Odisha suffered a nine-wicket drubbing against Andhra in their Elite Group-B opening match of the Senior Womens T20 Trophy Cricket Tournament at IS Bindra Cricket Stadium in Mohali, Punjab today. Former India batter Madhuri Meheta was the Odisha player who stood tall amidst the defeat, scoring a half-century.

As many as four players made their senior women T20 debut for Odisha in this match. They were: Ananya Mishra, GM Alakananda, Alipsa Biswal, and SB Lorence.

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ODISHA: Madhuri Meheta c Anjali b Devika 56, Alipsa Biswal c Henrietta b Anjali 1, Tanmayee Behera c Pushpa b Akhila 22, Dushree Dibyadarshini (c) c Anjali b Devika 25, Pragyan Mohanty (wk) run out (B Anusha) 6, GM Alakananda not out 2, Taranna Pradhan not out 4; Extras (b-1, lb-6, w-2) 9
Total (5 wickets; 20 overs) 125
Did not bat: Subhra Nirjharini Swain, Jyoti Prasad, Ananya L Mishra, SB Lorence
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Alipsa), 2-40 (Tanmayee), 3-110 (Sushree), 4-118 (Pragyan), 5-121 (Madhuri)
Bowling: Anjali Sarvani 3-0-19-1, Ellutla Padmaja 3-0-19-0, Shabnam Shakil 2-0-17-0, Bareddy Anusha 4-0-14-0, Avula Sireesha 2-0-9-0, Akhila Pavani 3-0-20-1, Devika Kandregula 3-0-20-2.

ANDHRA: Ranga Lakshmi (wk) run out (Ananya) 54, Neeragutta Anusha not out 40, Henrietta Pereira not out 27; Extras (w-5) 5
Total (1 wicket; 11.2 overs) 126
Did not bat: Anjali Sarvani (c), Ellutla Padmaja, Pushpa Latha, Devika Kandregula, Avula Sireesha, Bareddy Anusha, Akhila Pavani, Shabnam Shakil
Fall of wickets: 1-78 (Ranga Lakshmi)
Bowling: Ananya L Mishra 2-0-21-0, Taranna Pradhan 1-0-12-0, SB Lorence 3-0-31-0, Subhra Nirjharini Swain 2-0-20-0, Jyoti Prasad 2-0-19-0.
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PHOTO: Odisha batter Madhuri Meheta poses after scoring a half-century in their Senior Womens T20 Trophy match against Andhra in Mohali on 26 October 2026.