Arundhati Reddy shows her hitting prowess against Saurashtra

Arundhati Reddy’s unbeten 79 off 36 balls, which included four fours and six sixes, was the biggest talking point of the sixth day of the Under-23 Twenty20 tournament. Her knock took Railways to 159 for 3, setting up a 92-run win over Saurashtra.

Nagaland’s strong batting show followed by returns of 3 for 11 by Rinky Biswas gave them a 109-run win over Sikkim, who were dismissed for 44.

Assam won a thriller against Jharkhand by four runs. After Ruhina Pegu’s 40 took them to 119 for 7, Assam had little answer against Jharkhand’s fourth-wicket pair of Priyana (49) and Sonia (44).  The duo put on 91, but fell in a space of three runs in three balls. It brought Assam back into the game and they held on to their nerves to secure a crucial win.

Chasing 108 against Maharashtra, Rajasthan got a steady start with SR Jat making 31 as an opener. The middle-order batters chipped in with valuable contributions before AK Saini (11 not out off 5 balls) and RG Tank (3 not out off 2 balls) took them home by three wickets off the last ball of the match.

Results:

Group B

Nagaland beat Sikkim by 109 runs

Team Rajasthan beat Maharashtra by 3 wickets

Assam beat Jharkhand by 4 runs

Group D

Gujarat beat Team Uttarakhand by 10 wickets

Karnataka beat Tamil Nadu by 6 wickets

Andhra beat Chattisgarh by 3 runs

Group E

Railways beat Saurashtra by 92 runs

Cricket Association of Pondicherry beat J&K; by 10 runs

Vidarbha beat Odisha by 6 wickets

Madhya Pradesh beat Cricket Association of Mizoram by 193 runs