An unbeaten half-century by Sarita Meher and her 111-run unbroken partnership for the opening wicket with captain Madhuri Meheta enabled Odisha register a 10-wicket win over Goa in their fifth Group-A match of the BCCI Senior Women T20 Cricket Championship at Kotambi Stadium B Ground in Vadodara, Gujarat today.
Meher slammed an unbeaten 59 (54 balls) with the help of eight boundaries, while Meheta contributed an unconquered 49 (45 balls) that featured five fours and one six. Odisha overhauled a victory target of 111 in 16.3 overs after restricting Goa to 110 for seven. Tanmayee Behera was the most successful Odisha bowlier, taking two wickets for 20 runs.
This was the third win in five matches for Odisha, who will play their sixth and penultimate match against Mumbai on October 26. Earlier, Odisha beat Jammu-Kashmir and Mizoram, but lost to Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.
SCORECARD:
GOA: Sanjula Naik (c) c Sushree b Rasanara 24, Shreya Parab b Rameswari 0, Purvaja Verlekar c Sarita b Tanmayee 22, Tarannum Pathan not out 37, Priti Yadav b Subhra Swain 6, Tejashwini Duragad c Sushree b Janaki Reddy 1, Tanaya Naik c Madhuri b Reemalaxmi 6, Poorva Bhaidkar b Tanmayee 5, Vinavi Gurav (wk) not out 4; Extras (lb-2, wd-3) 5
Total (7 wickets, 20 overs) 110
Did not bat: Sunanda Yetrekar, Metali Gawandar
Fall of wickets: 111 (Shreya, 0.5 overs), 2-46 (Purvaja, 9.4), 3-55 (Sanjula, 12.1), 4-65 (Priti, 14.6), 5-68 (Tejashwini, 15.6), 6-91 (Tanaya, 18.3), 7-106 (Poorva, 19.5)
Bowling: Rameswari Naik 3-0-5-1, Reemalaxmi Ekka 3-0-19-1, Sushree Dibyadarshini 2-0-19-0, Subhra Swain 3-0-21-1, Tanmayee Behera 3-0-20-2, Rasanara Parwin 3-0-14-1, D Janaki Reddy 3-0-10-1.
ODISHA: Madhuri Meheta (c) not out 49, Sarita Meher not out 59; Extras (lb-2, w-1) 3
Total (0 wicket, 16.3 overs) 111
Did not bat: D Janaki Reddy, Tanmayee Behera, Subhra Nirjharini Swain, Rameswari Naik, Pragyan P Mohanty (Wk), Sangeeta Khadia, Rima Laxmi Ekka, Sushree Dibyadarshini, Rasanara Parwin
Bowling: Metali Gawandar 1-0-13-0, Tarannum Pathan 2-0-18-0, Priti Yadav 4-0-17-0, Poorva Bhaidkar 3.3-1-11-0, Sunanda Yetrekar 3-0-21-0, Shreya Parab 1-0-9-0, Sanjula Naik (c) 2-0-20-0.
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PHOTO: Odisha batter Sarita Meher.