahoo 2 wkts) via super over (Paramount 15/0 vs Biswabharati 7/0. by 32 runs. MoM: Chitta Ranjan Swain.
Dec 17 (Match No 8, SF): Young Veteran 141/4 in 20 overs (Soumitra Sethy 59, Sandeep Rath 54;  Prashant Biswal 2/25) lost to Mukteswar CC 142/4 in 19 overs (Prashant Biswal 60 n.o, Sukanta Jena 30, Satyajit Jena 29; Dipti Patnaik 2/18, Ashish Patnaik 2/24) by 6 wkts. MoM: Prashant Biswal.
Dec 18 (Match No 8, Final): Paramount Sporting 151/4 in 20 overs (Swa Prakash Das 43, Gyana Ranjan Sahoo 37, Sampad Patnaik 33*; Duttatreya Mishra 2 wkts) beat Mukteswar CC 145/9 in 20 overs (Prasant Biswal 68; Gyana Ranjan Sahoo 6/15) by 6 runs. MoM: Gyana Ranjan Sahoo.
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PHOTO: Players of champion Paramount Sporting with guests at the presentation ceremony in Bhubaneswar on Dec 18, 2016.