A hapless Odisha team suffered fifth successive defeats in the Senior Women T20 Trophy when they lost to Karnataka by three wickets in their fifth Elite Group-C match at Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium in Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) today. Earlier, Odisha lost to Hyderabad, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Andhra.
It was a well-contested match, which Karnataka won with two balls to spare. From the Odisha team, captain Sushree Dibyadarhini (46 runs), Sarita Meher (34 runs) and Sangeeta Khadia (2 wickets) put up notable performances.
SCORECARD
ODISHA: Madhuri Meheta b Rajeshwari 4, Tanmayee Behera st Prathyoosha b Tejashwini 12, Sarita Meher run out (Rajeshwari) 34, Sushree Dibyadarshini (c) c Roshni b Niki 46, Sangeeta Khadia not out 8, Pragyan P Mohanty not out 9; Extras (lb-1, w-1) 2
Total (4 wickets, 20 overs) 115
Did not bat: Jyoti K Prasad, Laxmipriya Naik, Monalisha Rout (wk), Subhra Nirjharini Swain, D Janaki Reddy
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Madhuri, 2.3 overs), 2-21 (Tanmayee, 4.4), 3-89 (Sarita, 15.6), 4-104 (Sushree, 18.2)
Bowling: Rajeshwari 4-0-21-1, Monica Patel 2-0-19-0, Sahana Pawar 4-0-19-0, B Tejashwini 4-0-30-1, Pooja Kumar 4-1-10-0, Niki Prasad 2-0-15-1.
KARNATAKA: Shishira Gowda b Subhra 4, Roshni Kiran c Monalisha b Sangeeta 5, Niki Prasad (c) b Sushree 32, D Vrinda c Monalisha b Sangeeta 5, K Prathyoosha (wk) run out (Tanmayee) 37, Monica Patel run out (Jyoti) 7, Mithila Vinod b Tanmayee 4, B Tejashwini not out 19, Rajeshwari not out 4; Extras (nb-1) 1
Total (7 wickets, 19.4 overs) 118
Did not bat: Pooja Kumar, Sahana Pawar
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Shishira, 0.6 overs), 2-16 (Roshni, 3.4), 3-22 (Vrinda, 5.1), 4-81 (Prathyoosha, 12.3), 5-84 (Niki, 13.1), 6-90 (Mithila, 15.2), 7-98 (Monica, 16.6)
Bowling: Subhra Nirjharini Swain 3-0-12-1, Sangeeta Khadia 3.4-0-31-2, Sushree Dibyadarshini 4-0-22-1, Jyoti K Prasad 3-0-22-0, Laxmipriya Naik 2-0-10-0, D Janaki Reddy 1-0-8-0, Tanmayee Behera 3-0-13-1.
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PHOTO: File picture of Odisha captain Sushree Dibyadarshini who scored 46 runs and captured one wicket.