Mumbai rode on a four-wicket haul by FatimaJaffer to beat Odisha by 20 runs in their Group-A match of the BCCI SeniorWomen T20 Trophy Cricket Championship at Kotambi Stadium B Ground in Vadodara,Gujarat today. This was the third defeat in six matches for Odisha, who earlierlost to Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.

Electing to bat, Mumbai restricted to 128 for eight,losing six wickets for five runs. But a victory target of 129 proved to be toostrong for Odisha who folded up for 108 with three balls to spare.

Sarita Meher was the top scorer for Odisha, making 30 off33 balls. Odisha allrounder Reemalaxmi Ekka also put up a notable performance,picking up two wickets and scoring a 15-ball 19. Odisha will play their seventhand last match against Andhra Pradesh on October 28.

SCORECARD:

MUMBAI: Humeira Kazi (c) c DJ Reddy b Sushree 19, MansiPatil c Reemalaxmi b Sushree 48, Simran Shaikh c Sangeta Khadia b DJ Reddy 42,Khushi Bhatia (wk) run out (S Meher) 11, Manali Dakshini run out (P Mohanty) 0,Fatima Jaffer run out (DJ Reddy) 1, Vrushali Bhagat c Tanmayee b Reemalaxmi 3,Janhvi Kate not out 1, Zeal Dmello b Reemalaxmi 0; Extras (lb-1, w-1, nb-1) 3
Total (8 wickets, 20 overs) 128
Did not bat: Mansi Bodke, Jagravi Pawar, Saumya Singh
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Humeira, 6.2 overs), 2-48 (Mansi,14.6), 3-123 (Khushi, 18.2), 4-123 (Simran, 18.3), 5-124 (Fatima, 18.6), 6-127(Manali, 19.3), 7-128 (Vrushali, 19.5), 8-128 (Zeal, 19.6)
Bowling: Rameswari Naik 3-0-23-0, Reemalaxmi Ekka3-0-16-2, Subhra Nirjharini Swain 20-14-0, Sushree Dibyadarshini 4-0-20-2, Rasanara Parwin 2-0-20-0, D Janaki Reddy 3-0-13-1, Tanmayee Behera 3-0-21-0.

ODISHA: Madhuri Mehta (c) run out (J Pawar) 10, SaritaMeher b Dakshini 30, Sushree Dibyadarshini c M Dakshini b F Jaffer 13, SangitaKhadia c&b M Dakshini 1, Pragyan Mohanty (wk) c J Kate b M Patil 0,Tanmayee Behera c J Pawar b Saumya Singh 6, Subhra Swain st Khushi Bhatia b FJaffer 17, Reemalaxmi Ekka b J Pawar 19, D Janaki Reddy c S Shaikh b F Jaffer5, Rasanara Parwin c M Dakshini b F Jaffer 0, Rameswari Naik not out 0; Extras (b-1, lb-1, w-5) 7
Total (All out, 19.3 overs) 108
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Madhuri, 3.2 overs), 2-44(Sushree, 8.6), 3-51 (Sangeeta, 9.6), 4-56 (Pragyan, 10.3), 5-58 (Sarita,11.2), 6-70 (Tanmayee, 13.4), 7-94 (Subhra, 16.3), 8-104 (D Janaki, 18.3), 9-104 (Rasanara, 18.5), 10-108 (Rimalaxmi, 19.3)
Bowling: Zeal Dmello 1-0-6-0, Manali Dakshini 4-0-23-2,Saumya Singh 4-0-22-1, Jagravi Pawar 3.3-0-19-1, Fatima Jaffer 4-0-19-4, MansiPatil 1-0-6-1, Janhvi Kate 2-0-11-0.
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PHOTO: File picture of Odisha all-rounder Reemalaxmi Ekka.