Day 1: Senior India Women's One Day League

After a gap of three months, India's domestic season has started with a bang with the Senior Women's One day League.  On the very first day, ten matches were played all over the country.

 

Railways vs Goa: Raut's ton, Poonam's Six-for guide Railways to a comfortable win

Punam Raut's century, captain Mithali Raj's 62 off 68 and Poonam Yadav's six-for helped Railways dominate against Goa as the side was bowled out on 72. Goa won the toss and chose to field first. Once Railways opener Shweta was dismissed in the 16th over, Punam Raut (91) and Mithali Raj added 146 for the second wicket to get the scorecard going. Mona Meshram also scored a quick 32 and Railways put up a total of 244 at the end of their allotted overs.

Sanjula Naik picked up 2 wickets, while Nikita and Pubali bagged one wicket each for Goa.

In reply, Goa lost their opener Sanjula Naik on a duck. However, Purvaja and Sunanda started to steady the ship but legspinner Poonam Yadav completed a six-wicket haul to leave Goa reeling. Fall of the wickets at regular interval didn't allow Goa to resurrect the innings. Yadav ended with 6 for 8 in her 10 overs with 6 maidens as Railways bagged a giant victory of 172 runs over Goa.

Along with Yadav's six-wicket haul, Arundhati Reddy and Kavita Patil bagged one wicket each for Railways.

Railways 244/4 (P Raut 104, S Naik 2/60) beat Goa 72/10 (P Varlekar 15, P Yadav 6/8) by 172 runs.

 

Cricket Association of Mizoram vs Arunachal Pradesh: Sandhya Kumari star in Mizoram's win over Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and chose to field first. But their decision was not fruitful as the opener of Mizoram, Sandhya Kumari started hitting the ball from the very first over. She scored a 158-ball 159 with 21 fours. Along with her, MP Singson scored a handy 44 off 56 and helped Mizoram set a target of 287 after 50 overs.

While chasing, Arunachal Pradesh got off a flying start. Their openers K Perme and B Ritu added 60 runs before the former one got out. Soon Y Don joined her. Sandhya Kumari then picked 5 for 1 in the 4 overs and guided her team to a 196-run win over Arunachal Pradesh. Seven batters got dismissed on a duck; while B Ritu top scored 44 off 60 with 8 fours.

Cricket Association of Mizoram 287/4 (S Kumari 159, K Mero 2/49) beat Arunachal Pradesh 91/10 (B Ritu 44, S Kumari 5/1) by 196 runs.

 

Other Scores:

Nagaland 203/5 (V Jain 85, R Kumari 3/33) beat Bihar 79/10 (S Fatma 18, Elina 3/16) by 124 runs.

CAP 191/3 (Anagha 64, S Siddiqui 1/39) beat Manipur 190/8 (Monica 35, Astalakshmi 2/40) by  7 wickets.

Bengal 118/2 (Deepti 62, S Pawar 1/26) beat Karnataka 117/9 (M Patel 24, S Aich 4/28) by 8 wickets.

Baroda 106/3 (P Patel 42, Asha S 2/22) beat Kerala 105/10 (Sajana S 31, R Yadav 3/20) by  7 wickets.

Delhi 198/5 (A Soni 83, P Naik 2/38) beat Mumbai 197/8 (V Bhagat 76, S Yadav 2/41) by 5 wickets.

Hyderabad 183/7 (S Naidu 49, M Behera 2/25) beat Odisha 155/8 (S Dibyadarshini 50, G Trisha 2/23) by 28 runs.

Maharashtra 187/5 (D Vaidya 85, A Khanam 3/53) beat Chhattisgarh 184/8 (S Pandey 75, A Patil 4/24) by 5 wickets.

Andhra 175/4 (C Lakshmi 100, M Kesar 1/29) beat Punjab 174/8 (T Bhatia 66, C Lakshmi 3/33) by 6 wickets.