Formidable Railway prevailed over Odisha by 63 runs in their Group-B match of the BCCI Senior Womens T20 Tournament at VCA Kalamna in Nagpur today. This was the second straight defeat for Odisha.

Odisha bowled well to restrict Railways to 125 for three after the latter chose to bat first. But the victory target of 126 proved to be too big for Odisha, who could make 62 for five in the stipulated 20 overs. Among Odisha players, Banalata Mallick put up notable performance, taking two wickets for 17 runs.

SCOREBOARD

RAILWAYS: Punam Raut c Madhusmita b Banalata 14, Mithali Raj st Pragyan b Rasanara 45, Mona b Banalata 27, Arundathi Reddy not out 18, R Kalpan not out 16; Extras (w-2, b-2, lb-1) 5
Total (3 wickets; 20 overs) 125
Did not bat: Shubh, Ekta Bisht, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari, Swagatika Rath, Sneh Rana
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Punam, 4.3 ov), 2-85 (Mithali, 14.2), 3-93 (Mona, 16.5)
Bowling: Sujata Mallik 3-5-24-0, Priyanka Priyadarshini 3-7-29-0, Banalata Mallick 4-14-17-2, Madhusmita Behera 4-14-19-0, Rasanara Parwin 4-12-19-1, D Janaki Reddy 2-4-14-0.

ODISHA: Madhuri Meheta lbw Rajeshwari 14, Sarita Meher run out Shubh 1, Anjali Singh c Arundathi b Rajeshwari 3, Pragyan P Mohanty c Sneh b Shubh 15, Rani Tudu c & b Swagatika 10, Madhusmita Behera not out 10, Priyanka Priyadarshini not out 8; Extras (lb-1) 1
Total (5 wickets; 20 overs) 62
Did not bat: Banalata Mallick, Rasanara Parwin, Sujata Mallik, D Janaki Reddy
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Sarita Meher, 2.1 ov), 2-16 (Anjali Singh, 5.2), 3-19 (Madhuri Meheta, 7.3), 4-43 (Rani Tudu, 13.4), 5-45 (Pragyan P Mohanty, 14.1)
Bowling: Shubh 3-14-7-1, Ekta Bisht 4-15-12-0, Swagatika Rath 4-11-18-1, Rajeshwari 3-16-2-2, Poonam Yadav 3-7-11-0, Sneh Rana 3-8-11-0.