North Zone takes the lead against West Zone in Womens U-19 two day tournament

West Zone and North Zone locked horns against each other at Ranchi in the on-going women’sU-19 inter-zonal two day tournament. Winning the toss and electing to bat first, West Zone was bundled out for a paltry 149 in 59.5 overs. Renuka Chaudhari (53) and Tejal Hasabnis (54) were the only two batswomen to have scored majority of the runs. Harleen Deol rattled the West Zone batting line-up with a five wicket haul and received good backing from Vandana Chaturvedi (3-38) and Komalpreet Kour (2-11).

In response, North Zone scored 210 in 76.3 overs, taking the first innings lead of 61 runs. After shining with the ball, Harleen Deol (47) came out strong with the bat, as she top scored for her team. Tejal Hasabnis swinged her arm to pick up 4-36 in 25.3 overs.

In the second innings, when West Zone trailed by 61 runs, it was important for them to not lose wickets.  Yastika Bhatia (43*) and Jemimah Rodrigues (45) just did what the doctor had ordered for and provided West Zone with a solid start. The two-day play ended with West Zone scoring 101-1 in 39 overs in their second innings. North Zone grabbed 3 points, thanks to their first innings lead and West Zone had to settle with 1 point.

Brief scores: West Zone 149-10 in 59.5 overs (R Chaudhari 53, T Hasabnis 54; H Deol 5-39) and 101-1 in 39 overs (Y Bhatia 43*, J Rodrigues 45) vs North Zone 210-10 in 76.3 overs (H Deol 47, S Gulia 34; T Hasabnis 4-36)