Hosts Odisha beat Jammu & Kashmir by five wickets in their eighth and last Elite Group-C match of the Senior Women One-Day League here at BOSE Ground today. This was the fifth win for Odisha who qualified for quarterfinals as the Group-C runners-up with 20 points. Himachal emerged group toppers with 32 points. Odisha will meet Andhra in the second quarterfinal at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on December 26.

In the low-scoring match against Jammu & Kashmir, Odisha made heavy weather of a small target of 46 before stumper Kadambini Mahakud and Priyanka Priyadarshini Sahu helped them clinch victory. Earlier opting to bat, Jammu & Kashmir were bundled out for a paltry 45 with Sujata Mallik and Priyanak bagging four and three wickets respectively for Odisha.

SCOREBOARD

JAMMU & KASHMIR: Sandhya (run out) Madhuri 1, Jaspreet Kour lbw Sujata 5, Anju Devi c Kadambini b Sujata 2, Sarla Devi b Sujata 5, Meenu Singh Salathia lbw Priyanka 5, Bismah Hassan c Sushree b Sujata 0, Sheerazah Banoo lbw Reemalaxmi 0, Rubia Syed b Priyanka 10, Nadia Chowdhary c&b Priyanka 0, Fancy Jan c Kadambini b Madhusmita 0, Abraq Zahoor (not out) 0; Extras (w-15, lb-2) 17
Total (All out; 19.1 overs) 45
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Sandhya, 2.2 ov), 2-12 (Jaspreet, 4.2), 3-18 (Anju, 6.4), 4-25 (Sarla, 8.3), 5-26 (Bismah, 10.1), 6-27 (Sheerazah, 11.6), 7-44 (Meenu, 17.1), 8-44 (Nadia, 17.5), 9-45 (Fancy, 18.2), 10-45 (Rubia, 19.1)
Bowling: Sujata Mallik 9-4-14-4, Banalata Mallick 4-0-21-0, Reemalaxmi Ekka 3-0-3-1, Madhusmita Behera 2-0-5-1, Priyanka Priyadarshini Sahu 1.1-1-0-3.

ODISHA: Pragyan P Mohanty c Anju b Bismah 6, Madhusmita Behera c Bismah b Sarla 5, Madhuri Meheta lbw Sarla 1, Sushree Dibyadarshini Pradhan c Sarla b Bismah 1, Sarita Meher b Bismah 2, Kadambini Mahakud (not out) 4, Priyanka Priyadarshini Sahu (not out) 14; Extras (nb-1, w-12) 13
Total (5 wickets; 7.4 overs) 46
Did not bat: Banalata Mallick, Reemalaxmi Ekka, Rasanara Parwin, Sujata Mallik.
Fall of wicket: 1-10 (Madhusmita, 0.6 ov), 2-22 (Pragyan, 1.5), 3-22 (Madhuri, 2.1), 4-26 (Sarita, 3.1), 5-27 (Sushree, 3.6)
Bowling: Sarla Devi 3-0-24-2, Bismah Hassan 3.4-0-18-3, Sandhya 1-0-4-0.
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PHOTO: Members of Odisha team after their win over Jammu & Kashmir in Cuttack on Dec 20, 2018.