A three-wicket haul by Taranna Pradhan and an unbeaten 38 by Subhra Nirjharini Swain guided host Odisha to a seven-wicket win over Maharashtra in their fifth Group-B match of the Women U-19 T20 League here Ravenshaw University Ground today.

Chasing a modest target of 89, Odisha romped home in 16.3 overs, losing three wickets in the process. Earlier opting to bat, Maharashtra were restricted to 88 for five. This was the fourth win for Odisha, who will meet Arunachal Pradesh in their last league match at Nimpur Ground here on October 23.

SCOREBOARD

MAHARASHTRA: S Kanadi c Subhra b Taranna 16, K Mulla (Mankading) 13, A Watade c Kusum b Taranna 0, H Deshmukh c Sweet b Taranna 1, Priyanka Ghodke (not out) 26, S Waghmode (run out) Kalpana 6, A Gaikwad (not out) 12; Extras (nb-1, w-11, b-1, lb-1) 14
Total (5 wickets; 20 overs) 88
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Kanadi, 7.1 ov), 2-33 (Watade, 7.2 ov), 3-39 (Deshmukh, 9.6 ov), 4-44 (Mulla, 11.4 ov), 5-54 (Waghmode, 13.6 ov)
Bowling: Indrani Chhatria 2-0-18-0, Kalpana Nayak 4-0-19-0, Taranna Pradhan 4-0-12-3, Subhra Nirjharini Swain 3-0-8-0, Sonali Hembram 4-0-15-0, GM Alakananda 2-0-9-0, Poonam Nayak 1-0-5-0.

ODISHA: Subhra Nirjharini Swain (not out) 38, Kajal Jena b Priyanka 19, Poonam Nayak (run out) Aarati 15, Sweet Beura (run out) Waghmode 5, GM Alakananda (not out) 5; Extras (w-6, lb-1) 7
Total (3 wickets; 16.3 overs) 89
Did not bat: Sonali Hembram, Kusum Tiriya, Indrani Chhatria, Kalpana Nayak, Rasmita Chinhara, Taranna Pradhan
Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Kajal, 6.3 ov), 2-66 (Poonam, 10.3 ov), 3-82 (Sweet, 13.2 ov)
Bowling: I Pathare 2-0-12-0, Chinmayee Borphale 2.3-0-18-0, A Gaikwad 3-0-19-0, Aarati Kedar 4-0-20-0, Priyanka Ghodke 4-0-10-1, M Gurve 1-0-9-0.