Karnataka also opened their campaign with a 7-wicket win over Jharkhand. In a high scoring match of the day, skipper Geeta Mahto (50) scored a half-century to help Jharkhand post 156-6 in 20 overs. However, Varsha U played a crucial unbeaten knock of 32 as the Karnataka women (157-3) chased down the target in 17 overs. For her match-winning efforts, Varsha was adjudged best player of the match.
Earlier put into bat, the West Bengal batswomen failed to post runs on the board as they were bundled out for 32 in 10.5 overs with no batswoman reaching double figures, courtesy some good performances by Delhi in the field as five West Bengal players were run-out. Raksha and Namita too were impressive in the bowling department as they shared four wickets between them and returned with figures of 2-8 in 3 overs and 2-3 in 1.5 overs respectively while the remaining wicket was taken by Shreya (1-3 in 1 over).
In reply, opener Arti Nab (16) and Rashmi Ramola (12) remained unbeaten as Delhi scored 34-1 to chase down the target comfortably in 5.2 overs.
Later in the day, Maharashtra beat Kerala by eight wickets. Captain Ganga Kadam (22) put on an unbeaten 63-run third-wicket partnership with Chandrakala to help Maharashtra chase down the 93- run target.
( With inputs from IANS )
