Sheetal Rana’s 129* powers Haryana home; Shivi Pandey’s ton goes in vain  

Haryana rode on Sheetal Rana’s brilliant unbeaten century to clinch a narrow two-wicket victory against Punjab while Shivi Pandey’s ton went in vain as Chhattisgarh lost to Odisha in different Group B fixtures of the Senior Women’s One-day Trophy on Wednesday (March 4).

Batting first, Chhattisgarh posted 199 for the loss of six wickets in their 50 overs, thanks to Shivi’s ton and Yashi Pandey’s 53. In reply, senior-pro Madhusmita Behera (94) missed a well-deserved century by just six runs while Madhuri Meheta hit a valuable 59 to help Odisha romp home by four wickets with two balls to spare.

On the other hand, Rana’s hit an unbeaten 129 to single-handedly take Haryana home chasing Punjab’s 177. Parmila Kumari took four wickets for 41 runs for Haryana. Meanwhile, in a Group A encounter, Bengal were bundled for just 58 chasing Railways’ 172. Swagatika Rath scalped three wickets conceding just eight runs for Railways.

However, Sikkim stumbled to yet another defeat losing to Mizoram in a Plate Group encounter. Batting first Sikkim rode on Ananya Upendran’s 67 to post 170 for the loss of nine wickets in 50 overs. In reply, S Prajakta hit an unbeaten 60 while Omomi scored 48 to take the team home in 42.4 overs losing just a wicket in the process.

 

Brief scores:

 

Group A

Railways 172 all out in 49.2 overs (Mona 42; Remuli Dhar 3/49, Jhulan Goswami 3/23) beat Bengal 58 all out in 23.1 overs (Swagatika Rath 3/8) by 114 runs.

Goa 170/6 in 49 overs (Sanjula Sudhakar Naik 81; Tarunnum Pathan 3/28) lost to Baroda 174/7 in 47.2 overs (Tanvir Shaikh 41*) by three wickets.

Tripura 122 all out in 45 overs (PA Acharjee 26*; Tanuja Kanwer 3/16) lost to Himachal Pradesh 125/4 in 41.5 overs (Chitra Singh Jamwal 44, Neena Chaudhary 46*) by six wickets.

 

Group B

Delhi 142 all out in 50 overs (Ayushi Soni 54, Neha Chillar 45; Anjali Sarvani 4/30) lost to Andhra Pradesh 143/4 in 39.3 overs (N Anusha 55, PV Sudharani 45*) by six wickets.

Chhattisgarh 199/6 in 50 overs (Shivi Pandey 102, Yashi Pandey 53) lost to Odisha 203/6 in 49.4 overs (Madhusmita Behera 94, Madhuri Meheta 59) by four wickets.

Punjab 177/9 in 50 overs (Parveen Khan 31; Parmila Kumari 4/41) lost to Haryana 180/8 in 46.1 overs (Sheetal Rana 129*) by two wickets.

 

Group C

Rajasthan 151 all out in 49 overs (SR Jat 36; Pragna 3/21) lost to Gujarat 155/5 in 44.1 overs (Simran 52, Bhavna Goplani 50; SS Kalal 3/21) by five wickets.

Hyderabad 203/6 in 50 overs (Mamtha Kanojia 64, Sravanthi Naidu 43; Monikha Das 2/33) lost to Assam 204/8 in 49 overs (Sapna Choudhary 85, Rashmi Dey 40) by two wickets.

Uttarakhand 63 all out in 38.4 overs (Niharika 3/13, Mamta Paswan 2/2, Monika 2/4, Durga Murmu 2/12) lost to Jharkhand 64/0 in 14.5 overs (Rashmi 36*, Indrani Roy 25*) by 10 wickets.

 

Plate Group  

Bihar 128/7 in 50 overs (Apurva Kumari 36; Sandhya 2/19) lost to Jammu & Kashmir 130/3 in 45.4 overs (Nadia Chowdhary 40*) by seven wickets.

Sikkim 170/9 in 50 overs (Ananya Upendran 67; MP Singson 2/35) lost to Mizoram 172/1 in 42.4 overs (S Prajakta 60*, Omomi 48) by nine wickets.

Nagaland 203/5 in 50 overs (Rupsena 82, Nazma 50) beat Manipur 80 all out in 29.5 overs (Pankul 4/29) by 123 runs.