Odisha made a winning start in the Womens Senior One-Day Tournament when they beat Delhi by four wickets in their opening Elite Group-B match at Dadoji Konddev Stadium in Thane today. Odisha would next play Tamil Nadu at Dadoji Konddev Stadium in Thane on February 20.

Chasing a challenging target of 215, Odisha rode on a half-century each by Pragyan Paramita Mohanty and Sushree Divyadarshini Pradhan to romp home with one over to spare. Pragyan was the top scorer with 57, while Sushree remained unbeaten on 54.

Earlier, Delhi compiled 214 for six after winning the toss and opting to bat. Sujata Mallik and Priyanka Priyadarshini Sahu picked up two wickets each for Odisha.

SCOREBOARD

DELHI: Priya Punia c Sushree b Priyanka 62, Neha Bhargava lbw Sujata 1, Mandeep Kaur c Sushree b Rasanara 97, Soni Yadav lbw Priyanka 1, Ayushi Soni c Madhusmita b Sujata 28, Simran Dil Bahadur not out 17, Neha Chhillar run out Sujata 0, Lalita Sharma not out 1; Extras (w-7) 7
Total (6 wickets; 50 overs) 214
Did not bat: Bhabya, Sonia Lohiya, Babita Negi
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Neha, 0.5 ov), 2-130 (Priya, 36.2), 3-132 (Soni, 36.6), 4-187 (Ayushi, 45.3), 5-210 (Mandeep, 48.4), 6-210 (Neha, 48.5)
Bowling: Sujata Mallik 8-0-47-2, Banalata Mallick 6-0-28-0, Priyanka Priyadarshini 10-1-46-2, Sushree Dibyadarshini 10-0-39-0, Madhusmita Behera 9-2-27-0, Rasanara Parwin 7-0-27-1.

ODISHA: Madhuri Meheta lbw Sonia 28, Kajal Jena lbw Soni 6, Sarita Meher run out Babita 30, Silpa Swain c Bhabya b Neha 2, Madhusmita Behera c Bhabya b Mandeep 7, Pragyan P Mohanty c Mandeep b Babita 57, Sushree Dibyadarshini not out 54, Priyanka Priyadarshini not out 6; Extras (w-26) 26
Total (6 wickets; 49 overs) 216
Did not bat: Banalata Mallick, Rasanara Parwin, Sujata Mallik
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Kajal, 4.2 ov), 2-45 (Madhuri, 11.5), 3-64 (Silpa, 18.3), 4-90 (Sarita, 27.2), 5-98 (Madhusmita, 28.6), 6-204 (Pragyan, 47.1)
Bowling: Soni Yadav 10-1-42-1, Simran Dil Bahadur 6-0-23-0, Sonia Lohiya 7-2-28-1, Lalita Sharma 5-0-29-0, Neha Chhillar 6-0-22-1, Babita Negi 7-0-34-1, Mandeep Kaur 7-0-27-1, Ayushi Soni 1-0-11-0.
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PHOTO (Left to right): Priyanka Priyadarshini, Sushree Divya Darshini, Pragyan Mohanty and Sujata Mallik played important roles in the win against Delhi on 18 February, 2020.