East Zone maintained their winning spree when they beat West Zone by one wicket in their fourth match of the Under-19 Girls Inter-Zonal One-day League at Chennai today. This was the fourth successive win for East Zone, who earlier beat North Zone by 84 runs, South Zone by seven wickets and North East Zone by 263 runs.
Odisha bowler Indrani Chhatria and Assam batsman Gayatri Gurung shone in the win over West Zone, bagging four wickets and scoring 72 runs respectively. East Zone will play their fifth and last league match against Central Zone on July 25.
SCOREBOARD
WEST ZONE: Sejal Raut c Uma b Shreya 17, Nikita Aage lbw Indrani 23, Amrita Joseph b Indrani 4, Pooja Yadav b Indrani 1, Hrutvisha Patel c Indrani b Shreya 27, Aditi Gaikwad c Indrani b Shreya 42, Janhavi Kate (run out) 19, Kesha Patel c Poonam b Indrani 8, Riya Chaudhari (not out) 10, Isha Pathare (run out) 1, Hiral Solanki (not out) 3; Extras (lb-4, w-9) 13
Total (9 wkts; 50 overs) 168
Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Sejal, 11.6 ov), 2-49 (Nikita, 14.1), 3-50 (Amrita, 16.4), 4-55 (Pooja, 20.1), 5-114 (Hrutvisha, 33.6), 6-136 (Aditi, 41.6), 7-154 (Janhavi, 47.4), 8-154 (Kesha, 48.1), 9-165 (Isha, 49.4)
Bowling: Salma Khatun 5-1-12-0, Kalpana Nayak 6-0-27-0, Indrani Chhatria 10-2-37-4, Subhra Nirjharini Swain 7-0-19-0, Shreya Karar 10-2-29-3, Mamta Paswan 10-1-29-0, Poonam Nayak 2-0-11-0
EAST ZONE: Poonam Nayak (run out) 3, Dhara Gujjar c Aditi b Isha 0, Gayatri Gurung st … b Pathare 72, Kajal Jena lbw Kesha 6, Subhra Nirjharini Swain c&b Pooja 9, Indrani Chhatria b Hrutvisha 18, Uma Chetri c&b Pooja 23, Mamta Paswan b Nikita 4, Salma Khatun c&b Nikita 2, Kalpana Nayak (not out) 12, Shreya Karar (not out) 0; Extras (b-1, lb-2, nb-1, w-16) 20
Total (9 wkts; 48.2 overs) 169
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Dhara, 0.4 ov), 2-16 (Poonam, 2.5), 3-34 (Kajal, 11.5), 4-47 (Subhra, 16.4), 5-87 (Indrani, 27.3), 6-140 (Uma, 40.1), 7-154 (Gayatri, 43.1), 8-155 (Mamta, 44.1), 9-162 (Salma, 46.4)
Bowling: Isha Pathare 10-1-33-2, Janhavi Kate 10-1-25-0, Kesha Patel 5-0-12-1, Pooja Yadav 10-1-37-2, Aditi Gaikwad 2-0-11-0, Nikita Aage 8.2-1-31-2, Hrutvisha Patel 3-0-17-1.