Skipper Shraddha Nabira led from the front as Vidarbha scored a 49-run win over Hyderabad in the BCCI Women’s Under-19 T20 Trophy at the St Xavier’s KCA cricket ground in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday.
After posting a healthy 148 for five with Shraddha making 87, Vidarbha bowled out Hyderabad for 98 to post a comprehensive victory.
Batting first, Vidarbha made a positive start before opener Arya Pongde fell with the score reading 29. Arya was caught by Ananya Dandu off K Tejaswini after making 18. Sanskruti Sant (5) did not last long as she was snapped up by G Kavyasree off Tejaswini and then Akshara Itnakar (2) too was packed off by N Babitha to leave Vidarbha delicately placed at three for 46.
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Wicketkeeper Srishty Wandalkar (10) was run out by Babitha and Vidarbha were in quite a trouble at 63 for four.
Shraddha holds the innings together
However, opener Shraddha found a partner in Swara Thakare and the duo took the score past the 100-run mark. They added 46 for the fifth wicket before Swara was run out by V Pratiksha for 14.
Shraddha and Diya Bhagwat (5 not out) then stitched a 39-run stand for the unbroken sixth wicket to steer Vidarbha to 48 for five. Shraddha remained unbeaten on 87 off 58 balls with 10 fours and two sixes. K Tejaswini took two for 18 and Babitha got one for 27.
In reply, Hyderabad batters were all at sea against the rival attack and six of them were back in the hut with just 51 on the board.
K Tejaswini (14), G Kavyasree (2), P Akshaya Reddy (0), Kammili Nidhi (12) M Charvi (4), E Darshini (2) departed without much ado.
It was left to Venkatesh Pratiksha (21), Prathika Kancharla (21) and Sree Grandha (13) to put up a fight. But it was a tall task for the tail to wag for long and Hyderabad were bowled out for 98.
Yashshri Soley took three for seven, while Diya Bhagwatt (2/28), Akshara Itankar (2/14) and Shweta Tiwari (2/23) bagged two wickets each.
Brief scores: Vidarbha 148/5 in 20 overs (Shraddha Nabira 87no) beat Hyderabad 98 in 19.2 overs (Yashshri Soley 3/7).
Andhra down Bihar by six wickets
Andhra scored a comfortable six-wicket win over Bihar at the MCA Sharad Pawar CA-BKC in Mumbai.
Batting first, Bihar were restricted to a modest 92 for nine with Pushpitha Gowda taking three wickets. In reply, Andhra made 94 for four with skipper Deeksha Katragadda scoring 48.
Bihar were all at sea against the Andhra attack and only two batters reached double figures. No.4 Saloni made 43 off 38 balls with seven fours and No.11 Saumaya Akhauri scored an unbeaten 10. Gowda had figures of three for 17.
Andhra had a poor start as Nakka Samantha (0) was trapped leg before by A Singh but Deeksha and V Sethu Sai (15) added 55 for the second wicket to put Andhra on the path of victory.
Deeksha and Greeshma Saini (11) then took the score to 73 before the former fell for 48 off 36 balls with five fours and two sixes. Greeshma too departed soon thereafter but Pushpitha Gowda (8 not out) and Vidya Sree (11 not out) completed the formalities.
Brief scores: Bihar 92 for nine in 20 overs (Saloni 43; Pushpitha Gowda 3/17) lost to Andhra 94 for four in 13 overs (Deeksha Katragadda 48).
Bengal pip J&K, Delhi & Saurashtra win
In Hyderabad, Delhi scored a five wicket win over Haryana and Saurashtra defeated Pondicherry by five wickets, while Bengal overcame Jammu & Kashmir in the Super Over.
Brief scores: Pondicherry 87/9 in 20 overs (Avani Chavda 3/15) lost to Saurashtra 88/5 in 10.3 overs (Veda Amrutiya 51, Falak Dagar 3/16).
Haryana 155/4 in 20 overs (Deeya Yadav 54) lost to Delhi 157/5 in 20 overs (Aarna Dudeja 31, Nishika Singh 34, Archana 35).
Bengal 182/5 in 20 overs (Ispita Mondal 62no, Priyanka Goldar 58) tied with Jammu & Kashmir 182/6 in 20 overs (Shambhavi Rajput 81, Shweeta Rana 40). Super Over: Jammu & Kashmir 7/1 in 1 over lost to Bengal 10/0 in 0.2 overs.
