Senior women's T20: Jammu and Kashmir beat Mizoram by 4 wickets

Earlier, winning the toss and batting first, Mizoram openers were kept in check byJ&K’s medium pace bowling duo of Sarla Devi and Bismah Hassan.

They managed to score just eight runs in the first six overs before opener ShwetaJadhav was dismissed at her individual score of three runs by J&K skipper and offspinner Sandhya Sayal.

Zauli was another batter to be dismissed at her individual score off eight runs andthe team’s total of 27 runs in 8.4 overs.

However, Tarang Jha and skipper Apurwa Bharadwaj salvaged the sinking ship andtook the score to 98 runs in 19.3 overs.

Mizoram was able to post 101 run totalonboard on in the allotted 20 overs.

Tarang’s 50 off 44 deliveries were the highest scorer for them while Apurwa scored unbeaten 34 runs off 31 balls.For J&K, Sarla Devi was the pick of the bowlers, taking one wicket in her 4 oversby conceding just three runs.

In reply, J&K lost the opener, Sarla Devi, early in the innings when the score wasthree in 1.3 overs.

However, the pair of another opener Bawandeep Kour and number three batter Bushra Ashraf showed grit and tenacity to notch up a partnership of 58 runs and took the score to 61 runs in 11.3 overs, before Bushrawas dismissed at her individual score of 29 runs off 31 balls.

Then Bawandeep’s 34 runs off 40 balls and Nadia Chowdhary’s 22 off 25 ballshelped the team to chase the total in 19.2 overs.

Bismah Hassan also contributedunbeaten six runs to the total.For Mizoram, Puipuii and Rin Mawii took two wickets each, while Apurwa claimedone wicket.