Odisha registered back-to-back wins in the Inter-State Senior Women T-20 League, annihilating Jammu & Kashmir by eight wickets in their Plate Group-C match at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai today. International Madhuri Meheta and her Bolangir district-mate Sarita Meher made notable contributions for the win, scoring 40 and 30 runs respectively.

Put into bat by Jammu-Kashmir captain Meenu Singh Salathia, Odisha compiled a challenging total of 130 for eight in the stipulated 20 overs and then restricted the opposition to 72 for six. Captain Madhusmita Behera was most successful Odisha bowler, taking two wickets for 10 runs. Odisha will play their third league match against Tripura tomorrow.

SCOREBOARD

ODISHA: Madhuri Meheta b Bismah 40, Madhusmita Behera c Neeru b Nadia 19, Sarita Meher c Nadia b Bismah 30, Pragyan Paramita Mohanty (run out) Bismah 4, Sushree Dibyadarshini Pradhan lbw Bismah 1, Priyanka Priyadarshini Sahu b Neeru 7, Reemalaxmi Ekka b Bismah 7, Rajashree Swain c Anju b Bismah 0, Kadambini Mohakud (not out) 6, Rasanara Parwin (not out) 4; Extras (w-11, lb-1) 12
Total (8 wickets; 20 overs) 130
Did not bat: Sujata Mallik
Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Madhusmita, 7.4 ov), 2-90 (Madhuri, 14.4), 3-95 (Pragyan, 15.1), 4-104 (Sarita, 16.5), 5-104 (Dibyadarshini, 16.6), 6-118 (Reemalaxmi, 18.4), 7-120 (Rajashree, 18.5), 8-120 (Priyanka, 19.1)
Bowling: Neeru Manhas 3-0-24-1, Sarla Devi 1-0-11-0, Rubia Syed 4-0-29-0, Bushra Ashraf 4-0-20-0, Nadia Chowdhary 3-0-14-1, Sandhya 1-0-6-0, Sheerazah Banoo 1-0-6-0, Bismah Hassan 3-0-19-5.

JAMMU & KASHMIR: Anju Devi c Sujata b Sushree 17, Meenu Singh Salathia c Sarita b Reemalaxmi 7, Rubia Syed c Priyanka b Rasanara 33, Sarla Devi st Pragyan b Madhusmita 1, Nusrat Jan (not out) 1, Bismah Hassan c&b Rajashree 1, Neeru Manhas st Pragyan b Madhusmita 5, Nadia Chowdhary (not out) 2; Extras (w-1, b-4) 5
Total (6 wickets; 20 overs) 72
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Meenu, 5.1), 2-61 (Rubia, 15.3), 3-62 (Anju, 16.3), 4-63 (Sarla, 17.3), 5-64 (Bismah, 18.2), 6-69 (Neeru, 19.1)
Bowling: Sujata Mallik 4-0-8-0, Reemalaxmi Ekka 3-0-6-1, Madhusmita Behera 4-0-10-2, Priyanka Priyadarshini Sahu 2-0-10-0, Rasanara Parwin 3-0-11-1, Rajashree Swain 2-0-18-1, Sushree Dibyadarshini Pradhan 2-0-5-1.
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PHOTO: Members of Odisha team after their win over Jammu & Kashmir in Chennai on January 14, 2018.