HP beats J&K by 5 wkts

Women Cricket team of Himachal Pradesh posing for group photograph during a match in Jammu.
Women Cricket team of Himachal Pradesh posing for group photograph during a match in Jammu.

JKCA Sr Women’s Preparatory Camp

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 11: Teamwork helped the young but well-knit side of Himachal Pradesh to outplay Jammu and Kashmir by 5 wickets in the ongoing practice match series as part of JKCA senior women T20 team’s preparatory camp at JKCA Hostel Ground, here today.
Earlier, winning the toss and batting first, J&K scored a modest total of 99 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Openers Shivanti Gupta and Anju Tomar after a sedate start took the score to 56 runs in 11 overs before Shivanti retired hurt at her individual score of 31 runs off 38 balls. Anju also contributed 37 runs off 42 balls. Himachal Pradesh, in reply, chased the target in 18.4 overs, losing 5 wickets in the process, thus winning the match by 5 wickets.
For J&K, Nadia Chowdhary took 2 wickets by conceding 24 runs in 4 overs, while skipper Sandhya Sayal and Rubia Syed claimed 1 wicket each. Both the teams will take on each other in the final practice match of the series at the same venue tomorrow. Chandigarh was also part of this practice match series.