Bengal wins the Under 19 One Day League

Bengal won the Under 19 One Day League through VJD Method by 26 runs against Delhi at the Abhimanyu Cricket Academy in Dehradun.

Bengal won the toss and chose to bat first. Bengal put up 27 runs in the 10 overs after which Richa lost her wicket to Priya Mishra in the 10th over followed by run out of Santhita Biswas on 19. Ankita Chakraborty and Kashish Agarwal held the ground to built a 68 run stand. Ayushi Soni picked up Chakraborty at 40 runs including 5 boundaries. Mamta, the run machine for her side this tournament got out at 25 to Delhi’s leading wicket taker of the season, Madhu which left Bengal at 141 for the loss of 4 wickets.

Bengal’s batting toppled soon after as Tithi Das was trapped leg before by Saumya. Bengal's lower order was bowled out with the sum of 12 runs amongst 5 batters. Bengal accumulated the score of 180 in 50 overs. Madhu was the leading wicket-taker for Delhi with 3 wickets to her name.

Sushmita Ganguly picked up Mansi Sharma on the first ball of the innings. Shweta Sehrawat added 16 runs to the total after which Ganguly bowled her out. Ishika was trapped leg before in the 9th over as Delhi were 21 for the loss of 3 wickets.

Neha Bhargava and Simran Dil Bahadur built up a 31 run partnership after which Bhargava was caught behind at 15. Dil Bahadur went on for an unbeaten 47 on looking the wicket of Ayushi Soni at 15. Delhi were 110 runs for 5 wickets in 38 overs as the play was interrupted. Bengal won the match and the tournament according to VJD Method by 26 runs.

Mamata was the top run scorer for Bengal at 368 runs. She secured the 4th position in the chart of leading run-getter behind Sejal Raut who topped the charts with 440 runs, Raghvi at 380 runs and Shafali Verma at 376 runs.

For the runner up Delhi, Madhu was the leading wicket-taker with 26 wickets and secured the 3rd position on the charts just behind Saranya Gadwal who picked 26 with an economy of 1.89 and Tejashwini N Duragad who topped the charts with 26 wickets to her name and the economy of 1.68.