Odisha lost to Pubjab by six wickets in their opening match of the BCCI U-19 Women T20 Cricket Tournament at DVR Ground, Mulapadu, Vijaywada today. Muskan Sogi was the main architech of the Punjab win, bagging four wickets for 18 runs.

Opting to bat, Odisha made 103 for nine with Alipsa Biswal and captain Tanmayee Behera making notable contributions with the bat. In reply, Punjab overhauled the target in 18.3 overs, losing four wickets in the process.

SCORECARD

ODISHA U-19 WOMEN: Alipsa Biswal run out (Preeti Kapoor) 34, Pujarani Das c Akansha b Preeti Kapoor 11, Roshni Bagarty (wk) b Amarjot Kaur 10, Tanmayee Behera (c) c Amarjot Kaur b Muskan Sogi 30, Suchismita Panda not out 8, Ankita Giri st Khushi Chahal b Muskan Sogi 2, Ananya Mishra st Khushi Chahal b Muskan 0, Puja Yadav c Aishmine b Muskan 0, Bhabani Dhada b Akshita 1, Aparna Rani Sahoo run out (Khushi) 0, SB Lorence not out 0; Extras (lb-3, w-4) 7
Total (9 wickets, 20 overs) 103
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Pujarani, 5.5 ov), 2-41 (Roshni, 12.2 ov), 3-78 (Alipsa, 16.3 ov), 4-97 (Tanmayee, 18.2 ov), 5-99 (Ankita, 18.4 ov), 6-99 (Ananya, 18.5 ov), 7-99 (Puja, 18.6 ov), 8-102 (Bhabani, 19.4 ov), 9-102 (Aparna, 19.5 ov)
Bowling (Over, Runs, Wickets, Dots): Amarjot Kaur 4-13-1-16, Muskan Sogi 4-18-4-12, Alisha 4-24-0-12, Akshita Bhagat 4-18-1-14, Preeti Kapoor 4-27-1-10.

PUNJAB U-19 WOMEN: Aishmine Kaur (c) c Ananya b Bhabani 30, Manya Sharma run out (Tanmayee) 4, Akansha run out (Suchismita) 3, Vanshika Mahajan not out 24, Simerpreet st Roshni B Lorence 15, Khushi Chahal (wk) not out 2; Extras (b-4, w-21, nb-2) 27
Total (4 wickets, 18.3 overs) 105
Did Not Bat: Alisha, Preeti Kapoor, Muskan Sogi, Amarjot Kaur, Akshita Bhagat
Fall of Wickets: 1-2 (Manya, 0.6 ov), 2-26 (Akansha, 4.6 ov), 3-73 (Aishmine, 13.2 ov), 4-97 (Simerpreet, 17.1 ov)
Bowling (Over, Runs, Wickets, Dots): Aparna Rani Sahoo 1-11-0-3, Bhabani Dhada 4-16-1-15, Ananya Mishra 3-17-0-13, Puja Yadav 3.3-8-0-14, SB Lorence 3-18-1-9, Ankita Giri 2-15-0-3, Suchismita Panda 1-5-0-3, Alipsa Biswal 1-11-0-0.
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PHOTO: Odisha U-19 Women team captain Tanmayee Behera poses in Mulapadu, Vijaywada on 1 October 2022.