India C emerged champions in the Womens Senior T20 Challenger Trophy Tournament, defeating India B by eight wickets here at Barabati Stadium today. Odisha Cricket Association secretary Sanjay Behera handed over the trophy to the victorious team.
Two players from Odisha featured in this match. Opening batsman Madhuri Meheta was part of the champion India C team, while allrounder Sushree Dibyadarshini represented runners-up India B team.
Electing to bat, India B scored 131 for six. Pooja Vastrakar was the top scorer with an unbeaten 43. India C overhauled the target in 15.2 overs, thanks to a blistering unbeaten 89 by Shafali Verma and her 77-run partnership for the opening wicket with Madhuri Meheta, who contributed 20.
SCOREBOARD
INDIA B: Vanitha VR st Nuzhat b Hemalatha 25, S Mandhana C Veda b Rajeshwari 3, Jemimah Rodrigues c & b Dakshini 10, Richa c Nuzhat b Dakshini 15, R Kalpana c Arundathi b Dakshini 4, A Patil run out Arundathi 20, Pooja Vastrakar not out 43, Shikha Pandey not out 9; Extras (w-2) 2
Total (6 wickets; 20 overs) 131
Did not bat: K Anjali Sarvani, Sushree Dibyadarshini, Tanuja P Kanwer
Bowling: Rajeshwari 4-10-24-1, T Sarkar 4-4-39-0, Arundathi Reddy 4-12-24-0, D Hemalatha 4-10-29-1, M Dakshini 4-12-15-3.
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Mandhana, 2.4 ov), 2-35 (Vanitha, 5.1), 3-54 (Richa, 8.5), 4-57 (Jemimah, 10.1), 5-64 (Kalpana, 12.3), 6-79 (Patil, 15.1)
INDIA C: Madhuri Meheta run out Patil 20, Shafali Verma not out 89, Veda Krishnamurthy c Mandhana b Shikha 15, D Hemalatha not out 6; Extras (w-5) 5
Total (2 wickets; 15.2 overs) 135
Did not bat: M Dakshini, Vrushali Bhagat, T Sarkar, Arundathi Reddy, Rajeshwari, Jincy George, Nuzhat Parween
Bowling: Shikha Pandey 3-6-31-1, A Patil 4-12-25-0, Tanuja Kanwer 2-4-28-0, Sushree Dibyadarshini 2-5-14-0, Pooja Vastrakar 3.2-9-20-0, K Anjali Sarvani 1-1-17-0.
Fall of wickets: 1-77 (Madhuri, 9.6 ov), 2-112 (Veda, 12.6 ov)
EARLIER RESULTS (At Barabati Stadium):
January 9: India C 148/8 in 20 overs (Shafali Verma 46, Jincy George 24; Renuka Singh 2/21, Tanuja Kanwer 2/29, Sushree Divyadarshini 2/33) lost to India B 152/5 in 18.4 overs (Pooja Vastrakar 37, Richa 36, Vanitha VR 25, S Mandhana 24, R Kalpana 22*; T Sarkar 1/20) by 4 wkts.
January 9: India C 135/4 in 20 overs (Veda Krishnamurthy 47*, Madhuri Meheta 36, Nuzhat Parween 26; Radha Yadav 3/23) beat India A 133/9 in 20 overs (Priya Punia 60, Taniya Bhatia 31; Rajeshwari 3/28, Arundathi Reddy 3/29) by 2 runs.
January 7: India B 139/4 in 20 overs (S Mandhana 34, Vanitha VR 30, Richa 22, Jemimah Rodrigues 20; Sneh Rana 2/26) beat India A 104/7 in 20 overs (Priya Punia 34, Deepti 33*; Sushree Divyadarshini 2/18, A Patil 2/19) by 35 runs.
January 6: India C 123/77 in 20 overs (Shafali Verma 38, D Hemalatha 24*; Deepti 2/20) beat India A 113/6 in 20 overs (Deepti 34*, Priya Punia 25; M Dakshini 1/8) by 10 runs.
January 5: India B 94/8 in 20 overs (Richa 25; Rajeshwari 3/7) beat India C 90/8 in 20 overs (D Hemalatha 20; Sushree Divyadarshini 3/15) by 4 runs.
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PHOTO: India C captain Veda Krishnamurthy receives the winners trophy from OCA secretary Sanjay Behera at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on 10 January, 2020