Senior Womens Cricket T20
Senior Women’s T20: JK beats Arunachal Pradesh
Srinagar/IBNS: Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) women cricket squad on Sunday registered its fifth win out of six matches in the Senior Women’s T20 tournament as they beat Arunachal Pradesh by 36 runs in their last group stage match at ACA Stadium, Barsapara, Guwahati.
Earlier, batting first, J&K rode on a big partnership of 95 runs between Rubia and Bushra to set a big target of 137 runs for Arunachal Pradesh.
Rubia scored a knock of 57 runs while Bushra scored 40 runs.
Opener Sarla Devi contributed a valuable 16 runs.
For Arunachal Pradesh, NabamYapu and Runa claimed one wicket each.
In reply, Arunachal Pradesh bundled out for 100 runs, thus losing the match by a margin of 36 runs. Megha Sharma top-scored with 36 runs.
For J&K, left-arm spinner Nadia Chowdhary was the pick of the bowlers, taking three wickets, while skipper Sandhya Sayal took two.
Sarla Devi and Rubia Sayed shared one wicket each.
It was J&K’s fifth win in the tournament.
They registered wins against Mizoram, Manipur, Pondicherry, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, while it lost to table toppers Nagaland in a close contest.
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