Odisha suffered fourth defeat in a row in the Senior Women T20 Trophy as they went down fighting to Andhra by four wickets in their fourth Elite Group-C match at Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium in Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) today. Earlier, Odisha lost to Hyderabad, Himachal Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

However, Odisha put up an improved performance against Andhra and lost the match on the last ball. Tanmayee Behera was the top scorer for Odisha with a 31-ball 44. She also picked up one wicket, conceding one run.

Nivedita John Naik made her Senior Women T20 debut for Odisha in this match. Odisha will next meet Karnataka also at Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium in Gwalior on October 15.

SCORECARD

ODISHA: Madhuri Meheta st Ranga Lakshmi b Shristi 26, Tanmayee Behera c Ranga Lakshmi b Anusha 44, Sushree Dibyadarshini (c) st Ranga Lakshmi b Rishika 13, Rani Tudu st Ranga Lakshmi b Rishika 4, Sangeeta Khadia run out (Shristi) 11, Subhra Nirjharini Swain c Meghana b Rishika 8, Bijaya Laxmi Behera b Shabnam 7, Monalisha Rout (wk) st Ranga Lakshmi b Anusha 2, D Janaki Reddy not out 8, Jyoti K Prasad not out 1; Extras (nb-1, w-2) 3
Total (8 wickets, 20 overs) 127
Did not bat: Nivedita John Naik
Fall of wickets: 1-69 (Tanmayee, 8.3 overs), 2-77 (Madhuri, 9.5), 3-84 (Rani, 12.2), 4-93 (Sushree, 14.4), 5-105 (Subhra, 16.4), 6-110 (Sangeeta, 174), 7-116 (Monalista, 18.5), 8-124 (Bijaya, 19.4)
Bowling: Shabnam 4-0-28-1, E Padmaja 1-0-10-0, Vasavi Pavani 3-0-18-0, P Rishika Krishnan 4-0-22-3, S Meghana 1-0-11-0, Shristi Sekhar 3-0-17-1, B Anusha 4-0-21-2.

ANDHRA: V Sneha Deepthi c Subhra b Sangeeta 29, S Meghana (c) c&b Tanmayee 56, Henrietta Pereira st Monalisha b Jyoti 2, P Ranga Lakshmi run out (Monalisha) 8, N Anusha st Monalisha b Jyoti 4, B Anusha not out 21, E Padmaja st Monalisha b Subhra 4, Shabnam not out 1; Extras (w-3) 3
Total (6 wickets, 20 overs) 128
Did not bat: P Rishika Krishnan, Shristi Sekhar, Vasavi Pavani
Fall of wickets: 1-85 (Meghana, 12.2 overs), 2-90 (Sneha, 13.5), 3-90 (Henrietta, 14.1), 4-102 (N Anusha, 16.5), 5-104 (Ranga Lakshmi, 17.1), 6-127 (Padmaja, 19.5)
Bowling: Subhra Nirjharini Swain 3-0-23-1, Sangeeta Khadia 3-0-17-1, Nivedita John Naik 1.4-0-15-0, Sushree Priyadarshini 3-0-25-0, Jyoti K Prasad 4-0-17-2, D Janaki Reddy 4-0-20-0, Bijaya Laxmi Behera 1-0-10-0, Tanmayee Behera 0.2-0-1-1.
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PHOTO: File picture of Odisha allrounder Tanmayee Behera.