Odisha lost to Saurashtra by two wickets in their Elite Group-B opening match of the BCCI Women U-19 T20 Trophy Cricket Tournament at RDCA Ground in Raipur, Chhattisgarh today. Put into bat, Odisha made a modest total of 88 for seven in the stipulated 20 overs.

Saurashtra overhauled the target in 18.3 overs, losing eight wickets in the process. Sreya Priyadarshini was the top scorer for Odisha with an unbeaten 25. Bijaya Laxmi Behera bowled well for Odisha, taking three wickets for 18 runs. Odisha will next play Uttar Pradesh in Bhilai tomorrow.

SCORECARD

ODISHA: Archana Rout lbw Angel 0, Angel Raj (wk) c&b Avani 10, Priyankaree Muduli (c) run out (Avani) 10, Anushka Mohanty run out (Shradha) 15, Bijaya Laxmi Behera c Bhindi b Harshitaba 5, Ananya P Rout run out (Krishas) 2, Sheetal Rout c Deetya b Harshitaba 2, Sreya Priyadarshini not out 25, Subhalaxmi Sing not out 8; Extras (b-4, w-7) 11
Total (7 wickets, 20 overs) 88
Did not bat: Ms Priyadarshini Pramanik, Megha Pradhan
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Archana, 0.2 over), 2-21 (Angel, 5.1), 3-29 (Priyankaree, 8.1), 4-39 (Bijaya, 10.3), 5-41 (Ananya, 10.4), 6-46 (Sheetal, 12.4), 7-59 (Anushka, 16.4)
Bowling: Angel 2-1-4-1, Shradha Motivaras 1-0-12-0, Vaidikaba R 1-1-0-0, Rabiya S 3-0-14-0, Avani Chavda 4-0-13-1, Dhruvi Bhatasana 2-0-9-0, Krishas 2-0-11-0, Harshitaba Jadeja 4-0-19-2, Saloni 1-0-2-0.

SAURASHTRA: Angel st Angel b Ananya 10, Deetya Singhvi run out (Anushka) 9, Saloni (c) c Sheetal b Ananya 8, Bhindi K (wk) run out (Priyankaree) 9, Vaidikaba R c Sheetal b Bijaya 0, Krishas c Sheetal b Bijaya 5, Harshitaba Jadeja b Bijaya 16, Dhruvi Bhatasana b Pramanik 8, Shradha Motivaras not out 10, Rabiya S not out 0; Extras (lb-5, w-8, nb-1) 14
Total (8 wickets, 18.3 overs) 89
Did not bat: Avani Chavda
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Deetya, 2.6 overs), 2-32 (Angel, 5.3), 3-42 (Bhindi, 7.3), 4-43 (Saloni, 7.5), 5-43 (Vaidikaba, 8.1), 6-52 (Krishas, 10.6), 7-69 (Harshitaba, 14.3), 8-85 (Dhruvi, 17.5)
Bowling: Megha Pradhan 3-0-17-0, MS Priyadarshini Pramanik 4-0-21-1, Ananya P Rout 4-0-12-2, Sreya Priyadarshini 1.3-0-10-0, Bijaya Laxmi Behera 4-0-18-3, Sheetal Rout 2-0-6-0.
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PHOTO: File picture of Odisha bowler Bijaya Laxmi Behera.