Odisha pulverized minnows Arunachal Pradesh by 118 runs in their fifth Group-D match of the U-23 Womens T20 Trophy Cricket Tournament at JKC College Ground in Guntur today. This was the third win for Odisha.

Chasing a daunting target of 162, Arunachal Pradesh could make 43 for eight despite batting for full 20 overs. Ealier opting to bat, Odisha piled up a big total of 161 for two, thanks to impressive knocks by captain Anjali Singh, Subhra Nirjharini Swain and Poonam Nayak.

SCOREBOARD

ODISHA: Kajal Jena c Techi b Popi 19, Anjali Singh lbw Nabam 48, Subhra Nirjharini Swain not out 46, Poonam Nayak not out 32; Extras (nb-3, w-8, b-4, lb-1) 16
Total (2 wickets; 20 overs) 161
Did not bat: Louisa Dash, Purnima Ray, Rani Tudu, Sangeeta Khadia, Kuni Badara, Monalisha Rout, Nivedita John Naik
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Kajal, 4.6 ov), 2-103 (Anjali, 13.6 ov)
Bowling: D Popi 4-12-32-1, Kavita 4-13-24-0, Shivangi Tyagi 2-5-8-0, Nabam Yapu 3-5-29-1, Megha Sharma 4-5-27-0, Shubhu D 3-2-36-0.

ARUNACHAL PRADESH: Shubhu D c Sangeeta b Louisa 3, D Popi b Subhra 4, Sheetal Rawal st Monalisha b Poonam 9, R Rawat b Nivedita 8, Megha Sharma run out Purnima 2, Shivangi Tyagi b Sangeeta 4, Techi Arkey lbw Sangeeta 0, Nabam Yapu st Monalisha b Louisa 5, Kavita not out 1; Extras (w-6, b-1) 7
Total (8 wickets; 20 overs) 43
Did not bat: Adam, T Yaje
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Shubhu, 3.2 ov), 2-22 (Sheetal, 10.6), 3-22 (Popi, 11.5), 4-32 (Rawat, 16.3), 5-32 (Megha, 16.6), 6-32 (Techi, 17.4), 7-39 (Nabam, 18.6), 8-43 (Shivangi, 19.6 ov)
Bowling: Purnima Ray 3-16-4-0, Louisa Dash 3-12-11-2, Nivedita John Naik 4-22-5-1, Anjali Singh 2-9-3-0, Subhra Nirjharini Swain 2-9-7-1, Poonam Nayak 2-7-6-1, Kuni Badara 2-9-3-0, Sangeeta Khadia 2-9-3-2.