Odisha suffered hat-trick of defeats when they lost to Jharkhand by nine wickets in their third Elite Group-A match of the BCCI U-23 Womens One-Day Tournament at ACA Stadium, Mangalagiri today. Earlier in their first two games, Odisha had lost to Delhi and Railways.

Put into bat, Odisha were bundled out for 86. Subhra Nirjharini Swain was the top scorer with 31 runs. Jharkhand clinched victory, overhauling the target in 29.3 overs, losing one wicket in the process.

SCOREBOARD

ODISHA: Kajal Jena lbw Mamta 28, Sangeeta Khadia run out Devyani 4, Poonam Nayak c Indrani b Arti 1, Anjali Singh run out Ruma 5, Subhra Nirjharini Swain c Mamta b Arti 31, Rani Tudu st Indrani b Mamta 6, Monalisha Rout b Shanti 3, Indrani Chhatria run out Devyani 1, Louisa Dash run out Ruma 0, Taranna Pradhan lbw Durga 0, Nivedita John Naik not out 0; Extras (w-7) 7
Total (All out; 47.1 overs) 86
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Sangeeta, 13.1 ov), 2-30 (Poonam, 16.6), 3-36 (Kajal, 21.1), 4-49 (Anjali, 29.3), 5-61 (Rani, 35.5), 6-84 (Monalisha, 42.6), 7-85 (Indrani, 44.5), 8-86 (Louisa, 45.4), 9-86 (Taranna, 46.1), 10-86 (Subhra, 47.1)
Bowling: Shanti Kumari 10-4-15-1, Durga Murmu 6-1-15-1, Mamta Paswan 10-4-15-2, Arti 9.1-2-17-2, Anjali 6-2-12-0, Devyani 6-0-12-0.

JHARKHAND: Rashmi b Louisa 6, Indrani Roy not out 32, Sonia not out 42; Extras (w-6, b-1) 7
Total (1 wicket; 29.3 overs) 87
Did not bat: Arti, Anjali, Devyani, Mamta Paswan, Ruma, Durga Murmu, Priya Kumari, Shanti Kumari
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Rashmi, 4.4 ov)
Bowing: Indrani Chhatria 3-0-16-0, Taranna Pradhan 1-0-4-0, Louisa Dash 10-2-19-1, Anjali Singh 7.3-3-22-0, Nivedita John Naik 5-1-18-0, Poonam Nayak 3-1-7-0.