Skipper Achsah Parmar’s all-round performance scripted Gujarat’s seven-wicket win over Hyderabad in the BCCI Women’s Under19 T20 Trophy Elite match at the St Xavier’s KCA Cricket Ground in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. Elsewhere, Andhra posted a 25-run win over Punjab.
Batting first, Hyderabad began on a rousing note as openers Katta Tejaswini and G Kavyasree laid the foundation for a good score. The duo added 37 in 3.3 overs before Tejaswini was caught by Nitya Brahmakshtriya off Acshah for 22 (12 balls; 4×4).
Thereafter, things went downhill for Hyderabad as the lost wickets at regular intervals. Kammili Nidhi (7), M Charvi (1) and Ashritha (2) fell without much ado. To make things worse, Kavyasree, who topscored with 31 off 30 balls with five fours, fell with the score reading 70 for five.
Venkatesh Pratiksha made 13 but it was left to Prathika Kancharla and Sree Grandha to help Hyderabad cross the 100-run mark. The duo added 35 for the eighth wicket before Prathika fell for 13. Sree Grandha remained unbeaten on 25 off 19 balls with two fours and a six.
Achsah finished with three for 21 and Harishree Barate got two for 17.
Gujarat women began the chase solidly with openers Charlie Solanki and Sia Patel (12) adding 27 for the first wicket before Ananya Dandhu had Patel caught by KP Nidhi.
Maharashtra women thrash Hyderabad, Andhra hand out the same to Chandigarh
Charlie and Venisha Gajjar then added 46 for the second wicket before Charlie was caught by Nidhi of M Charvi for 37 (31balls; 7×4). Venisha and Achsah then took the score to 113 before Venisha was bowled by Ananya. Venisha made a 36-ball 41 with four fours and a six.
Achsah and Diya Vardhani (4) finished the formalities as Gujarat reached 125 for three with Achsah making an unbeaten 23 off 19 balls with three fours. Ananya Dandu bagged two for 23.
Brief scores: Hyderabad 124/9 in 20 overs (K Tejaswini 22, G Kavya Shree 31, Sree Grandha 25 not out; Achsah Parmar 3/21) lost to Gujarat 125/3 in 18.2 overs (C Solanki 37, Venisha 41, Achsah Parmar 22 not out; Ananya Dandu 2/23).
Andhra down Punjab by 25 runs
Andhra women scored a 25-run win over Punjab at the MCA Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy-BKC in Mumbai.
Andhra, batting first, lost Subhasri Reddy (4) but skipper Deeksha Katragadda (25) and V Sethu Sai (33) stitched a 50-run partnership for the second wicket.
Then Greeshma Saini chipped in with 25 and Vidya Sree made 17 but Andhra were not able to really get going. Varsha Rani and Surbhi took three wickets apiece to restrict Andhra to 146 for seven.
In reply, Punjab were all at sea against the Andhra bowlers and fell for 121 in 19.5 overs. Mehtab Kaur made 33 and Aastha scored 27 but the rest failed to get going.
Rishika Palnati was the wrecker-in-chief with a three for nine haul, while Pushipta Gowda and Sethu Sai took two wickets each.
Brief scores: Andhra 146 for seven in 20 overs (Deekhsa Katragadda 25, V Sethu Sai 33, Greeshma Saini 25, Varsha Rani 3/26, Surbhi 3/23) beat Punjab 121 in 19.5 overs (Mehtab Kaur 33, Astha 27; Rishika Palnati 3/9, V Sethu Sai 2/29, Pushpitha Gowda 2/27).
Delhi, Haryana and Saurashtra post wins
In Hyderabad, Delhi scored a 11-run win over Bengal, Haryana defeated Pondicherry by 73 runs and Saurashtra cruised to a six-wicket win over Jammu & Kashmir
Brief scores: Haryana 182/6 in 20 overs (Deeya Yadav 68, K Bhati 55) beat Pondicherry 109/8 in 20 overs (Tanya G 3/12, Samaira 3/14).
Delhi 186/4 in 20 overs (Nishika Singh 72, Archana 55, Samaira R 37no, Remondina Khatun 3/29) beat Bengal 175/8 in 20 overs (Ispita M 31, Purvi S 3/27).
Jammu & Kashmir 134/5 in 20 overs (Shambhavi R 40, Manya B 32) lost to Saurashtra 135/4 in 18.5 overs (Krishas 49, Shraddha M 33).
