BHUBANESWAR 11-Jan-2016
Captain Mithali Raj hit a 51-ball 74 to guide Railways to a 54-run win over Odisha in their super league match of the Senior Women T-20 Tournament at Holkar Stadium in Indore today. In reply to competitive total of 134 for three by Railway, Odisha were restricted to 80 for two. Madhuri Meheta top scored for Odisha with an unbeaten 40. Odisha will next meet Goa at the same venue tomorrow.
SCOREBOARD
RAILWAYS: Niranjana Nagarajan lbw S Mallik 8, M Thirushkamini (run out) 39, Mithali Raj (run out) 74, Harmanpreet Kaur (not out) 8, Veda Krishnamurthy (not out) 0; Extras (lb-1, w-4) 5
Total (3 wkts; 20 overs) 134
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Nagarajan, 4.4 ov), 2-113 (D Thirushkamini, 17.4 ov), 3-132 (Mithali, 19.5 ov)
Bowling (Overs, dots, runs, wkts): Sujata Mallik 3-12-9-1, Ritu Singh 2-6-8-0, Reemalaxmi Ekka 2-6-19-0, Priyanka Sahu 4-9-25-0, Sushree Pradhan 4-3-28-0, Madhusmita Behera 4-4-29-0, Rajashree Swain 1-1-15-0
ODISHA: Madhuri Meheta (not out) 40, Madhusmita Behera st Verma b Yadav 21, Sarita Meher st Verma b Yadav 9, Pragyan Mohanty (not out) 9; Extras (w-1) 1
Total (2 wkts: 20 overs) 80
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Behera, 6.3 ov), 2-53 (Meher, 13.2 ov)
Bowling (Overs, dots, runs, wkts): Kavita 2-7-15-0, Ekta Bisht 4-14-12-0, Rajeshwari 4-12-19-0, Poonam Yadav 4-16-9-2, Niranjana Nagrajan 1-4-6-0, Sneh Rana 4-11-13-0, Harmanpreet Kaur 1-1-6-0.
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PHOTO: Railway captain Mithali Raj in action against Odisha on January 11.
