A stroke-filled half-century by Kajal Jena went in vain as Odisha lost to Bengal by seven wickets in their opening Group-D match of the U-23 Womens T20 Trophy Cricket Tournament at JKC College Ground in Guntur today.

Odisha made 119 for six after captain Anjali Singh chose to bat. Bengal rode on a half-ton by Richa to overhaul the target in 18.4 overs, losing three wickets in the process.

SCOREBOARD

ODISHA: Kajal Jena c Paul b Prativa 54, Anjali Singh c Aich b Maji 6, Rani Tudu b Aich 6, Subhra Nirjharini Swain c Richa b Shreya 12, Poonam Nayak c Richa b Shreya 10, Sangeeta Khadia not out 17, Monalisha Rout c Ambika b Shreya 1; Extras (w-9, b-4) 13
Total (6 wickets; 20 overs) 119
Did not bat: Indrani Chhatria, Louisa Dash, Taranna Pradhan, Nivedita John Naik
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Anjali, 5.3 ov), 2-72 (Kajal, 10.2), 3-80 (Rani, 11.5), 4-100 (Poonam, 17.3), 5-102 (Subhra, 17.6), 6-119 (Monalisha, 19.6)
Bowling: Richa 1-2-10-0, N Maji 4-16-14-1, Sushmita Ganguly 4-9-29-0, Shreya Karar 4-11-29-3, S P Aich 4-10-22-1, Prativa 3-13-11-1.

BENGAL: Sushmita Ganguly c Louisa b Taranna 1, Ambika Guha c Nivedita b Louisa 4, Richa c Indrani b Subhra 69, P P Paul not out 31, Prativa not out 1; Extras (w 13, b-1) 14
Total (3 wickets; 18.4 overs) 120
Did not bat: N Maji, Shreya Karar, Kashish Agarwal, S P Aich, Mamata, Ankita Chakraborty
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Sushmita, 2.2 ov), 2-23 (Ambika, 3.1), 3-114 (Richa, 17.5)
Bowling: Taranna Pradhan 2-10-15-1, Indrani Chhatria 2-6-21-0, Louisa Dash 4-10-24-1, Nivedita John Naik 4-12-21-0, Poonam Nayak 1-2-7-0, Anjali Singh 2.4-8-18-0, Subhra Nirjharini Swain 3-10-13-1.