BHUBANESWAR 25-Feb-2013 219
High-flying Odisha upset formidable Bengal by three runs to register a hat-trick of wins in the East Zone Senior Women’s T20 Cricket Tournament at Jamshedpur today. With this hard-fought win, which fetched them four points, Odisha qualified for the knock-out stage with 12 points. Electing to bat, Odisha overcame a horrible start to make 98 for four and then restricted Bengal to 95 for seven in the stipulated overs.
In-form all-rounder Swagatika Rath, wicket-keeper Kadambini Mohakud and off-spinner Rasanara Parbin put up impressive performance in the Odisha win. Led by Madhusmita Behera, Odisha got off to a disastrous start, losing three wickets, including that of former India opener Madhuri Meheta for a paltry six runs.
Bengal`s star seamer Jhulan Goswami rocked the opposition innings, scalping the top three wickets for six runs. But Swagatika Rath and Kadambini stemmed the rot with a fourth-wicket stand worth 83 runs. Swagatika slammed a 45-ball 49 with the help of seven boundaries, while Kadambini remained unbeaten on 40 off 61 balls.
Chasing the competitive target, Bengal struggled for runs as they lost wickets in regular intervals. India World Cup bowler Parbin caused maximum damage to the Bengal innings with three wickets for 17 runs. Odisha will play their last league match against Assam on Tuesday.
SCOREBOARD
ODISHA: Madhuri Meheta lbw Goswami 0, Madhusmita Behera b Goswami 1, Kadambini Mohakud (not out) 40, Pragyan Mohanty lbw Goswami 0, Swagatika Rath st A Mitra b Paramita Roy 49, Priyanka Sahu (not out) 3; Extras (b-1, lb-2, w-2) 5
Total (4 wkts; 20 overs) 98
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-6, 3-6, 4-89
Bowling: Jhulan Goswami 4-2-6-3, G Mal 3-0-8-0, A Naskar 2-0-9-0, Saika Ishaque 2-0-13-0, P Roy 2-0-16-0, T Bera 4-0-27-0, Paramita Roy 3-0-16-1
BENGAL: A Mitra c P Sahu b Mallik 1, S Sarkar c J Barik b Ritu Singh 11, P Roy b Parbin 38, Paramita Roy b S Pradhan 1, Jhulan Goswami c&b Parbin 11, T Bera (not out) 21, N Maji (run out) 0, S Ishaque st Mohakud b Parbin 8, G Mal (not out) 1; Extras (w-3) 3
Total (7 wkts; 20 overs) 95
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-28, 3-33, 4-59, 5-72, 6-73, 7-94
Bowling: Sujata Mallik 2-0-10-1, Ritu Singh 3-0-10-1, Swagatika Rath 4-0-22-0, Sushree Dibyadarshini Pradhan 4-0-20-1, Priyanka Sahu 3-0-16-0, Rasanara Parbin 4-0-17-3
