da bet sport： Displaying all round efficiency, holders Indian Railways thrashedPunjab by nine wickets in the semifinals of the Cricinfo Trophy SeniorWomen’s National Cricket Championship at the Gymkhana Ground in Jorhaton Wednesday
23-Mar-2000Displaying all round efficiency, holders Indian Railways thrashedPunjab by nine wickets in the semifinals of the Cricinfo Trophy SeniorWomen’s National Cricket Championship at the Gymkhana Ground in Jorhaton Wednesday. Railways’ superiority was so marked that they wrapped upthe 90 overs a side two day semifinal on the first day itself.Having to score 85 for an entry into the title round, Railways reachedthe target in 29.2 overs. The only player to be dismissed wasHemalatha Kala who scored eight in a total of 18. But opener RajaniSharma (33 not out off 44 balls) and Rajini Venugopal (39 not out off56 balls) added 67 runs for the unbroken second wicket off 24.2 oversto help Railways reach the target comfortably.Earlier, electing to bat, Punjab were all out for 84 runs in 57.5overs. Punjab started disastrously, losing four of its top orderbatswomen with only 38 runs scored. They then lost wickets at regularintervals. Only Gulshan (25), Anjali Sharma (25) and Rajani Bhalla(12) reached double figures for Punjab. Deepa Kulkarni was quitedevasatating in picking up five wickets for three runs in 8.5 overs asshe wiped out the Punjab tail.