A 3-wicket haul by Rasanara Parwin helped Odisha beat Uttar Pradesh by 13 runs in their truncated pre-quarterfinal match of the BCCI Womens Senior One-day Trophy at Alur Cricket Stadium-II in Bengaluru today. Odisha will take on title favourites Railways in the quarterfinals at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on November 15.

In a rain-curtailed match, which was reduced to 24 overs, Odisha made modest total of 100 for five after being put into bat by UP captain Muskan Malik. Madhuri Meheta was the top scorer with 31, while stumper Pragyan Mohanty and Kajal Jena contributed unbeaten 24 and 21 respectively.

In reply, UP were bowled out for 87 in 21.4 overs. Off-spinner Parwin was most successful Odisha bowler, taking three wickets for 13 runs, while Priyanka Priyadarshini picked up two for 10. Odisha also put up nice performance in fielding with Parwin taking three catches and Pragyan effecting three stumpings.

SCORECARD

ODISHA: Madhuri Meheta st Sweta b Tanu 31, Kajal Jena c Nishu b Shilpi 21, Sushree Dibyadarshini run out Sonam 6, Pragyan P Mohanty (W) not out 24, Madhusmita Behera (C) st Sweta b Rashi 14, Rasanara Parwin st Sweta b Rashi 0; Extras (w-4) 4
Total (5 wickets; 24 overs) 100
Did not bat: Priyanka Priyadarshini, Sarita Meher, Sujata Mallik, Subhra Nirjharini Swain, Rameswari Naik
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Kajal, 12.6 ov), 2-56 (Madhuri, 13.6 ov), 3-72 (Sushree, 18.1 ov), 4-100 (Madhusmita, 23.5 ov), 5-100 (Rasanara, 23.6 ov)
Bowling: Kshama Singh 4-0-18-0, Sonam Yadav 5-0-16-0, Rashi Kanojiya 5-0-22-2, Shilpi Yadav 5-0-21-1, Tanu Kala 5-0-23-1.

UTTAR PRADESH: Sonam Yadav run out Priyanka 1, Shikha c Sarita b Rasanara 16, Shobha Devi c Rasanara b Priyanka 18, Muskan Malik (C) c Rasanara b Sushree 4, Nishu Choudhary st Pragyan b Rasanara 0, Shipra Giri st Pragyan b Madhusmita 2, Sweta (W) not out 14, Kshama Singh c Rasanara b Sujata 18, Tanu Kala lbw Priyanka 2, Rashi Kanojiya run out 1, Shilpi Yadav st Pragyan b Rasanara 0; Extras (w-9, b-2) 11
Total (All out; 21.4 overs) 87
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Shikha, 9.2 ov), 2-39 (Shobha, 10.6 ov), 3-40 (Nishu, 11.3 ov), 4-44 (Shipra, 12.3 ov), 5-44 (Muskan, 13.2 ov), 6-71 (Kshama, 18.2 ov), 7-79 (Tanu, 19.4 ov), 8-83 (Rashi, 20.4 ov), 9-86 (Shilpi, 21.3 ov), 10-87 (Sonam, 21.4 ov)
Bowling: Sujata Mallik 4-0-18-1, Rameswari Naik 2-0-11-0, Rasanara Parwin 4.4-0-13-3, Priyanka Priyadarshini 4-0-10-2, Madhusmita Behera 3-0-14-1, Sushree Dibyadarshini 4-0-19-1.
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PHOTO: Rasanara Parwin expresses her happiness after bowling Odisha to victory against Uttar Pradesh in Bengaluru on 13 November 2021.