Calcutta: Orissa finished second in the East Zone leg of the National Twenty20 Meet after they beat Assam by 102 runs at the Eden on Sunday.

Niranjan Behera’s allround show tilted the scale in Orissa’s favour. Behera scored 55 off 33 and picked up three wickets.

The next rounds of the meet will take place in Mumbai and Ahmedabad from April 15. Behera smashed nine fours.

BRIEF SCORES

Orissa 196/4 in 20 ovs (Niranjan Behera 55, Paresh Patel 51, P. Jayachandra 30, Reshmi Ranjan Das 30; RK Yadav 2/40). Assam 94 in 19.3 ovs (G. Sharma 34 not out; Niranjan Behera 3/16, Paresh Patel 2/17, Preetamjit Das 2/13). Orissa won by 102 runs.