Odisha lost to Bengal by 126 runs in their seventh Elite Group-A league match of the BCCI U-23 Womens One-Day Tournament at Devineni Venkata Ramana Praneetha Ground in Mulapadu today. This was the sixth defeat for Odisha.

Riding on a half-century by P Paul, Bengal put up a healthy total of 212 and then dismissed Odisha for 86. Kajal Jena was top scorer for Odisha with 24 runs. Among successful Odisha bowlers, Taranna Pradhan and Poonam Nayak picked up two wickets each.

SCOREBOARD

BENGAL: Ankita Chakraborty b Nivedita 11, P P Paul c Monalisha b Taranna 57, Dhara Gujjar c Kuni b Taranna 23, Sansthita Biswas c Anjali b Poonam 23, Mamata b Poonam 41, Kashish Agarwal c & b Subhra 11, S P Aich not out 21, Tithi Das not out 10; Extras (nb-1, w-11, b-3) 15
Total (6 wickets; 50 overs) 212
Did not bat: N Maji, Shreya Karar, Sushmita Ganguly
Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Ankita, 16.3 ov), 2-94 (Paul, 29.4), 3-102 (Dhara, 31.4), 4-166 (Mamata, 41.3), 5-171 (Sansthita, 43.1), 6-196 (Kashish, 46.2)
Bowling: Indrani Chhatria 8-1-20-0, Taranna Pradhan 9-0-31-2, Louisa Dash 10-2-50-0, Nivedita John Naik 7-0-28-1, Anjali Singh 7-0-26-0, Poonam Nayak 7-0-44-2, Subhra Nirjharini Swain 2-0-10-1.

ODISHA: Sangeeta Khadia b Aich 15, Anjali Singh b Dhara 2, Kajal Jena b Tithi 24, Subhra Nirjharini Swain st Paul b Shreya 13, Poonam Nayak b Shreya 2, Kuni Badara b Shreya 1, Monalisha Rout c Shreya b Sushmita 16, Louisa Dash lbw Maji 4, Indrani Chhatria lbw Aich 0, Taranna Pradhan b Maji 1, Nivedita John Naik not out 0; Extras (w-7, lb-1) 8
Total (All out; 41.4 overs) 86
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Anjali, 4.1 ov), 2-29 (Kajal, 11.6), 3-59 (Subhra, 22.2), 4-59 (Sangeeta, 23.4), 5-61 (Poonam, 24.6), 6-64 (Kuni, 26.4), 7-81 (Louisa, 37.4), 8-85 (Monalisha, 38.3), 9-86 (Indrani, 40.2), 10-86 (Taranna, 41.4 ov)
Bowling: Dhara Gujjar 7-1-25-1, Kashish Agarwal 1-0-1-0, Tithi Das 6-2-14-1, N Maji 8.4-6-5-2, Sushmita Ganguly 5-0-17-1, Shreya Karar 8-3-6-3, S P Aich 6-2-17-2.