Sanjula Naik helps South Zone go past East Zone in Womens U-19 Inter-Zonal two day tournament
South Zone faced East Zone on 29th Jan at JSCA Oval Ground, Ranchi on the final day of the Women’s U-19 Inter-Zonal two day tournament. Winning the toss and electing to bat first, South Zone posted 229 runs on boards, thanks to brilliant batting performance in the middle order. South Zone skipper Prathyusha (50) and Sanjula Naik (86) played exceedingly well. Their grit and determination saw South Zone crossing the 200 run mark in the first innings. Tanushree Sarkar was the pick of the bowlers as she grabbed 4-59 in 21.5 overs.
In reply, East Zone was bundled out for a paltry 135, courtesy Sanjula Naik’s (4-10) fabulous bowling efforts. Her all-round performance helped South Zone take the first innings lead. Anjali Singh was the top scorer for East Zone with 42 runs.
Coming in to bat in the second innings, sitting on a handsome lead of 94 runs, South Zone declared its innings for 51-3, setting up a target of 146 runs for East Zone. The match ended in a draw as East Zone managed to score 31-3 at the close of play.
South Zone bagged 3 points on the basis of the first innings lead and East Zone had to settle for 1 point.