Odisha made a victorious start in the Womens U-19 One-Day Trophy Youth List-A Cricket Tournament, trouncing Bihar by eight wickets in their Group-A match at the Alur Cricket Stadium-II in Bangalore today. After dismissing Bihar for 83, Odisha overhauled the victory target comfortably, losing two wickets.

MS Suvashri Priyadarshini Pramanik was the star performer for Odisha, bagging three wickets for three runs with her leg-spin bowling. Led by Puja Yadav, Odisha will next meet Meghalaya at Alur Cricket Stadium in Bangalore on January 6.

SCORECARD

BIHAR: Soni Kumari (wk) c Shreya b Ananya 1, Akshara Gupta c Bijaya b Lorence 19, Nandini Yadav lbw Pramanik 7, Anjali Pandit lbw Pramanik 2, Khushi Kumari b Lorence 2, Pratibha Sahni c Ananya b Prathana 7, Geetanjali Rani run out (Pramanik) 1, Khushi Gupta (c) c Arachana b Pramanik 19, Juli Kumari st Angel b Archana 0, Kajal Kumari b Puja 0, Rishu not out 0; Extras (lb-2, nb-2, w-21) 25
Total (All out; 38.2 overs) 83
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Soni, 1.1 overs), 2-43 (Akshara, 14.2), 3-43 (Nandini, 15.1), 4-46 (Anjali, 17.6), 5-48 (Khushi Kumari, 18.6), 6-58 (Geetanjali, 25.5), 7-59 (Pratibha, 26.4), 8-62 (Juli, 27.6), 9-72 (Kajal, 33.4), 10-83 (Khushi Gupta, 38.2)
Bowling: Gayatri Khuntia 3-0-17-0, Ananya Mishra 6-0-17-1, Sreya Priyadarshini 4-0-11-0, SB Lorence 9-2-11-2, Prathana Pratisruti 6-2-9-1, MS Suvashri Priyadarshini Pramanik 5.2-3-3-3, Puja Yadav 2-0-3-1, Bijaya Laxmi Behera 1-0-5-0, Arachana Rout 2-0-5-1.

ODISHA: Angel Raj (wk) c Soni b Kajal 0, Arachana Rout c Khushi Gupta b Juli 30, Priyankaree Muduli not out 31, Bijaya Laxmi Behera not out 12; Extras (b-4, lb-1, w-6) 11
Total (2 wickets; 23.2 overs) 84
Did not bat: MS Suvashri Priyadarshini Pramanik, Sreya Priyadarshini, Gayatri Khuntia, SB Lorence, Prathana Pratisruti, Ananya Mishra, Puja Yadav (c)
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Angel, 0.4 overs), 2-57 (Arachana, 10.6)
Bowling: Kajal Kumari 5-1-19-1, Juli Kumari 6.2-0-31-1, Rishu 4-1-10-0, Khushi Gupta 7-3-14-0, Akshara Gupta 1-0-5-0.
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PHOTO: Odisha bowler MS Suvashri Priyadarshini Pramanik poses after taking three wickets during their Womens U-19 One-Day Trophy match against Bihar in Bangalore on 4 Jan 2025.