A sub-standard Odisha team crashed out of the Senior Womens T20 Trophy Cricket Tournament, losing their seventh and last Elite Group-B match against Rajasthan by 10 wickets at IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali, Punjab Today. This was the sixth defeat for Odisha women, who finished eighth and last in their group with four points, which they earned by winning one match against Haryana.
Batter Tanmayee Behera continued her impressive individual performance in the tournament, hitting an unbeaten 47, which helped Odisha make a modest total of 123 for five after they were put into bat by Rajasthan.
In reply, Rajasthan rode on an unbeaten half-century each by C Bhati and Tanika Sharma to overhaul the target in 18.2 overs without losing any wicket. Odisha suffered their earlier five defeats against Andhra, Himachal Pradesh, Saurashtra, Baroda and Madhya Pradesh.
SCORECARD
ODISHA: Madhuri Meheta c Happy b Shanu 12, Alipsa Biswal c Bhati b Happy 15, Tanmayee Behera not out 47, Sushree Dibyadarshini (c) lbw Shanu 23, Subhra Swain c Rinku b Suman 19, GM Alakananda run out (Bhati) 2; Extras (w-5) 5
Total (5 wickets; 20 overs) 123
Did not bat: Taranna Pradhan, Monalisha Rout (wk), Rimalaxmi Ekka, Louisa Dash, Sujata Mallik.
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Alipsa), 2-37 (Madhuri), 3-76 (Sushree), 4-109 (Subhra), 5-123 (Alakananda).
Bowling: Suman Meena 4-0-17-1, Happy Kumari 4-0-29-1, Rinku Tak 4-0-19-0, Shanu Sen 4-0-15-2, Sonal Kalal 3-0-30-0, Sangeeta Kumawat 1-0-13-0.
RAJASTHAN: C Bhati not out 62, Tanika Sharma not out 59; Extras (w-5) 5
Total (0 wicket; 18.2 overs) 126
Did not bat: Suman Meena, Dimple Kanwar, Sangeeta Kumawat, Tanuja Vaishnav, Happy Kumari, Shreya, Tinku Tak, Shanu Sen, Sonal Kalal.
Bowling: Sujata Mallik 3.2-0-18-0, Subhra Swain 4-0-31-0, Taranna Pradhan 1-0-14-0, Sushree Dibyadarshini 4-0-17-0, Souisa Dash 3-0-22-0, GM Alakananda 2-0-10-0, Rimalaxmi Ekka 1-0-14-0.
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PHOTO: File picture of most successful Odisha batter Tanmayee Behera.