Jyoti Kumari and Co. together help Chandigarh lift the maiden title of Women’s Premier League ‘18

Played at the famed MIG CC Bandra where the likes of Rohit Sharma and Prithvi Shaw have trained a lot. It was a crucial finals encounter between Chandigarh and MP and that too on a women’s day which made the event all the more special. Chandigarh who have a solid top order batting line up once again elected to bat first as they have seen successful results so far on winning the toss and setting a target.

Batting first, it was again the Mrs. Consistent Divya Sharma top scoring the innings with a superlative 41 off 38balls(7fours). She as always looked confident smashing some really good shots while the girls from the other end were losing quick wickets. Reena Rani at the middle order also gave a crucial contribution chipping in with 25* off 26balls (5fours). Chandigarh girls eventually reached a defendable total of 128/7 in 20 overs in which Chetna Bairagi was the pick of the bowler taking 2/29 in 4 overs.

Chasing 129 under crunch situation of the finale against talented lot of bowlers is always difficult and MP did face the heat of chasing as Chandigarh’s medium pacer Jyoti Kumari wrecked havoc over the batsman coming up with stunning bowling figures of 4/4 in 3 overs. Jyoti was simply impressive with her line and length bowling real tight. The rest of the bowlers also supporter her really well with all-rounder Reena Rani also bagging 2wkts with the ball.

MP was all out for 87runs as Chandigarh lift the maiden title of Women’s Premier League ’18 winning the match by 41runs. Jyoti Kumari for her fabulous spell was declared ‘man of the match while Divya’s contribution in the series and skipper Mamta’s ton also played a major role in them winning the series.

It was a successful end to the tournament preceded by the presence of Smt. Amruta Fadnavis (Wife of chief minister of Mahrashtra, Nutan Gavaskar & Ajit Tendulkar amongst other dignitaries).

Speaking to Cricketgraph- Skipper Mamta said “it was because of our collective team perfomance where all the girls gave their best we won the finals, also our strategy of taking singles and two’s played proved to be a success”

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