Excelsior Sports Corresponden
JAMMU, Apr 30: Jammu and Kashmir women cricket is unquestionably on upswing as five members of JKCA’s Senior Women Cricket team emerged as the All India toppers in the list of dot-ball bowlers in BCCI’s Senior Women T20 Trophy, being held across various venues in the country.
Ambidextrous cricketer Sarla Devi was on number-1 spot with 101 dot-balls off 24 overs she bowled in her six group-stage matches, leaving behind ace bowlers of the country, vying for the top honours in this tournament, while left-arm spinner Nadia Chowdhary and right-arm off-spinner Sandhya Sayal with 97 dot-balls each were on number-2 and number-3 spots respectively, while right-arm medium pacer Bismah Hassan was on 4th spot with 95 dot-balls and right-arm medium pace bowler Rubia Sayed with 91 dot-balls grabbed the 5th spot.
These top slot holders from J&K were followed by KP Navgire, Rozario, Janaki, Monica and so on from other States/UTs in this race.
The excellence of the JKCA women teams can be gauged from the fact that seniors qualified for the knock-outs in One-Dayers and won five out of the six matches in T20s, while juniors also scripted five wins out of six games in the only format they took part, besides two girls made it to the Challengers Trophy and three already got nod of the National selectors for National Cricket Academy (NCA).
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