An unbeaten 42 by Kajal Jena and her 65-run unbroken partnership for the third wicket with captain Sushree Dibyadarshini Pradhan helped Odisha trounce Madhya Pradesh by eight wickets in their opening match of the BCCI Women U-23 T20 League at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot today.

Opting to bat, Madhya Pradesh were restricted to 89 for six in the stipulated 20 overs. Odisha easily overhauled the target, losing two wickets in the process. The win fetched Odisha four points. Odisha will next meet Mizoram tomorrow.

SCOREBOARD

MADHYA PRADESH: Kalpana (run out) Barasarani (Sub) 7, Nikita Singh c Kuni b Indrani 9, Soniya Sharma (run out) Barasarani (Sub) 10, Charu Joshi c Indrani b Louisa 14, Salonee Dangore lbw Louisa 5, Reena Yadav (run out) Sunita 12, Anshula Rao (not out) 25, Nitya Tiwari (not out) 2; Extras (w-5) 5
Total (6 wickets; 20 overs) 89
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Nikita, 3.6 ov), 2-27 (Kalpana, 8.6), 3-29 (Soniya, 10.3), 4-41 (Salonee, 13.1), 5-57 (Charu, 17.2), 6-74 (Reena, 18.4)
Bowling: Rameswari Naik 2-0-9-0, Indrani Chhatria 4-0-14-1, Rajashree Swain 4-0-17-0, Sushree Dibyadarshini 4-0-20-0, Louisa Dash 4-0-14-2, Anjali Singh 1-0-10-0, Kuni Badara 1-0-5-0.

ODISHA: Kajal Jena (not out) 42, Anjali Singh c Salonee b Nikita 4, Rani Tudu st Rahila b Charu 3, Sushree Dibyadarshini Pradhan (not out) 32; Extras (w-9) 9
Total (2 wickets; 18.2 overs) 90
Did not bat: Indrani Chhatria, Louisa Dash, Rajashree Swain, Sumitra Sahoo, Sunita Murmu, Kuni Badara, Rameswari Naik
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Anjali, 4.5 ov), 2-25 (Rani, 5.5)
Bowling: Anshula Rao 1-3-8-0, Poonam Soni 4-0-15-0, Nitya Tiwari 1-0-5-0, Nikita Singh 4-0-15-1, Charu Joshi 3.2-0-22-1, Salonee Dangore 3-0-17-0, Souya Tiwari 2-0-8-0.
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PHOTO: Odisha U-23 women team captain Sushree Dibyadarshini Pradhan and opening batsman Kajal Jena in Rajkot on January 15, 2019.