Karnataka crushed Odisha by 51 runs in their Elite Group-A match of the BCCI U-23 Womens One-Day Tournament at Devineni Venkata Ramana Praneetha Ground in Mulapadu today. This was the fifth successive defeat for Odisha.

Chasing a daunting target of 204 for victory, Odisha compiled 152 for five. After a fine start, which saw Kajal Jena and captain Anjali Singh stitching together 63 run for the opening wicket, Odisha could not score at the rate they required to and lost the match.

Kajal was the top scorer with 46 runs. Ealier, Karnataka made 203 for five. Among bowlers, Taranna Pradhan was most effective with three wickets, while Louisha Das chipped in with a brace.

SCOREBOARD

KARNATAKA: S Shubha lbw Taranna 3, K Prathyoosha lbw Subhra 8, D Vrinda c Anjali b Nivedita 46, Niki Prasad st Monalisha b Louisa 11, C Prathyusha run out Sangeeta 7, Simren Henry c Anjali b Taranna 53, Aditi Rajesh c Monalisha b Louisa 2, Monica C Patel lbw Taranna 49, Sanjana Batni not out 0; Extras (w-16, b-5, lb-3) 24
Total (8 wickets; 50 overs) 203
Did not bat: Sahana S Pawar, S R Patil
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Shubha, 1.3 ov), 2-45 (Prathyoosha, 15.5), 3-76 (Niki, 21.4), 4-82 (Vrinda, 24.1), 5-87 (Prathyusha, 25.2), 6-90 (Aditi, 27.1), 7-199 (Monica, 49.1), 8-203 (Simren, 49.6)
Bowling: Indrani Chhatria 8-2-27-0, Taranna Pradhan 9-2-24-3, Louisa Dash 10-1-35-2, Subhra Nirjharini Swain 2-0-12-1, Sangeeta Khadia 1-0-11-0, Nivedita John Naik 10-2-34-1, Anjali Singh 5-0-27-0, Poonam Nayak 5-0-25-0.

ODISHA: Kajal Jena lbw Prathyusha 46, Anjali Singh run out Patil 22, Sangeeta Khadia run out Patil 14, Subhra Nirjharini Swain c Shubha b Sahana 17, Poonam Nayak not out 25, Rani Tudu c Simren b Prathyusha 3, Monalisha Rout not out 6; Extras (w-17, lb-2) 19
Total (5 wickets; 50 overs) 152
Did not bat: Indrani Chhatria, Louisa Dash, Taranna Pradhan, Nivedita John Naik
Fall of wickets: 1-63 (Anjali, 24.2 ov), 2-94 (Sangeeta, 34.4), 3-94 (Kajal, 34.5), 4-137 (Subhra, 45.4), 5-144 (Rani, 48.2 ov)
Bowling: Monica C Patel 4-1-4-0, S Shubha 1-0-8-0, Simren Henry 6-0-23-0, Niki Prasad 6-2-18-0, Sahana S Pawar 10-1-31-1, C Prathyusha 10-0-28-2, S R Patil 6-1-18-0, Aditi Rajesh 7-1-20-0.