Niranjana Nagarajan's maiden ton helps Tamil Nadu demolish Mizoram

Niranjana Nagarajan’s maiden T20 hundred headlined day one of the Senior Women’s Twenty20 tournament. The right-hander from Tamil Nadu slammed an unbeaten 105 off 67 balls against Mizoram to lead her team to a massive 159-run win in their opening match of the season.

Meanwhile, Andhra’s N Anusha (82) and CH Jhansi Lakshmi (52) shared a massive 138-run stand for the opening wicket against Bihar to lay the foundation to their team’s 106-run win. Binaisha Surti slammed 74 against Hyderabad before Radha Yadav and Tarannum Pathan combined for figures of 7 for 34 to give Baroda a 25-run victory.

Among the bowlers, Uttarakhand’s Madhwal was the standout performer of the day finishing with incredible figures of 4 for 1 against Manipur. Her four over spell included as many as 23 dot balls. Elsewhere, Bengal’s might was too much for Arunachal Pradesh who despite playing out their entire quota of 20 overs managed only 23 runs.

Uttar Pradesh upset Himachal Pradesh by six runs in a thrilling Group D encounter, while Chandigarh lost to Chhattisgarh in their first ever match.

Group B will play their first round of matches in Nagpur on Tuesday (October 15).

Brief Scores:

Group A (Guntur)

Andhra 147/2 in 20 overs (N Anusha 82, CH Jhansi Lakshmi 52) beat Bihar 41 in 19.1 overs (G Chandra Lekha 3-5, Saranya Gadwal 3-8) by 106 runs.

Meghalaya 35 in 10 overs (Niharika Prasad 2-2) lost to Jharkhand 39/1 in 5.2 overs by nine wickets.

Assam 143/8 in 20 overs (Ruhina Pegu 37, Monikha Das 34) beat Gujarat 122/8 in 20 overs (Simran 39, Renuka Chaudhari 35; Rashmi Dey 3-29, Genevie Pando 2-19) by 21 runs.

Group C (Mumbai)

Baroda 141/6 in 20 overs (Binasha Surti 74, Radha Yadav 26; SK Sravanthi Naidu 2-12, G Trisha 2-23) beat Hyderabad 116/9 in 20 overs (S Naidu 34, Himani Yadav 24; Tarannum Pathan 4-19, R Yadav 3-15) by 25 runs.

Mumbai 148/5 in 20 overs (Vrushali Bhagat 43, Esha Oza 37; Suravi Roy 2-21) beat Tripura 97/8 in 20 overs (Jhumki Debanth 44; Saima Thakor 2-10, Fatima Jaffer 2-15) by 51 runs.

Pondicherry 80/6 in 20 overs (Latika Kumari 36; Sahana Pawar 2-9) lost to Karnataka 82/2 in 8.4 overs (G Divya 43*, VR Vanitha 21) by eight wickets

Group D (Raipur)

Uttar Pradesh 132/3 in 20 overs (Shashi 69, Aditi Sharma 42*) beat Himachal Pradesh 126/7 in 20 overs (Nikita Chauhan 52, Neena Choudhary 26; A Sharma 3-20) by six runs.

Manipur 50/8 in 20 overs (Madhwal 4-1, R Rai 2-20) lost to Uttarakhand 51/1 in 8.4 overs (Anju Tomar 24*) by nine wickets.

Chandigarh 96/6 in 20 overs (Priyanka Guleria 24; Shyla Alam 2-20) lost to Chhattisgarh 101/1 in 12.3 overs (Shivi Pandey 43, Shilpa Sahu 43) by nine wickets.

Kerala 77/4 in 20 overs (T Shani 42*) lost to Punjab 78/2 in 12.4 overs (Jasia Akhter 38) by eight wickets.

Group E (Rajkot)

Tamil Nadu 193/2 in 20 overs (Niranjana Nagarajan 105*, SB Keerthana 61) beat Mizoram 34 in 16.3 overs (MP Singson 22; KN Ramyashri 3-9, Nethra L 2-1) by 159 runs.

Saurashtra 100/5 in 20 overs (Jayu Jadeja 42, Mridula Jadeja 27; Sanjula Naik 2-11) lost to Goa 101/2 in 16.4 overs (S Naik 32*, Shreya Parab 30; J Jadeja 2-14) by eight wickets.

Arunachal Pradesh 23/6 in 20 overs (Gayatri Mal 2-4) lost to Bengal 27/0 in 2.2 overs by 10 wickets.

Maharashtra 138/4 in 20 overs (Shivali Shinde 58, Anagha Deshpande 31) beat Delhi 128/6 in 20 overs (Neha Bhargava 31, Reema Malhotra 27*) by 10 runs.