Deepti’s heroics put East on the path to victory
Off spin is king as 13 out of the 17 wickets to fall on day two was snapped up across both teams in the final of the Senior Women’s Inter Zonal MultiDay trophy between East and South Zone here on Wednesday.
East could only add 21 runs to its overnight score of 108, with South skipper Minnu Mani and S. Sajana splitting five wickets between them. Minnu caught Titas Sadhu off her own bowling to complete a fivewicket haul which left East still trailing by four runs.
Miriyala Durga teamed up with G. Kamalini for a 41run stand off 81 balls for the second wicket, wearing the East bowlers down. Kamalini was dismissed after Richa Ghosh took a simple catch behind the stumps off Deepti’s bowling. Minnu Mani then joined Durga for what would be the most crucial
Star performers:
Minnu and Durga’s crucial stand powered South to a competitive total.
partnership of the innings. The pair wore down the opponents with a stand of 61 in 166 balls for the fourth wicket.
Durga would soon be dismissed by Dhara Gujjar for a 130ball 64. After Minnu found her stumps rattled by Annapurna Das, Deepti made a meal of the lowerorder to wind up with a target of 183. She finally finished with six scalps, taking her tournament tally to 27.
Arundhati pegged one back in South’s favour trap
ping Durga plumb before the wicket. Sajana struck in her third over, taking out the dangerous Dhara.
With 154 runs still needed and two days to get them, East has plenty of batting stocks to come and will be confident of seeing this campaign through to podium.
The scores:
South 133 and 179 in 70.5 overs (M. Durga 64, Minnu Mani 31, Deepti Sharma 6/61) vs East 129 in 43.4 overs (Richa Ghosh 25, Minnu Mani 5/47) and 30/2 in 13.2 overs.