Cricket: State eves suffer heavy defeat
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, January 21 2023:
Manipur were handed a heavy 181-run defeat by Chhattisgarh in their Senior Women's One Day Trophy match at Darshanam Sports and Education Academy, Vadodara (Gujarat) on Saturday.
Batting first, Chhattisgarh accumulated 271 for 8 in 50 overs with the help of Shivi Pandey (139), Shilpa Sahu (69), Manpreet Kaur (26) and Deepika Tiwari (12).ln reply, Manipur batted 46.5 over but could only muster 90 .
In the chase, efforts from Ganga W (21), Linthoingambi (13), Milan Y (12) and Chingkhei M (10) proved to be far too little to surmount the opposition's competitive total.
The state team lost three wickets to Kriti Gupta, two to Pransu Priya and one each to Urmila Harina and Ritu Meshram.
Earlier, Chingkhei M scalped three wickets while Ganga W and Milan Y took two each for Manipur.