*Bengal in record books, chases down mammoth total to enter semifinals of Senior Women’s One-Day Trophy*
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Khabar kolkata sports Desk: In one of most thrilling and successful run-chases in history of women’s cricket, Bengal Senior Women’s team has entered the record books, chasing down a mammoth target to stun Haryana by 5 wickets in the quarterfinal match to enter the semifinals of the domestic One-Day Trophy on Monday.
Set a massive target of 390 in 50 overs, Bengal went over the line comfortably, scoring 390/5 in 49.1 overs.
This is by far the highest successful chase in women’s List A cricket. The previous record was 309 by Northern Districts against Canterbury in 2019.
Tanushree Sarkar was the player of the match for her superb all-round show, bagging 3 for 56 followed by a match-winning 113 off 83 balls as Bengal entered the last-four stage in style.
“Yesterday during the pre-match meeting, I told the girls that the pitch will be batting friendly and no one should panic at any point during the match. Today during the innings break, I told the batters, have faith and belief in yourselves and we can do it. It was an unbelievable victory. To chase down a massive total like this, is special,” Bengal head coach Probal Dutta said.
India legend and team mentor Jhulan Goswami heaped praise on the players saying, “It is a fantastic win. To have the mindset of chasing down this massive target is brilliant. The girls believed in themselves and the win is truly special.”
Priyanka Bala (88 not out off 81), Dhara Gujjar (69 off 49), Sasthi Mondal (52 off 29), Prativa Rana (28 off 26), Mita Paul (12, 1-63) and Hrishita Basu (11 not out) were the other star performers for Bengal.
Put into bat, skipper Shafali Verma smashed a brilliant 197 off 115 balls to help Haryana post a mammoth total.
In reply, Dhara and Sasthi gave Bengal a flying start. Despite losing both openers, Bengal batters never gave up, instead kept believing, as the team chased the target down with five balls to spare.
PIC Courtesy by: CAB
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