Patna, June 11: On the basis of half-centuries of Riya Singh (66 runs), Ekta Raj (68 runs), Pratibha Saini (retired hurt 58 runs) and excellent bowling of Vaishnavi Singh (4 wickets), Team A defeated Team D by a huge margin of 183 runs in the BCA Women’s Under-15 Cricket League. This was the second consecutive victory for Team A.
In the match played at the Shakha ground in Rajendra Nagar, Team D won the toss and invited Team A to bat. The four top order batsmen of Team A played brilliantly and took the team’s score to 320 runs for 4 wickets in the stipulated 35 overs. Extras 55 runs played an important role in this.
From Team A, Riya Singh scored 66 runs in 56 balls with the help of 10 fours and 3 sixes, Ekta Raj scored 68 runs in 80 balls with the help of 12 fours, Akshara Gupta scored 37 runs in 27 balls with the help of 5 fours (retired hurt) and Pratibha Saini scored 58 runs in 29 balls with the help of 8 fours and 3 sixes (retired hurt). Aditi Rai scored unbeaten 17 runs.
Sakshi Kumari, Priya Kumari took one wicket each while Chaitali Ranjit took 2 wickets.
In reply, Team D was all out for 137 runs in 25.2 overs. Kushmanda Mangali scored 30, Sakshi Kumari scored 35 runs. Extras contributed 27 runs. Vaishnavi Singh took 2 wickets, Kahkansha Parveen took 2 wickets while Pratibha Saini and Prachi Kumari took one wicket each.
Brief scores:
Team A: 320 runs for 4 wickets in 35 overs, Riya Singh 66, Ekta Raj 68, Akshara Gupta retired hurt 37, Pratibha Saini retired hurt 58, Kumar Aishwarya 2, Neha Yadav 9, Aditi Rai not out 17, Saloni Kumari not out 8, Extras 55, Sakshi Kumari 1/32, Chaitali Bhagat 2/50, Priya Kumari 1/97
Team D: All out for 137 runs in 25.2 overs, Archana Kumari 11, Adishree Agarwal 15, Kushmanda Mangali 30, Angel 0, Mahi Raj 1, A Jamal 2, Chaitali Bhagat 6, Sakshi Kumari 35, Sneha Prakash 6, Anvesha Sinha 0, Varsha Upadhyay 4, Extras 27, Prachi Kumari 1/10, Kahkashan Parveen 2/13, Pratibha Saini 1/22, Vaishnavi Singh 4/26
