After a hat-trick of wins, Odisha suffered their first defeat in the Inter-State Senior Women T20 League, going down to Chhattisgarh by one run in a thrilling Plate Group-C match at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai today. Four run outs in space of six balls cost Odisha dear as they slumped from 84 for four to 90 for eight.

Electing to bat, Chhattisgarh made 104 for four in the stipulated 20 overs and then restricted Odisha to 103 for eight. Sarita Meher was the only Odisha batsman to make a notable contribution, hitting an unbeaten 42 off 44 balls. Odisha will play their fifth and last league match against host Tamil Nadu tomorrow.

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CHHATTISGARH: M Shalini st Kadambini b Rasanara 15, Shivi Pandey b Rasanara 24, Adila Khanam c Sushree b Priyanka 7, Priya Verma c Pragyan b Madhusmita 20, Manpreet Kaur (not out)    28, Pransu Priya (not out) 0; Extras (w-10) 10
Total (4 wickets; 20 overs) 104
Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Shivi, 10.2 ov), 2-55 (Shalini, 12.4), 3-55 ( Adila, 13.5), 4-88 (Priya, 19.2)
Bowling: Sujata Mallik 3-0-14-0, Banalata Mallick 2-0-9-0, Madhusmita Behera 4-0-29-1, Priyanka Priyadarshini Sahu 4-0-15-1, Rasanara Parwin 4-0-18-2, Sushree Dibyadarshini Pradhan 2-0-12-0, Rajashree Swain 1-0-7-0

ODISHA: Madhuri Meheta c Rekha b Adila 14, Madhusmita Behera st Rekha b Pransu 8, Sarita Meher (not out) 42, Kadambini c Shalini b Shraddha 3, Pragyan Paramita Mohanty c&b Shyla 14, Sushree Dibyadarshini Pradhan (run out) Priya Verma 11, Priyanka Priyadarshini Sahu (run out) Shivi 3, Rasanara Parwin (run out) Pransu 0, Rajashree Swain (run out) Urmila 0, Sujata Mallik (not out) 2; Extras (w-6) 6
Total (8 wickets; 20 overs) 103
Did not bat: Banalata Mallick
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Madhusmita, 4.2 ov), 2-26 (Madhuri, 7.1), 3-32 (Kadambini, 8.4), 4-57 (Pragyan, 12.3), 5-84 (Sushree, 17.3), 6-88 (Priyanka, 17.6), 7-89 (Rasanara, 18.2), 8-90 (Rajashree, 18.3)
Bowling: Pransu Priya 4-0-13-1, Urmila Harina 4-0-18-0, Adila Khanam 4-0-24-1, Shraddha Vaishnava 3-0-16-1, Shyla Alam 4-0-19-1, M Shalini 1-0-13-0.
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PHOTO: Top-order Odisha batsman Sarita Meher.