Riding on a three-wicket haul by captain Nidhi Buley and an unbeaten 41 by Ruchita Buley, Madhya Pradesh beat Odisha by six wickets in their Elite Group-B match of the Senior Women T20 League at Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur today. This was the second defeat for Odisha, who lost to Goa by 41 runs yesterday.

Put into bat by Madhya Pradesh, Odisha were restricted to 84 for eight in the stipulated 20 overs. Among successful batsmen, Anjali Singh and Sarita Meher scored 26 and 22 respectively. In reply, Madhya Pradesh overhauled the target with four balls to spare. Odisha will play their third league match against Hyderabad on January 5.

SCOREBOARD:
ODISHA: Madhuri Meheta b Pallavi 1, Madhusmita Behera b Pallavi 9, Sarita Meher (run out) 22, Kadambini Mohakud (run out) Deepika 4, Kuni Badara c Shreyanshi b Nidhi 2, Anjali Singh c Shweta b Nidhi 26, Gangotree Behera c Deepika b Nidhi 9, Priyanka Priyadarshini (not out) 4, Ritu Singh (run out) 2; Extras (w-3, b-1, lb-1) 5
Total (8 wickets; 20 overs) 84
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Madhuri Meheta, 0.5 ov), 2-23 (Madhusmita Behera, 4.6 ov), 3-35 (Kadambini, 7.1 ov), 4-38 (Kuni Badara, 9.6 ov), 5-50 (Sarita Meher, 12.5 ov), 6-74 (Gangotree Behera, 17.3 ov), 7-80 (Anjali Singh, 19.1 ov), 8-84 (Ritu Singh, 19.6 ov)
Bowling: Pallavi Bharadwaj 4-16-21-2, Priti Yadav 2-6-10-0, Charu Joshi 3-13-6-0, Ruchita Buley 2-6-6-0, Nidhi Buley 4-11-18-3, Shreyanshi Singh 4-12-14-0, Nikita Singh 1-1-7-0

MADHYA PRADESH: Shweta Mishra st Kadambini b Priyanka 18, Tamanna Nigam c Gangotree b Priyanka 6, Ruchita Buley (not out) 41, Charu Joshi (run out) 1, Nidhi Buley (run out) 14, Pallavi Bharadwaj (not out) 3; Extras (lb-2) 2
Total (4 wickets; 19.2 overs) 85
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Tamanna Nigam, 6.2 ov), 2-28 (Shweta Mishra, 10.1 ov), 3-29 (Charu Joshi, 10.5 ov), 4-58 (Nidhi Buley, 15.5 ov)
Bowling: Sujata Mallik 4-13-16-0, Ritu Singh 4-15-16-0, Priyanka Priyadarshini 4-15-12-2, Madhusmita Behera 3.2-9-13-0, Gangotree Behera 1-1-8-0, Rasanara Parwin 3-9-18-0.