Manipur suffer 262 run loss in Senior Women's One Day Trophy opener
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 04 2024:
Manipur slumped to a huge 262-run loss against Madhya Pradesh in their Senior Women's One Day Trophy Group A opener today at CAP Ground 4, Puducherry.
Manipur won the toss and opted to field first only to see Madhya Pradesh post a total of 350 runs courtesy double century stand from openers PN Khemnar and Anushka Sharma.
Manipur then got bundled out for just 88 runs in 48.2 overs.
PN Khemnar struck an impressive 117 off 90 balls (11 fours and 2 sixes) and Anushka Sharma hit 103 off 95 deliveries (11 fours and 1 six) to forge a formidable 229 runs for the first wicket to gave Madhya Pradesh a flying start before Nikita Singh (45) and Soumya Tiwari (54 not out) gathered another 77 runs off 77 balls for the fourth wicket partnership.
The innings saw N Monica pick three wickets including both the openers to return with the best bowling figures of 3/40 in 10 overs and Th Mangalsana picked the wicket of Nikita Singh to finish with the bowling figures of 1/50 in 9 overs.
In the chase, Manipur wickets tumbled down in regular interval as Vaishnavi Sharma (3/16 in 10 overs), Manjiri Gawade (2/16 in 5 overs) and Poonam Soni (2/20 in 8.2 overs) put in a concerted effort to set up Manipur collapse at 88.Kalpana emerged the highest run getter for Manipur with 19 runs off 76 balls followed by Monica 11 and Niruta 10 .
Manipur will play Odisha in the next match on January 6 .