After five consecutive defeats, Odisha tasted first win in the BCCI U-23 Womens One-Day Tournament when they prevailed over Punjab by 26 runs in their sixth Elite Group-A league match at the ACA Stadium in Mangalagiri today.

Sangeeta Khadia and Taranna Pradhan played major roles in the Odisha win, hitting an unbeaten 51 and bagging four wickets for 20 runs respectively. Batting first, Odisha made 152 for eight and then bowled out Punjab for 126. Among other successful Odisha players, opening batsman Kajal Jena scored 46 runs, while Louisa Dash claimed three wickets.

SCOREBOARD

ODISHA: Kajal Jena c Mannat b Kanika 46, Anjali Singh c Kanika b Palwinderjeet 2, Sangeeta Khadia not out 51, Subhra Nirjharini Swain c Pragati b Komalpreet 22, Poonam Nayak c Pragati b Manpreet 4, Monalisha Rout b Manpreet 5, Kuni Badara c & b Manpreet 4, Indrani Chhatria c & b Kanika 0, Louisa Dash c Pragati b Palwinderjeet 7, Taranna Pradhan not out 2; Extras (nb-1, w-7, lb-1) 9
Total (8 wickets; 50 overs) 152
Did not bat: Nivedita John Naik
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Anjali, 3.5), 2-77 (Kajal, 25.3), 3-110 (Subhra, 38.5), 4-114 (Poonam, 39.5), 5-126 (Monalisha, 43.3), 6-134 (Kuni, 45.4), 7-134 (Indrani, 46.3), 8-147 (Louisa, 48.6)
Bowling: Komalpreet Kour 10-2-25-1, Palwinderjeet Kaur 7-0-31-2, Mannat Kashyap 10-2-27-0, Kanika Ahuja 10-1-27-2, Manpreet Kaur 10-2-31-3, Priya Kumari 3-0-10-0.

PUNJAB: Ridhima Aggarwal c Kajal b Indrani 0, Srishti Rajput b Taranna 3, Priya Kumari b Louisa 10, Renu c Monalisha b Taranna 8, Pragati Singh lbw Taranna 5, Kanika Ahuja c Taranna b Louisa 58, Neetu Singh b Louisa 13, Palwinderjeet Kaur c Monalisha b Taranna 3, Mannat Kashyap run out Taranna 1, Komalpreet Kour run out Subhra 7, Manpreet Kaur not out 1; Extras (nb-1, w-13, lb-3) 17
Total (All out; 39.4 overs) 126
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Ridhima, 0.2 ov), 2-5 (Srishti, 1.5), 3-23 (Renu, 7.5), 4-29 (Pragati, 9.3 ov), 5-40 (Priya, 16.2), 6-92 (Neetu, 31.2), 7-109 (Palwinderjeet, 34.2), 8-111 (Mannat, 35.2), 9-115 (Kanika 37.3), 10-126 (Komalpreet, 39.4)
Bowling: Indrani Chhatria 8-1-42-1, Taranna Pradhan 10-1-20-4, Louisa Dash 10-2-32-3, Nivedita John Naik 6-0-14-0, Anjali Singh 3-0-7-0, Poonam Nayak 2.4-0-8-0.