Maharashtra routed Hyderabad by 92 runs in the BCCI Women’s Under-23 T20 Trophy at the Sector 0 BSP Cricket Stadium in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, on Saturday. Elsewhere, Andhra posted a 20-run win over Mumbai.
Put into bat after Hyderabad skipper G Trisha won the toss, Maharashtra’s top four batters were among the runs. Openers Dnyanda Nikam and skipper Ishwari Savkar added 44 for the first wicket in 4.4 overs before Savkar was caught by N Kranthi Reddy off Trisha for 33 off 19 balls with seven fours.
Nikam and A Kulkarni then added 37 off 32 balls with Kulkarni scoring 22 off 20 balls and Nikam making 15 off 12 balls.
After Kulkarni’s departure, Nikam found another useful partner in Shweta Sawant and the duo added 30 off 25 bballs before Nikam fell for 36 off 30 balls with four fours.
Shweta made 33 off 26 balls with five fours but Maharashtra lost their way a wee bit. However, Roshani Pardhi and Shivanshi Kapoor added 21 off 10 balls for the eighth wicket to take Maharashtra to 160 for eight.
Trisha took four for 17 and Kunchala Niteesha got two for 36.
Hyderabad all at sea against Maharashtra bowlers
In reply, the Hyderabad batters were all at sea against the Maharashtra attack and they lost six wickets for just 22 runs.
Barring wicketkeeper Kammili Nidhi none of the other batters reached double figures. Nidhi topscored with 34 off 41 balls with three fours as Hyderabad were bundled out for 68.
Trisha (1), K Tejaswini (3), Sandhya Gora (0), K Niteesha (1), Venkatesh Pratiksha (8), N Kranthi Reddy (0), Kesari Drithi (6), Palthya Parvathi (4) and Eddla Srujana (4 not out) cut a sorry figure.
Shivanshi Kapoor took three for 10, while Gayari Survase got two for four.
Brief scores: Maharashtra 160/8 in 20 overs (Dnyanda Nikam 36, Ishwari Savkar 33, Asmi Kulkarni 22, Shweta Sawant 33, G Trisha 4/17, Kunchala Niteesha 2/36) beat Hyderabad 68 in 17.5 overs (Nidhi 34, Shivanshi Kapoor 3/10, Gayatri Survase 2/4).
Andhra down Mumbai
Andhra women scored a 20-run win over Mumbai at the Sanosara Cricket Ground in Rajkot.
Batting first, Andhra lost Deeksha Katragadda (9) with 15 on the board but G Udvitha and Hasini Muthineni steadied the innings with a solid partnership.
They added 46 for the second wicket before Udvitha was run out for 28 off 32 balls with four fours. Hasini and Pushpitha then took the score to 83 before Pushpitha fell for 14.
S Sailakshmi (7) too did not last long but Hasini and Y Hema Roshini added 27 for the unbroken sixth wicket to help Andhra reach 129 for five in 20 overs. Hasini remained unbeaten on 49 off 47 balls with five hits to the fence.
In reply, Mumbai were restricted to 109 for seven in 20 overs despite Mahek Pokar getting 38 off 42 balls with four fours. Tushi Shah was the other batter to make a notable contribution before being run out for 25 off 24 balls with four fours.
Brief scores: Andhra 129 for five in 20 overs (Udvitha G 28, Hasini Muthineni 49 not out, Y Hema Roshini 13 not out; Ashwini Nishad 2/21) beat Mumbai 109 for seven in 20 overs (Mahek Pokar 38, Tushi Shah 25; BS Deepthy 2/19).
