Railways beat Odisha by four wickets in their Elite Group-A match of the BCCI U-23 Womens One-Day Tournament at Chukkapalli Pitchaiah Cricket Ground, Mulapadu today. This was second straight loss for Odisha.

After restricting Odisha to 147, Railways romped home in 47 overs, losing six wickets in the process. Kajal Jena and Sangeeta Khadia batted well for Odisha, scoring 52 and 38 respectively. Among successful Odisha bowlers, Indrani Chhatria and Taranna Pradhan picked two wickets each.

SCOREBOARD

ODISHA: Kajal Jena c Dipa b Ritu 52, Anjali Singh b Nirupama 0, Sasmita Mahalik c & b Nirupama 4, Poonam Nayak b Nirupama 1, Sangeeta Khadia c Arti b Tanu 38, Subhra Nirjharini Swain c Papori b Arti 13, Monalisha Rout c & b Kalpana 0, Indrani Chhatria b Papori 6, Louisa Dash st Laxmi b Tanu 16, Taranna Pradhan b Ritu 4, Nivedita John Naik not out 0; Extras (nb-1, w-12) 13
Total (All out; 48.2 overs) 147
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Anjali, 1.1), 2-21 (Sasmita, 5.4), 3-31 (Poonam, 9.1), 4-66 (Kajal, 15.3), 5-103 (Subhra, 28.3), 6-104 (Monalisha, 29.6), 7-122 (Indrani, 36.4), 8-132 (Sangeeta, 39.3), 9-146 (Taranna, 46.5), 10-147 (Louisa, 48.2)
Bowling: Kshama Singh 9-0-25-0, Nirupama Baro 9-0-26-3, Tanu Kala 6.2-0-23-2, Papori Gogoi 3-1-15-1, Ritu 7-1-15-2, Arti Dhama 8-0-20-1, Kalpana Shoutal 6-0-23-1.

RAILWAYS: Arti Dhama c Monalisha b Indrani 8, V Sneha Deepthi c Kajal b Taranna 0, Ritu c Louisa b Taranna 15, Dipa Das lbw Nivedita 27, Arushi not out 51, Laxmi Yadav run out Sangeeta 14, Kshama Singh c Monalisha b Indrani 16, Tanu Kala not out 7; Extras (w-9, b-1) 10
Total (6 wickets; 47 overs) 148
Did not bat: Kalpana Shoutal, Nirupama Baro, Papori Gogoi
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Arti, 0.6 ov), 2-8 (V Sneha, 1.3), 3-45 (Ritu, 13.6), 4-62 (Dipa, 21.1), 5-107 (Laxmi, 34.4), 6-132 (Kshama, 40.6 ov)
Bowling: Indrani Chhatria 10-1-38-2, Taranna Pradhan 10-1-26-2, Louisa Dash 9-0-36-0, Nivedita John Naik 10-1-19-1, Anjali Singh 4-0-15-0, Poonam Nayak 3-0-10-0, Subhra Nirjharini Swain 1-0-2-0, Sangeeta Khadia 0-0-1-0.
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PHOTO: File picture of Odisha opening batsman Kajal Jena, who scored a half-century against Railways in Mulapadu on 26 January, 2020.