Women’s U-15 OD Trophy
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 1: The duo of Rajasthan skipper Anshu Saini and Angel Choudhary overpowered the efforts of J&K pair of Manya Banotra and Sheetal Devi, thus guiding Rajasthan to 4-wicket win over Jammu and Kashmir in the ongoing Women’s U-15 One Day Tournament at Railway Cricket Ground, Rajkot, today.
Earlier, winning the toss and batting first, J&K scored a modest total of 127 runs in 35 overs, losing 9 wickets in the process. Opening batter Manya Banotra top scored with 47 runs off 85 balls, studded with 8 boundaries while Sania Slathia and Bhagya Lakshmi Jamwal contributed 17 and 12 runs to the total respectively. The unfortunate part innings was that five out of the nine batters ran themselves out.
For Rajasthan, Pearl Bamnawat was the pick of the bowlers, who took 3 important wickets by conceding 30 runs in her 7 overs, while Priya Samotra claimed one wicket.
In reply, Rajasthan chased the target in 27.1 overs by losing 6 wickets, thus won the match by 4 wickets.
Rajasthan were struggling at 49/6 but they rode on a big partnership of 81 runs between their skipper Anshu and batter number-8 Angel to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
Skipper Anshu Saini was brilliant with the willow as she scored magnificent 58* runs off 67 balls, studded with 8 boundaries, while Angel Choudhary contributed unbeaten 27 runs off 51 balls with 4 boundaries.
Jammu and Kashmir eves missed the opportunity of qualifying for the knockout stage by a whisker as they were in a commanding position when Rajasthan were struggling at 49/6. J&K were almost certain to qualify for the knockout stage had they registered a win today.
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