After registering back-to-back wins, Odisha suffered their first defeat in an  Elite Group-A match of the Senior Womens One Day Trophy (List-A) Cricket Championship, going down to Uttar Pradesh by five wickets at Sanosara Cricket Ground in Rajkot, Gujarat today.

Riding on a half-century each by Madhuri Meheta and captain Sushree Dibyadarshini, Odisha made 243 for six in 41 overs after opting to bat. In reply, Uttar Pradesh clinched victory with one ball to spare, losing five wickets in the process. Sampada Dixit was the star of the UP win, scoring a century.

SCORECARD

ODISHA: Madhuri Meheta c Anjali b Arju 68, Tanmayee Behera c Varnika b Anjali 48, Sangeeta Khadia run out (Sandhya) 10, Sushree Dibyadarshini (c) b Khushi 63, Monalisha Rout (wk) c Archana b Anjali 0, Sarita Meher c Anjali b Archana 29, Subhra Nirjharini Swain not out 7, Indrani Chhatria not out 8; Extras (nb-1, w-9) 10
Total (6 wickets; 41 overs) 243
Did not bat: Taranna Pradhan, Jyoti K Prasad, SB Lorence
Fall of wickets: 1-75 (Tanmayee, 13.4 overs), 2-107 (Sangeeta, 21.1), 3-165 (Madhuri, 29.6), 4-166 (Monalisha, 30.6), 5-213 (Sarita, 37.3), 6-235 (Sushree, 40.2)
Bowling: Arju 6-0-34-1, Sonali Singh 4-0-25-0, Shilpi Yadav 5-0-30-0, Archana Devi 7-0-59-1, Khushi Tyagi 9-0-39-1, Anjali Singh 6-0-30-2, Sandhya Chhetri 4-0-26-0.

UTTAR PRADESH: Varnika c Lorence b Sushree 67, Sampada Dixit c Taranna b Jyoti 106, Muskan Malik run out (Sushree) 7, Sonali Singh run out (Sushree) 17, Anjali Singh c Sushree b Jyoti 14, Nishi Kashyap (wk) not out 17, Arju not out 9; Extras (w-8) 8
Total (5 wickets; 40.5 overs) 245
Did not bat: Khushi Tyagi, Sandhya Chhetri, Archana Devi (c), Shilpi Yadav
Fall of wickets: 1-106 (Varnika, 17.2 overs), 2-139 (Muskan, 23.1), 3-181 (Sonali, 30.4), 4-207 (Anjali, 34.6), 5-222 (Sampada, 38.1)
Bowling: Taranna Pradhan 3-0-30-0, Sangeeta Khadia 4-0-15-0, Subhra Nirjharini Swain 6.5-0-50-0, Indrani Chhatria 2-0-19-0, Sushree Dibyadarshini 9-0-48-1, SB Lorence 8-0-47-0, Jyoti K Prasad 8-0-36-2.
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PHOTO: Odisha batter Madhuri Meheta poses after scoring a half-century in their Senior Womens One Day Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh in Rajkot on 10 February 2026.