Jammu and Kashmir Senior Women’s Team on Thursday beat Chandigarh by 4 wickets in the ongoing T20 practice matches as part of JKCA’s Preparatory Camp JKCA Hostel ground, Jammu.
Earlier, winning the toss and batting first, Chandigarh managed to score a small total of 100 runs in the stipulated 20 overs, losing 8 wickets in the process.
Almost all the J&K bowlers showed discipline and hit right areas to restrict the rival team to a sall total.
Shivani Thakur top-scored with 44 runs off 43 balls, studded with 3 boundaries, while Shivangi Yadav and Aaradana Bisht contributed 17 and 16 runs to Chandigarh’s total respectively.
For Jammu and Kashmir, left-arm medium pacer Sarla Devi was the pick of the bowlers, capturing 3 wickets by conceding 19 runs in her 4 overs, while right-arm pacer Bismah Hassan bagged 2 wickets in her 4 overs giving away 17 runs. Skipper Sandhya Sayal and Nadia Chowdhary claimed one wicket each.
In reply, J&K chased the target in 19.2 overs by losing 6 wickets in the process, thus won the match by 5 wickets.
Explosive middle-order batter Rubia Syed top-scored with 36 runs off 29 balls, studded with 5 boundaries, while Sarla Devi scored unbeaten 21 runs off 23 balls with one boundary. Anju Tomar also contributed valuable 16 runs to the total, while Bawandeep Kour and Shivanti Gupta chipped in with 8 runs each.
For Chandigarh, Priyanka Guleria took 2 wickets, while Nandani Sharma, Kashyee Gautam and Parul Saini claimed one wicket each.
The match was officiated by Deepak Gupta and Sapna Jamwal as Umpires, while Ashwani Sharma and Aditya were the scorers.