Railways defeated Bengal by six wickets to clinch the BCCI Senior Women’s T20 Trophy at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Saturday.
Bengal, which elected to bat on a largely sunlit morning, was off to a disastrous start, losing three wickets with just 17 on the board. But a 49-run partnership for the fifth wicket between Dhara Gujjar (32, 42b, 4×4) and Richa Ghosh (32, 26b, 4×4) lent the total some respectability.
But the fancied Railways side was mostly untroubled during its chase. Openers S. Meghana (19, 21b) and Nuzhat Parween (35, 50b, 1×4) put on 40 before Parween combined for another 40 runs with one drop and D. Hemalatha (35, 23b, 5×4).
Railways then lost three wickets in quick succession, 80 for one becoming 94 for four at the end of the 16th over. But it was nothing more than a minor blip, as the Poonam Yadav-captained side sewed up the win with eight balls to spare.
The scores: Bengal 106/7 in 20 overs (Dhara Gujjar 32, Richa Ghosh 32, K. Anjali Sarvani 3/17, Tanuja P. Kanwer 3/18) lost to Railways 108/4 in 18.2 overs (Nuzhat Parween 35, D. Hemalatha 35).
