Women's U23 T20 Trophy : Manipur suffer 6-wicket loss to Nagaland
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 19 2023:
Manipur slumped to a 6-wicket loss to Nagaland in their 6th tie of the ongoing Women's U23 T20 Trophy at Sports Hub International Cricket stadium, Trivandrum today.
It was the fifth loss in 6 matches for Manipur after the fifth tie against Himachal Pradesh on December 17 was abandoned.
Manipur won the toss and opted to bat first today.
But they ended up adding a meagre total of 93 runs for 4 wickets.
Nagaland the chased down the target in 17.4 overs with 6 wickets left to spare.
After losing Linthoingambi RK 9 and Kalpana 1 cheaply to Merensola (2/13 in 4 overs), Niruta 38 not out and Seterny 28 managed slow double digit figures to lead Manipur to 93 runs.
Nagaland's Sariba also finished with a two wicket haul (2/16 in 4 overs) removing Seterny and Kiranbala Haorungbam 8 .
In reply, Najmeen Khatun 24 and Sentilemla 39 not out forged a significant 52 run partnership to steer Nagaland to winning 94 in 17.4 overs.
Kiranbala, L Linthoi and Niruta all picked up a wicket apiece in a losing cause.
Manipur will play Jharkhand in the next match on December 21 .