After making a victorious start against Delhi, Odisha lost to Tamil Nadu by 15 runs in their second Elite Group-B match of the Womens Senior One-Day Tournament at Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana, Kandivili, Mumbai today. Odisha would next play Kerala Andhra at Dadoji Konddev Stadium in Thane on February 22.

Chasing 228 for victory, Odisha could make 212 for nine despite a half-century by Sushree Divyadarshini Pradhan. Earlier opting to bat, Tamil Nadu compiled a challenging total of 227 for four.

SCOREBOARD

TAMIL NADU: Nethra L c Madhuri b Banalata 0, D Hemalatha lbw Madhusmita 49, Arshi Choudhary b Madhusmita 34, Niranjana Nagarajan lbw Madhusmita 34, S Anusha not out 72, S B Keerthana not out 28; Extras (nb-1, w-7, lb-2) 10
Total (4 wickets; 50 overs) 227
Did not bat: Sowmya R, Karthiga T, R Abarna, A Eloksi, S Pavithra Sridharan
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Nethra, 3.3 ov), 2-77 (Hemalatha, 20.3), 3-101 (Arshi, 29.5), 4-151 (Niranjana, 39.6)
Bowling: Sujata Mallik 8-3-28-0, Banalata Mallick 3-0-15-1, Priyanka Priyadarshini 10-1-42-0, Sushree Dibyadarshini 10-0-39-0, Rasanara Parwin 7-0-37-0, Madhusmita Behera 10-0-52-3, Anjali Singh 2-0-12-0.

ODISHA: Madhuri Meheta c Pavithra b Nethra 39, Kajal Jena c Pavithra b Niranjana 8, Sarita Meher lbw Nethra 16, Madhusmita Behera c Karthiga b Nethra 22, Sushree Dibyadarshini st Pavithra b Keerthana 50, Anjali Singh lbw Keerthana 41, Pragyan P Mohanty c Keerthana b Karthiga 2, Priyanka Priyadarshini c Hemalatha b Keerthana 5, Rasanara Parwin c Niranjana b Karthiga 0, Sujata Mallik not out 2, Banalata Mallick not out 1; Extras (w-22, lb-4) 26
Total (9 wickets; 50 overs) 212
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Kajal, 8.4), 2-59 (Sarita, 14.6), 3-93 (Madhusmita, 20.2), 4-104 (Madhuri, 24.2), 5-193 (Anjali, 42.1), 6-196 (Pragyan, 43.5), 7-207 (Sushree, 46.1), 8-208 (Rasanara, 47.3), 9-211 (Priyanka, 48.3)
Bowling: Niranjana Nagarajan 8.4-0-33-1, S Anusha 8-2-35-0, S B Keerthana 10-1-46-3, Nethra L 10-1-41-3, D Hemalatha 10-0-43-0, Karthiga T 3.2-0-10-2.