Odisha registered their first win after five successive defeats in the Senior Women T20 Trophy when they crushed Tripura by nine wickets in their sixth Elite Group-C match at Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium in Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) today. Odisha batter Sarita Meher was adjudged as the player of the match for scoring an unbeaten 47.

Sarita and Madhuri Meheta stitched together 92 runs in their unbroken second-wicket partnership to enable Odisha overhaul a target of 97 in 15.1 overs. Madhuri remained unbeaten on 40. Earlier opting to bat, Tripura were bowled out for 97. Captain Sushree Dibyadarshini was the most successful Odisha bowler, scalping three wickets for 21 runs.

SCORECARD

TRIPURA: J Debnath c Janaki b Sangeeta 0, Indra Rani Jamatia c Janaki b Sushree 30, Ambika Debnath run out (Jyoti) 2, R Saha (c) c Sangeeta b Laxmipriya 27, Tamanna Nigam b Subhra 13, P Acharjee run out (Laxmipriya) 6, Ambesha Das c Sarita b Sushree 1, Reshma Nayak c&b Sushree 1, S Chakroborty lbw Janaki 11, R Mane not out 3, Sebika Das run out (Janaki) 1; Extras (w-2) 2
Total (All out, 19.4 overs) 97
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (J Debnath, 1.5 overs), 2-5 (Ambika, 2.2), 3-51 (Indra, 11.2), 4-67 (Tamanna, 13.6), 5-78 (Saha, 15.5), 6-79 (Ambesha, 16.1), 7-81 (Reshma, 16.4), 8-86 (Acharjee, 17.4), 9-95 (Chakroborty, 19.1), 10-97 (Sebika, 19.4)
Bowling: Subhra Nirjharini Swain 3-0-11-1, Sangeeta Khadia 2-0-10-1, D Janaki Reddy 1.4-0-10-1, Laxmipriya Naik 3-0-16-1, Jyoti K Prasad 4-0-16-0, Sushree Dibyadarshini 4-0-21-3, Tanmayee Behera 2-0-13-0.

ODISHA: Madhuri Meheta not out 40, Tanmayee Behera c J Debnath b Reshma 5, Sarita Meher not out 47; Extras (lb-2, w-4) 6
Total (1 wicket, 15.1 overs) 98
Did not bat: Laxmipriya Naik, Subhra Nirjharini Swain, Monalisha Rout (wk), D Janaki Reddy, Pragyan P Mohanty, Sushree Dibyadarshini, Sangeeta Khadia, Jyoti K Prasad.
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Tanmayee, 1.3 overs)
Bowling: P Acharjee 3-0-16-0, Reshma Nayak 3-0-16-1, R Mane 3-0-21-0, Sebika Das 1-0-10-0, Tamanna Nigam 3-0-19-0, Ambesha Das 2.1-0-14-0.
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PHOTO: Odisha batter Sarita Meher poses after top-scoring with an unbeaten 47 in their Senior Women T20 Trophy match against Tripura in Gwalior on 17 October 2025.