Bengal knocks out defending champs Railways,
storms into final of Sr Women’s One-Day Trophy


27th December 2024
In one of the most consistent performances in women’s cricket history, Bengal chased down a massive target once again to outclass defending champions Railways by six wickets in the semifinal clash in Rajkot on Friday to storm into the final of the Senior Women’s One-Day Trophy.
After scripting a record in the quarterfinals by chasing down a mammoth target, Bengal has done it again to chase down a 300-plus score in the last-four clash.
Set a challenging target of 301 in the semifinal, Bengal went over the line comfortably, scoring 301/4 in 49 overs.
Dhara Gujjar was awarded the player of the match for her brilliant match-winning 123 off 123 balls. She smashed 16 boundaries. Mita Paul (76 off 66) and Tanushree Sarkar (35 off 47) also impressed with the bat.
“I wanted to follow the basics. We were looking to take the game deep and get close to the target. The pitch was good for batting and for a set batter it was an advantage. My partnership with Mita helped us a lot,” Dhara said.
Bengal will next face Madhya Pradesh in the summit clash on Monday. Bengal Women have thus made it to back-to-back finals in the season after making the summit clash in T20 Trophy earlier.
Batting first, Railways posted 300/5 in 50 overs, thanks to C H Jhansi Lakshmi (120) and Nuzhat Parween (116).
Skipper Saika Ishaque bagged 3 for 48 for Bengal while Tanushree clinched one.
Chasing the target, Dhara and Sasthi Mondal (21) gave Bengal a fine start. Later on, Dhara and Mita added a superb 152 runs for the third wicket to take team closer to victory.
In the end, Priyanka Bala (20 not out) and Prativa Rana (14 not out) remained unbeaten to take team over the line.

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