Bengal thrashed Odisha by nine wickets in their fourth and last league match of the East Zone Women’s Under-19 One-day League at JSCA International Stadium in Ranchi today. Put into bat, Odisha were bundled out for 71 in 49.1 overs. Bengal easily overhauled the target in 22 overs, losing only one wicket.

Batting debacle was the main reason for Odisha’s defeat. Mr Extra turned out to be Odisha’s top scorer, contributing 23 runs. This was the third defeat in a row for Odisha and they finished fourth in the five-team league with four points from as many matches. Host Jharkhand emerged champions with full 16 points from four wins, while Bengal finished runners-up with 12 points.

SCOREBOARD:

ODISHA: Kajal Jena c Chakraborty b Choudhary 6, Rajeswari Jena (run out) Mamata 0, Sangeeta Khadia lbw Ganguly 13, Subhra Nirjharini Swain c Paul b Choudhary 0, Indrani Chhatria lbw Bhattacharjee 3, Taranna Pradhan c Ganguly b Roy 10, Poonam Nayak b Roy 12, Suchitra Roy c Chakraborty b Karar 3, Barasarani Singh lbw Ganguly 1, GM Alakananda (not out) 4, Kalpana Nayak lbw Khatun 2; Extras (lb-2, w-21) 23
Total (All out; 49.1 overs) 77
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (R Jena, 0.6 ov), 2-13 (Kajal Jena, 9.4), 3-16 (SN Swain, 13.2), 4-33 (Chhatria, 23.3), 5-46 (Khadia, 27.2), 6-58 (Pradhan, 32.1), 7-61 (P Nayak, 34.3), 8-67 (S Roy, 38.3), 9-69 (B Singh, 41.6), 10-77 (K Nayak, 49.1)
Bowling: N Khatun 9.1-3-12-1, P Choudhary 10-3-10-2, Jhumpa Roy 10-2-15-2, Swati Bhattacharjee 3-0-17-1, Sushmita Ganguly 10-3-15-2, Shreya Karar 7-3-6-1.

BENGAL: Ankita Chakraborty (not out) 25, Dhara Gujjar c lbw Chhatria 4, Richa (not out) 44; Extras (w-6) 6
Total (1 wicket; 22 overs) 79
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Gujjar, 2.4 ov)
Bowling: Indrani Chhatria 4-0-17-1, Subhra Nirjharini Swain 4-1-10-0, Barasarani Singh 7-5-7-0, Kalpana Nayak 3-0-19-0, GM Alakananda 3-0-18-0, Sangeeta Khadia 1-0-8-0.