Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 15: After Jammu and Kashmir men thrashed their strong counterparts from Punjab in the Mushtaq Ali T20 Cricket Tournament in Delhi yesterday, following their footsteps, J&K eves got the better of Punjab women by a narrow margin of 6 runs in the Senior Womens T20 League 2017-18 at MA Chitambaram Stadium, Chennai today.
Earlier, Jammu and Kashmir skipper, Meenu Singh Slathia won the toss and decided to bat first.
Batting first, J&K rode on a brilliant innings of 50 runs by Rubia Syed and managed to score a modest total of 100 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Rubia was in sublime touch and hit fifty in 53 balls, studded with 2 fours and 3 sixes, while Bushra Ashraf, Neeru Manhas and Bismah Hassan contributed 16, 12 and unbeaten 9 runs to the total respectively. From Punjab, Mehak Kesar was the pick of the bowlers, who took 2 important wickets, while Diksha Dogra, Sneh Rana and Neelam Bisht claimed 1 wicket each.
In reply, Punjab bundled out for 94 runs in 19.3 overs, thus lost the match by a narrow margin of 6 runs. Kanika Ahuja top scored with 21 runs, while Bharti Bawa, Kabia Badoni, Diksha Dogra and Neelam Bisht contributed 17, unbeaten 11, 10 and 9 runs respectively. From Jammu and Kashmir, Sandhya Sayal was the wrecker-in-chief, who took 4 wickets by giving away just 9 runs in his 4 overs, while Nadia Choudhary, Asra Shafi, Bushra Ashraf and Rubia Syed claimed 1 wicket each.
What was interesting to watch was that Jasia Akhter, known for her explosive batting, who hails from Jammu and Kashmir but plays for Punjab and opened the innings in today’s match was caught by her sister Rubia Syed after the bowling of Bushra Akhter, scoring just 6 runs.
The Jammu and Kashmir team is being accompanied by Rajni Sharma as manager and Anju Gupta as coach, while Hinan Maqbool and Preeti Angral are as trainer and physio respectively.
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