Senior Women's T20 League | A mix of close encounters and all battles

Senior Women’s T20 League’s Elite Group matches began on 18th April 2022. The day saw a mix of close encounters and one-sided battles. Here’s a look at the talking points across matches. 

Elite Group

An all-round performance from Amanjot Kaur seal a thumping victory for Chandigarh over Karnataka

Veda Krishnamurthy-led Karnataka had a disastrous start to their campaign as they got bowled out for 65 in 17.1 overs. The out-of-favour Indian middle-order batter Krishnamurthy could only manage a score of all. She fell to all-rounder Amanjot Kaur, who scalped three vital wickets. Amanjot scored 19* not out with the bat to get the team over the line. 

Brief scores: Chandigarh 67/4 (Amanjot Kaur 19*, S Shubha 24/2) defeated Karnataka 65/10 (Niki Prasad 26*, Amanjot Kaur 7/3, Rajni Devi 13/3) by 6 wickets

Defending champions Railways begin their campaign with a convincing victory over Himachal Pradesh

Star Indian all-rounder Sneh Rana-led Railways began their title defence with a comprehensive 64-run victory over Himachal Pradesh. S.Meghana (47), a part of the World Cup reserve squad, stitched a 103-run opening partnership with Swagatika Rath (69). However, Himachal never looked settled to chase down a stiff score as Rajeshwari Gayakwad snared four wickets.

Brief scores: Railways 181/4 (Swagatika Rath 69, S Meghana, D Hemalatha 35*) defeated Himachal Pradesh 117/10 (Prachi Chauhan 32, Harleen Deol 24, Rajeshwari Gayakwad 18/4) by 64 runs

Andhra hand Smriti-led Maharashtra a crushing defeat

Smriti Mandhana failed with the bat as Maharashtra fell short of Andhra’s target by 41 runs. Saranya Gadwal ran through Maharashtra’s batting line-up and added five wickets to her tally.

Brief scores: Andhra 136/6 (N Anusha 38, M D Sonawane 32/4) defeated Maharashtra 95/9 (T S Hasabnis 39, Saranya Gadwal 15/5) by 41 runs

Skipper Jemimah puts in an all-around show as Mumbai crush Bengal

Jemimah Rodrigues led from the front with a 31-ball 46 and scalped two wickets. M Dakshini scored an unbeaten 24-ball 43 for Mumbai to get the team’s total to 158/6. Three of Bengal’s top four, including Deepti Sharma, returned without troubling the scores. 

Brief scores: Mumbai 158/6 ( Jemimah Rodrigues 46, M Dakshini 43*) defeated Bengal 113/10 (Mita Paul 36, Jemimah Rodrigues 6/2, S Thakor 14/2) by 45 runs

Other matches

Haryana 158/7 (Shafali Verma 50, Suman Gulia 31, Neelam Bisht 18/2) defeated Punjab 155/3 (Harmanpreet Kaur 64*, Suman Gulia 12/1) by 3 wickets

Odisha 150/2 (Madhuri Mehta 66*, Kajal Jena 60*) defeated Chhattisgarh 79/5 (Shivani Krishna 24*, Priyanka Priyadarshini 13/2) by 71 runs

Kerala 116/2 ( Minnu Mani 50*, Shanu 9/1) defeated Rajasthan 113/5 (SP Kumawat 46, D Mohanan 6/1) by 8 wickets

Tripura 94/1 (Ambika Debnath 51*, Apurva Kumari 23/1) defeated Bihar 89/10 (Prity 34, N Debnath 11/2, SH Chakroborty 20/2) by 9 wickets

Uttar Pradesh 130/7 (Shipra Giri 65, Kanchan Nagwani 23/2) defeated Vidarbha 124/7 (LM Inamdar 22, Shilpi Yadav 16/3, Rashi Kanojiya 33/3) by 6 runs

Hyderabad 143/6 (Ramya 44, Anitha K 34*, Delphi 19/2) defeated Meghalaya 79/8 (Rubi Chetri 30, B Shravani 13/1) by 64 runs

Delhi 107/1 (Priya Punia 44*, Tanisha Singh 35*) defeated Madhya Pradesh 106/8 (Priya Mishra 13/2, Babita Negi 21/2) by 9 wickets

Assam 106/5 (Gayatri Gurung 32, N Chavda 17/2) defeated Saurashtra 87/9 (Monikha Das 13/2, Mousumi Narah 15/2) by 19 runs

Jharkhand 101/2 (Mamtha Kanojia 48*, A Eloksi 13/1) defeated Tamil Nadu 100/8 (Thirushkamini 58*, Nidhi B 23/3) by 8 wickets

Goa 104/6 (Shikha Pandey 22, Vinavi Gurav 20*, Renuka Chaudhari 23/3) defeated Gujarat 103/7 (Simran 45, Shikha Pandey 25/2, Poorva Bhaidkar 12/2) by 4 wickets

Uttarakhand 142/4 (Sarika Koli 83, N Y Patel 16/2) defeated Baroda 139/6 (Radha Yadav 42, A N Tomar 29/2, Sarika Koli 32/2) by 3 runs

Plate Group

Manipur 146/9 (Ganga W 51, Shivi Yadav 30/4) defeated Arunachal Pradesh 65/10 (Monica 10/2) by 81 runs

Pondicherry 90/9 (BS Tamore 21, Pranita 9/2) defeated Sikkim 86/7 (T O Lepcha 26, Divya Shanmugam 20/2) by 4 runs

Nagaland 125/4 (KP Navgire 47, PN Khemnar 34) defeated Jammu & Kashmir 93/6 (Sarla Devi 30, Gautami Naik 12/1) by 32 runs