Patna: Bihar lost to Chandigarh by 8 wickets in the first match of U-23 Women’s T-20 being played at Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana Ground in Mumbai.
After winning the toss and batting first, Bihar team scored 76 runs for six wickets in 20 overs. For Bihar, Arpana Kumari scored unbeaten 28 and Rachna Singh scored unbeaten 13 runs. Apart from this no other player could reach double figures. For Chandigarh, Kashvi Gautam took three wickets, Aradhana took two and Jyoti Kumari took one wicket.
Chasing 77 runs to win, Chandigarh won the match by scoring 77 runs for two wickets in just 13 overs. Chandigarh’s Parushi was out after scoring 11 runs, Sarah was out after scoring 14 runs, while Twinkle remained unbeaten after scoring 33 runs and Palak Rana remained unbeaten after scoring 7 runs. Vaidehi and Archana took one wicket each for Bihar. Bihar’s next match is against Uttarakhand on December 11.
