Odisha U-23 women make winning start

Notable performances by all-rounder Rajashree Swain, captain Anjali Singh and Kajal Jena helped Odisha beat Tripura by 16 runs in their opening match of the East Zone Inter-State Under-23 Women One-day League at Barabati Stadium here today.

Opting to bat after winning the toss, host Odisha rode on a 69-run partnership for opening wicket between Anjali (36) and Kajal (36) to make a modest total of 135 for eight in 50 overs. In reply, Tripura were bowled out for 119 in 45.5 overs.

Rajashree shone with both bat and ball, scoring 24 runs and taking two wickets for 18 runs. The win fetched Odisha four points, while Tripura drew blank. Assam defeated Jharkhand by two wickets in another match of the day here at Ravenshaw University Ground.

SCOREBOARD:
ODISHA:
Anjali Singh run out (J Debnath) 36, Kajal Jena run out (B Sarkar) 36, Rani Tudu c Sinha b Chakraborty 6, Sumitra Sahoo lbw Rabidas 5, Kuni Badara st Mouchaity b Chakraborty 0, Sunita Murmu lbw Sinha 9, Rajashree Swain st Mouchaity b Chakraborty 24, Indrani Chhatria (not out) 7, Purnima Ray run out (B Sarkar) 4; Extras (nb-1, w-6, b-0, lb-1) 8
Total (8 wickets; 50 overs) 135
Fall of wickets:
1-69 (Anjali Singh, 20.2 ov), 2-86 (Kajal Jena, 27.2 ov), 3-86 (Rani Tudu, 27.4 ov), 4-86 (Kuni Badara, 27.6 ov), 5-94 (Sumitra Sahoo, 32.3 ov), 6-115 (Sunita Murmu, 42.3 ov), 7-125 (Rajashree Swain, 45.3 ov), 8-135 (Purnima Ray, 49.6 ov)
Bowling: R K Debbarma 3-0-18-0, R Chakraborty 10-2-14-3, N N Debnath 6-1-17-0, B P Sarkar 3-0-16-0, S B Sinha 10-2-28-1, MBK Roy 10-3-16-0, M K Rabidas 8-1-25-1

TRIPURA: Mouchaity Debnath c Sumitra b Rameswari 0, B Sarkar lbw Rameswari 1, N Debnath c&b Rajashree 13, J Debnath c Sunita b Indrani 2, Sulakshana Roy b Anjali 32, R Saha c Sumitra b Rajashree 15, R Chakraborty (not out) 35, R K Debbarma c Sunita b Kuni 7, M K Rabidasr run out (Rani) 0, M B K Roy run out (Anjali) 0, S B Sinha run out (Indrani) 0; Extras (w-9, b-3, lb-2) 14
Total (All out; 45.5 overs) 119
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Mouchaity Debnath, 0.4 ov), 2-3 (B P Sarkar, 2.1 ov), 3-9 (J R Debnath, 3.4 ov), 4-45 (N N Debnath, 10.1 ov), 5-61 (R R Saha, 18.3 ov), 6-81 (Sulakshana Roy, 30.3 ov), 7-115 (R K Debbarma, 41.6 ov), 8-115 (M K Rabidas, 42.3 ov), 9-116 (M B K Roy, 43.3 ov), 10-119 (S B Sinha, 45.5 ov)
Bowling: Rameswari Naik 4-1-22-2, Indrani Chhatria 4-1-11-1, Rajashree Swain 10-3-18-2, Purnima Ray 1-0-9-0, Louisa Dash 10-2-16-0, Anjali Singh 9.5-3-17-1, Kuni Badara 7-0-21-1

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