Odisha made a winning start in the BCCI Women U-23 T20 Trophy Elite Cricket Tournament, defeating minnows Sikkim by 85 runs in their Group-B match at KCA Cricket Ground in Trivandrum, Kerala today. Captain Alipsa Biswal was the star of the Odisha win, scoring an unbeaten half-century. Odisha will next meet Uttarakhand at St Xaviers KCA Cricket Ground in Trivandrum tomorrow.

SCORECARD

ODISHA: Tanmayee Behera c&b Pretika 29, Pujarani Das c Leeza b Pretika 35, Alipsa Biswal not out 51, Suchismita Panda lbw Pretika 7, Ananya Mishra c Dikcha b Niranjana 15, Subhra Nirjharini Swain not out 1; Extras (lb-4, nb-1, w-9) 14
Total (4 wickets, 20 overs) 152
Did not bat: G M Alakananda, Kallansi Dhritya, Jyoti K Prasad, S B Lorence, Dibya Routray (wk)
Fall of wickets: 1-60 (Tanmayee, 10.1 overs), 2-79 (Pujarani, 12.4), 3-94 (Suchismita, 14.4), 4-132 (Ananya, 18.6)
Sikkim bowling: Leeza 3-0-20-0, Pranita C 4-0-36-0, Dikcha 3-0-29-0, Deeya 40-22-0, Pretika Chhetri 4-1-20-3, Niranjana 2-0-21-1.

SIKKIM: Samayita c Subhra b Kallansi 0, Pretika Chhetri run out (Kallansi) 19, Nandika c Alipsa b Lorence 18, Leeza b Lorence 0, Dikcha run out (Tanmayee) 7, Niranjana c Suchismita b Jyoti 1, Yuden b Subhra 4, Subba not out 5, Akriti (wk) not out 1; Extras (b-4, lb-1, w-7) 12
Total (7 wickets, 20 overs) 67
Did not bat: Deeya, Pranita C (c)
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Samayita, 0.2 over), 2-41 (Pretika, 9.3), 3-41 (Leeza, 9.5), 4-50 (Nandika, 13.1), 5-57 (Niranjana, 17.5), 6-57 (Dikcha, 18.1), 7-61 (Yuden, 18.5)
Odisha bowling: Kallansi Dhritya 2-0-7-1, Ananya Mishra 3-0-5-0, Subhra Nirjharini Swain 4-0-13-1, SB Lorence 4-1-10-2, Jyoti K Prasad 4-1-12-1, GM Alakananda 2-0-12-0, Tanmayee Behera 1-0-3-0.
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PHOTO: Odisha captain Alipsa Biswal poses after hitting an unbeaten half-century against Sikkim in their Women U-23 T20 Trophy match in Trivandrum on 24 November 2025.