Notwithstanding an unbeaten knock of 75 by captain Subhra Nirjharini Swain, Odisha lost to Himachal Pradesh by one run in their second Elite Group-E league match of the BCCI Under-19 Women One-Day Tournament at RCA Academy Ground in Jaipur today. This was the second straight loss for Odisha, who had gone down to Karnataka earlier by seven wickets.

Chasing a target of 154, Odisha were bowled out for 152 in 45.4 overs. Skipper Subhra Swain waged a lone battle, hitting 11 boundaries in her 104-ball unbeaten knock. Earlier opting to bat, Himachal made a modest total of 153 for eight. Among Odisha bowlers, Ankita Giri was most successful, bagging three wickets for 12 runs, while S B Lorence picked up two for 16.

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HIMACHAL U-19 WOMEN: Imani Negi run out Ankita Giri 17, Mannat Pandit lbw Tanmayee Behera 4, Anshika Thakur b Ankita Giri 40, Nancy Sharma lbw Ankita Giri 11, Devanshi Verma lbw Lorence 24, Himanshi Mehta c Jyoti Prasad b Ankita Giri 0, Harshita Rajput not out 23, Sakshi Thakur run out Subhra Nirjharini Swain 5, Shivali Kumari b Lorence 0, Shweta Jamwal not out 1; Extras (w-16, b-8, lb-4) 28
Total (8 wickets; 50 overs) 153
Did not bat: Manisha D
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Mannat, 5.3 ov), 2-38 (Imani, 18.4 ov), 3-84 (Anshika, 32.1 ov), 4-94 (Nancy, 34.1 ov), 5-95 (Himanshi, 36.4 ov), 6-130 (Devanshi, 45.1 ov), 7-150 (Sakshi, 49.2 ov), 8-151 (Shivali, 49.4 ov).
Bowling: Suryasnata Swain 9-3-28-0, Tanmayee Behera 9-1-30-1, Subhra Nirjharini Swain 7-2-20-0, S B Lorence 10-3-16-2, Jyoti Prasad 4-0-22-0, Ankita Giri 7-2-12-3, Alipsa Biswal 4-1-13-0.

ODISHA U-19 WOMEN: Alipsa Biswal run out Sakshi Thakur 6, Roshni Bagarty c Manisha D b Sakshi Thakur 10, Suchismita Panda b Shweta Jamwal 6, Subhra Nirjharini Swain (Capt) not out 75, Dipty Bhengra (wk) c Mannat Pandit b Sakshi Thakur 0, Tanmayee Behera run out Shweta Jamwal 14, GM Alakananda c Sakshi Thakur b Nancy Sharma 7, Ankita Giri lbw Sakshi Thakur 5, SB Lorence lbw Sakshi Thakur 0, Jyoti Prasad c&b Nancy Sharma 4, Suryasnata Swain lbw Himanshi Mehta 1; Extras (w-20, b-2, lb-2) 24
Total (All out; 45.4 overs) 152
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Alipsa, 7.6 ov), 2-28 (Suchismita, 13.4 ov), 3-28 (Roshni, 14.2 ov), 4-36 (Dipty, 16.3 ov), 5-59 (Tanmayee, 24.1 ov), 6-88 (Alakananda, 30.3 ov), 7-99 (Ankita, 34.6 ov), 8-106 (Lorence, 36.6 ov), 9-139 (Jyoti, 42.4 ov), 10-152 (Suryasnata, 45.4 ov)
Bowling: Shivali Kumari 9-3-30-0, Manisha D 4-1-10-0, Shweta Jamwal 10-4-26-1, Himanshi Mehta 3.4-0-10-1, Sakshi Thakur 10-0-35-4, Nancy Sharma 9-0-37-2.
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PHOTO: Odisha captain Subhra Nirjharini Swain after hitting an unbeaten 75 against Himachal in Jaipur on 29 September 2021.