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Odisha accomplished a creditable hat-trick by winning three matches in a row in the Women’s Inter-State One-day League at Vijaywada today. The Madhusmita Behera led Odisha team, which had defeated Madhya Pradesh and Baroda in their first two matches, rode on a four-wicket haul by off-spinner Priyanka Priyadarshini Sahu and an unbeaten 31 by international Madhuri Meheta to maul Jharkhand by nine wickets in their third Plate-A contest.
Electing to bat, Jharkhand were bundled out for 46. Among other successful Odisha bowlers, medium pacers Ritu Singh and Sujata Mallik claimed three and two wickets respectively. Odisha overhauled the target in 19.2 overs, losing the wicket of Madhusmita for 8. Top scorer Madhuri faced 60 balls and hit six boundaries for her unbeaten 31.
SCOREBOARD
JHARKHAND: K Hora c P Mohanty b R Singh 0, Seema Singh b R Singh 4, R Singh c Mohakud b Mallik 5, K Roy c Mohakud b Mallik 6, S Thakur (run out) 0, S Asraf b R Singh 0, N Prasad (not out) 16, Shubhi Pandey c Meheta b P Sahu 10, Rini Burman lbw P Sahu 0, R Sinha lbw P Sahu 4, K Prasad c Meheta b P Sahu 0; Extras (w-1) 1
Total (all out; 26.5 overs) 46
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-5, 3-12, 4-16, 5-16, 6-22, 7-34, 8-36, 9-46
Bowling: Ritu Singh 7-4-14-3, Sujata Mallik 7-4-13-2, Priyanka Sahu 6.5-2-7-4, J Barik 2-1-6-0, Swagatika Rath 3-0-6-0, Sushree Pradhan 1-1-0-0
ODISHA: Madhuri Meheta (not out) 31, Madhusmita Behera b N Prasad 8, Kadambini Mohakud (not out) 2; Extras (b-4, w-2) 6
Total (1 wkt; 19.2 overs) 47
Fall of wicket: 1-37
Bowling: K Prasad 4-1-16-0, Rini Burman 5-4-5-0, R Sinha 2-1-5-0, K Roy 4-1-7-0, N Prasad 4-1-9-1, R Singh 0.2-0-1-0.