Odisha lost to Railways by 55 runs in their second Elite-A league match of the Women`s Inter-State T-20 Cricket Tournament at Hyderabad today. This was the first defeat in two matches for Odisha, who had scripted a 22-run win over Maharashtra yesterday.
Chasing 117 for victory, Odisha folded up for 61. Barrng Madhuri Meheta, who scored 25, no other Odisha batsman could reach double figures. The win fetched Railways four points, while Odisha drew blank.
SCOREBOARD
RAILWAYS: Mithali Raj c Parbin b Mallik 4, Shweta Jadhav st Mohakhud b Parbin 34, Punam Raut b Rath 38, Veda Krishnamurthy c Meheta b Rath 16, M Meshram (run out) 3, Anagha Deshpande (not out) 14, Ekta Bisht (run out) 0, Asha Sobhana (not out) 4; Extras (lb-3) 3
Total (6 wkts; 20 overs) 116
Fall of wikets: 1-8, 2-62, 3-92, 4-97, 5-97, 6-106
Bowling: Sujata Mallik 3-1-20-1, Ritu Singh 3-0-10-0, Priyanka Sahu 4-0-29-0, Rasanara Parbin 4-0-23-1, Sushree Pradhan 3-0-18-0, Swagatika Rath 3-0-13-2.
ODISHA: Madhuri Meheta c Deshpande b Patil 25, Madhusmita Behera c Krishnamurthy b Das 9, Sarita Meher lbw Bisht 0, Kadambini Mohakhud st Deshpande b Meshram 3, Swagatika Rath c Meshram b Sobhana 0, Pragyan Mohanty (run out) 3, Priyanka Sahu c&b Bisht 8, Sushree Pradhan (run out) 0, Rasanara Parbin c Raut b Bisht 1, Ritu Singh (not out) 4, Sujata Mallik (not out) 3; Extras (w-5) 5
Total (9 wkts; 20 overs) 61
Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-17, 3-30, 4-31, 5-40, 6-52, 7-52, 8-54, 9-54
Bowling: K Patil 4-0-22-1, M Meshram 4-2-11-1, A Das 4-0-10-1, Ekta Bisht 4-1-8-3, Asha Sobhana 4-0-10-1.