Hyderabad girls crashed out of the BCCI U-15 One-day Tournament after suffering a seven-wicket loss to Maharashtra in the pre-quarterfinals on Wednesday at Puducherry.
Electing to bat, Hyderabad batters failed to find their groove. Within no time, they lost both their openers, P Shanvi (4) and Bhavishya Reddy (1). They had just eight runs on the board at that time. Sai Druvigna (12) and Yamuna (9) took the score to 24 before Yamuna perished.
Hyderabad then lost wickets at regular intervals to be reduced to 56 for seven before Shaik Aisha and Ananya Dandu did some repair work. They added 31 before Ananya (23) fell.
Aisha and Nikeshini V (15) then added 36, the highest partnership in the innings, for the ninth wicket to take Hyderabad past the 100-run mark.
Hyderabad were finally bowled out for 123 in 32.4 overs with Aisha stranded on 31 off 50 balls with five fours.
On the other hand, the Maharashtra girls had no problems taking on the Hyderabad bowlers. Openers Niheera Sharma (51; 51 balls, 8×4) and Sanskruti Ghortale (29) added 77 for the opening wicket to more or less settle the issue.
Aaradhya Amol Pawar then hit an unbeaten 24 as Maharashtra made 126 for three in 24.4 overs.
Brief scores: Hyderabad 123/10 in 32.4 overs (Shaik Aisha 31no) lost to Maharashtra 126/3 in 24.4 overs (Niheera Sharma 51)
Shreyas, Vaibhav, Vivaan, Umesh & Shrikant shine
Shreyas Ande struck a century to help Team C surge past Team E’s score in the HCA’s Under-14 probables’ tournament. Shreyas scored 125 off 193 balls with 18 fours and two sixes as Team C made 239, in reply to Team E’s 168.
G Sai Vaibhav made 124 off 153 ballls with 26 fours and a six as Team H ran up 448 against Team J, who were bundled out for 101. Gopala Varun, who scored 93, took three for 22 to bowl out Team J.
P Vivaan Reddy’s five for 25 helped Team G bowl out Team F for 172. Earlier, Team G made 215 with T Umesh bagging five for46.
G Yuvan Srikanth made 132 off 165 balls with 22 fours to help Team B take the lead against Team A. Replying to Team A’s 186, Team B made 299.
HCA U-14 probables matches: Team E 168 in 57 overs (Divesh Raghunandan 40, Manish Patel 3/24) vs Team C 239 in 70.3 overs (Shreyas Ande 125, M Dakshdeep 44, B Harshith 3/28, A Virat Kasyap 3/59). Team H 448 in 87 overs (Sreekruthan A 50, G Sai Vaibhav 124, V S Iraj Ikshwaak 30, CV Chetan Aditya 81, Gopala Varun 93, Mohammed Kamran 3/63) vs Team J 101 in 36.4 overs (Gopala Varun 3/22). Team G 215 in 70.5 overs (D Aarav 43, R Narayan 60, Malim Arhaan 38, T Umesh 5/46) vs Team F 172 in 62.3 overs (Suranjeet P 70, PL Anshuman 31, Arjun Diwakar 40, P Vivaan Reddy 5/25). Team A 186 in 69.5 overs (Aarush K 84, C Chaithanya 35) vs Team B 299 in 87.5 overs (Akhileshwar 32, G Yuvan Srikanth Raj 132, K Rohan 34, Shaurya Singh 4/38).
