Mithali Raj, Latika Kumari and Bhakti Tamore hit tons in Senior One-day Trophy

India ODI skipper Mithali Raj struck a brilliant 122 and Punam Raut hit a brilliant 94 as Railways defeated Karnataka by whopping 191 runs to make it three wins in as many games in the ongoing Senior One-day Trophy on Saturday (February 22). Batting first, Railways piled up 266 for the loss of five wickets in 50 overs before bundling out Karnataka for just 76 in 39 overs. Preeti Bose took three wickets conceding 12 runs.

Meanwhile, in another match of the day, Latika Kumari (156 not out) and Bhakti Tamore (127 not out) destroyed the Arunachal bowlers as Pondicherry piled up a mammoth 316 without loss in 50 overs. In reply, Arunachal could only manage 105 for the loss of six wickets to give the opposition a 215-run victory.

At BKC in Mumbai, the hosts thumped Punjab by 194 runs to notch up their second win of the season. S Thakor picked up four wickets to bundle out the tourists for 47 after Mumbai posted 241 for seven.

In another Group B clash, Sushree Dibyadarshini's allround efforts helped Odisha defend a low score of 166 in Thane. She first top-scored with 31 before picking up three wickets for just nine runs to bowl Kerala out for 85.

Brief scores:

Group A

Bengal 242/8 in 50 overs (Paramita Roy 63, Gujjar Dhara 49; Shrey 3/46) beat Goa 150/9 in 50 overs (Sanjula Naik 36; Gouher Sultana 2/29) by 92 runs.

Tripura 74 all out in 27.2 overs (PB Garkhede 3/12) lost to Maharashtra 75/1 in 19.1 overs (D Anagha 40*) by nine wickets.

Railways 266/5 in 50 overs (Mithali Raj 122, Punam Raut 94; Monicka Patel 3/52) beat Karnataka 76 all out in 39 overs (Preeti Bose 3/12) by 191 runs.

Group B

Mumbai 241/7 in 50 overs (SK Raut 43, Vrushali Bhagat 46, Mugdha Joshi 45; Sunita Rani 3/58) beat Punjab 47 all out in 20 overs (S Thakor 4/14) by 194 runs.

Odisha 166/7 in 50 overs (Sushree Dibyadarshini 31; VS Mrudhula 3/44) beat Kerala 85 all out in 25 overs (Priyanka Pridarshini 3/19, Sushree Dibyadarshini 3/9, Madhusmita Behera 3/9) by 81 runs.

Delhi 164 all out in 48 overs (Ayushi Soni 67) lost to Chhattisgarh 165/6 in 47.4 overs (Shivi Pandey 87*; Neha Chhillar 3/20) by four wickets.

Group C

Rajasthan 99 all out in 47.5 overs (SR Jat 22; Nikita Singh 3/18, Babita Mandlik 2/14, Priti Yadav 2/7) lost to Madhya Pradesh 101/2 in 32.2 overs (Tamanna Nigam 59*) by eight wickets.

Gujarat 142/7 in 50 overs (Krutikaben 37*; Bhogi Shravani 4/12) lost to Hyderabad 143/3 in 49.2 overs (Ramya 59*, Mamtha Kanojia 67) by seven wickets.

Saurashtra 177/9 in 50 overs (Jayu Jadeja 57) beat Uttarakhand 120/7 in 50 overs (AN Tomar 38; N Chavda 3/23) by 57 runs.

Plate Group  

Jammu & Kashmir 130 all out in 33.5 overs (Meenu Singh Salathia 32; Kumari Shibi 3/23, Manisha Badhan 3/8) lost to Chandigarh 133/3 in 33.5 overs (Amanjot Kaur 45, Monika Pandey 38) by seven wickets.

Manipur 98 all out in 37.1 overs (Monica 32; Apurwa Bhardwaj 3/8, Buley Ruchita 3/21) lost to Mizoram 99/6 in 32 overs (S Prajakta 38) by six wickets.

Pondicherry 316/0 in 48 overs (Latika Kumari 156*, BS Tamore 127*) beat Arunachal Pradesh 105/6 in 48 overs (Neelam Rajput 20; Divya Shanmugam 3/21) by 215 runs.