Ankita Burman’s 51 and a three-wicket haul from off-spinner Sushmita Ganguly lead Nadia to thrash Hooghly in CAB Women’s Inter-District T20 Tournament Final by 81 runs at Jadavpur University Saltlake Campus Ground.
Nadia skipper Mita Paul decided to bat first, after winning the toss. The openers made a blistering start, taking 20 runs from the very first over. They maintained the momentum in the upcoming over, to put up 51 runs in the first six overs, without losing any wicket. Skipper Mita Paul hit 31 from 24 balls (4*4), adding 59 runs for the first wicket along with Ankita. Shreya Dutta gave Hooghly their first break when Mita was sent back to the pavilion. She went to hoick a full toss but gave a simple catch to her counterpart, Prativa Rana.
After the fall of Mita who has hit two half-centuries in the tournament, Nadia lost another two wickets in the next over, leaving 61/3 in the 8th over. Ankita, on the other hand, kept the innings going, with the singles while founding the boundaries. Ankita completed her half-century in 48 balls and hit 4 boundaries in her innings. At the same time, she added 39 runs with Sushmita in 7 overs while another 38 runs for the next wicket to take the total to 140 runs.
In reply, Hoogly’s innings was a sharp contrast, compared to that of Nadia’s. Nadia started with spinners from both the end. Skipper herself bowled two tight overs while Jhumia Khatun and Sushmita operated from the other end. It never looked like Hoogly was in the chase. They lost wickets at regular intervals. Sansthita Biswas, who played a crucial knock of 39 in the semifinal against Siliguri, was sent back within the power-play, while they managed to score only 16 runs. The variety of spinners made life horrible for the opponent.
If off-spinner Sushmita Biswas was the wrecker-in-chief with her three wickets in 4 overs, left-arm spinner Koel Sutradhar chipped in with 2 wickets in her allotted 4 overs. None of the batters except Prativa Rana (15) and Sansthita Biswas (13) touched the double-figure mark. Akita was declared as the Player of Match, for her 51.
This was one of the two tournaments that were organized by CAB for Women cricketers amidst the cold eyes of COVID-19 situation. 18 districts were divided into 6 groups, while the best 8 made it to the quarterfinals. While Nadia defeated North 24 Parganas by 18 runs in one semifinal, Hoogly thrashed Siliguri by 39 runs in their way to the final.
Brief Score: NADIA DSA: 140/5 (Ankita Burman 53, Rajanya Maity 2/15) defeated HOOGHLY DSA: 59/9 (Prative Rana 15,Sushmita Ganguly 3/11) by 81 runs.
Best 5 Bowlers
| Innings | balls | wicket | run conceded | average | economy | strike-rate | |
Ankita Mohanto (Siliguri) | 4 | 96 | 9 | 76 | 8.44 | 4.75 | 10.67 |
Sushmita Ganguly (Nadia) | 5 | 80 | 8 | 64 | 8 | 4.8 | 10 |
Mita Paul (Nadia) | 5 | 78 | 6 | 34 | 5.67 | 2.62 | 13 |
Rama Mahato (Hoogly) | 5 | 78 | 6 | 47 | 7.83 | 3.62 | 13 |
Sangita Dutta (Hoogly) | 5 | 90 | 6 | 59 | 9.83 | 3.93 | 15 |
Credit : CAB
Best 5 Batters
| Player (Distrcit) | Innings | NO | Runs | Best | Average | Balls Faced | Strike Rate | 50/100 |
| Shrabani Paul (Burdawan) | 3 | 2 | 196 | 86 | 196 | 173 | 113.29 | 2/0 |
Titas Sadhu (Hoogly) | 5 | 1 | 187 | 79 | 46.75 | 156 | 119.87 | 2/0 |
Mita Paul (Nadia) | 4 | 1 | 185 | 83 | 61.67 | 156 | 118.59 | 2/0 |
Ankita Chakrobarty (Howrah) | 3 | 3 | 178 | 88 | – | 174 | 102.3 | 1/0 |
Tanushree Sarkar (North 24 Parganas) | 4 | 1 | 176 | 63 | 58.67 | 119 | 147.9 | 2/0 |
The Results in a Nutshell.
Group A
| Distrcit | Played | Won | Lost | NR | Point | Status |
| NADIA DSA. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Qualified |
| MIDNAPORE DSA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| BANKURA DSA | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1.BANKURA DSA: 53/8 (Parama Mondal 11, Sushmita Saha 2/7) lost to MIDNAPORE DSA: 54/1 (Sushmita Saha 18*, Barsha Das 1/14) by 9 wickets.
2.NADIA DSA.: 147/4 (Mita Paul 88*, Purnima Maity 2/21) defeated MIDNAPORE DSA: 81/5 (Moupia Mondal 17, Mouli Mandal 1/3) by 66 runs.
3. BANKURA DSA: 42/10 (Parama Mondal 20, Mita Paul 3/5 ) lost to NADIA DSA.: 43/1 (Ankita Burman 17, Barsha Das 1/13 ) by 9 wickets.
Group B
| Distrcit | Played | Won | Lost | NR | Point | Status |
| SILIGURI MKP | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Qualified |
| BURDWAN DSA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Qualified |
| COOCHBIHAR DSA | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
SILIGURI MKP: 173/5 (Priyanka Kurmi 60 , Anushree Guha 1/5) defeated COOCHBIHAR DSA: 64/9 (Sudipta Sarkar 9, Aishani Raj 2/9) by 109 runs.
BURDWAN DSA: 185/1 (Shrabani Paul 86, Mallika Roy 1/45) defeated COOCHBIHAR DSA: 78/9 (Sanchita Adhikary 21, Soumoyashree 3/16) by 107 runs.
BURDWAN DSA: 130/5 (Shrabani Paul 42, Punam Soni 2/17) lost to SILIGURI MKP: 131/3 (Richa Ghosh 51*, Bidisha Dey 1/15) by 7 wickets.
Group C
| Distrcit | Played | Won | Lost | NR | Point | Status |
| UTTAR DINAJPUR DSA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Qualified |
| BIRBHUM DSA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| MALDA DSA. | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
MALDA DSA.: 86/7 (Shilpi Das 18, Janaki Sarkar 2/10) lost to UTTAR DINAJPUR DSA: 90/6 ( Sushmita Paul 19*, Rasmani Das 4/22) by 4 wickets.
BIRBHUM DSA: 80/9 (Soumi Das 21, Prity Bhadra 2/15 ) lost to UTTAR DINAJPUR DSA: 83/2 (Ankita Sinha 37*, Simran Rashidee 1/18) by 8 wickets.
MALDA DSA.: 76/6 (Preyasee Pandey 14, Simran Rashidee 2/11) lost to BIRBHUM DSA: 77/1 (Simran Rashidee 19*, Rasmani Das 1/33) by 9 wickets.
Group D
| Distrcit | Played | Won | Lost | NR | Point | Status |
| NORT 24 PGS DSA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Qualified |
| HOWRAH DSA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Qualified |
| DAKSHIN DINAJPORE DSA | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
HOWRAH DSA: 192/0 (Ankita Chakrabarty 88*, Brishti Maji 69*) defeated DAKSHIN DINAJPORE DSA: 32/8 (Rituparna Sarkar 10*, Swati Shaw 3/1) by 160 runs.
NORTH 24 PGS DSA: 165/4 (Tanushree Sarkar 63*, Sangita Karmakar 1/16) DAKSHIN DINAJPORE DSA: 43/5 (Rituparna Sarkar 12, Tapati Paul 2/2) defeated 122 runs.
NORT 24 PGS DSA: 120/5 (Tanushree Sarkar 52, Monika Mal 2/12) defeated HOWRAH DSA: 119/7 (Brishti Maji 45, Trisha Bera 3/18) by 1 run.
Group E
| Distrcit | Played | Won | Lost | NR | Point | Status |
| SOUTH 24 PGS DSA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Qualified |
| CHANDERNAGORE DSA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| MANBHUM DSA | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
MANBHUM DSA: 59/7 (Simran Singh 15, Kayal 2/ 12) lost to SOUTH 24 PGS DSA: 62/0 (Dhara Gujjar 42*) by 10 wickets.
CHANDERNAGORE DSA: 167/2 (Antara Ghosh 52*, Sweta Singh 1/33) defeated MANBHUM DSA: 87/4 (Ishika Barui 54, Namita Mondal 1/8) by 80 runs.
SOUTH 24 PGS DSA: 105/9 (Anamika Das 42, Juin Singha Roy 3/12 ) defeated CHANDERNAGORE DSA: 98/5 (Juin Singha Roy 30, Payel Vakaria 1/15) by 7 runs.
Group F
| Distrcit | Played | Won | Lost | NR | Point | Status |
| HOOGHLY DSA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Qualified |
| JALPAIGURI DSA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| MURSHIDABAD DSA | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
HOOGHLY DSA: 206/4 (Titash Sadhu 79*,Paramita Roy 1/9) defeated MURSHIDABAD DSA: 55/9 (Chadrima Biswas 12, Sangita Dutta 4/8) by 151 runs.
MURSHIDABAD DSA: 85/7 ( Riya Das 19, Rukmini Roy 2/8) lost to JALPAIGURI DSA: 88/3 (Isha Sah 29*, Ananya Halder 3/29) by 7 wickets.
HOOGHLY DSA: 128/6 (Titas Sadhu 58, Moumita Sarkar 2/16) defeated JALPAIGURI DSA: 51/8 (Debjani Saha 27*, Sangita Dutta 2/8) by 77 runs.
Quaterfinals:
BURDWAN DSA: 109/6 (Shrabani Paul 68*, Titas Sadhu 2/15) lost to HOOGHLY DSA: 110/8 (Titas Sadhu 43, Soumoyashree 2/11 ) by 2 wickets.
NADIA DSA.: 141/4 (Mita Paul 71, Ranjana Jadav 2/25) deafeated HOWRAH DSA: 116/4 (Ankita Chakrobarty 49*, Sushmita Ganguly 2/32 ) by 25 runs.
SOUTH 24 PGS DSA: 49/10 (Priti Kayal 25, Ankita Mahato 3/8) lost to SILIGURI MKP: 51/3 (Richa Ghosh 25, Dhara Gujjar 1/6) by 7 wickets.
NORT 24 PGS DSA: 168/3 (Prinka Sarkar 67*, Janaki Sarkar 1/15) defeated UTTAR DINAJPUR DSA: 61/10 (Shibani Roy 15, Priyosi Aich 3/8) by 107 runs.
Semi Finals:
HOOGHLY DSA: 130/5 (Sansthita Biswas 39, Ankita Mohanto 3/22) defeated SILIGURI MKP: 91/9 (Priyanka Kurmi 25, Titas Sadhu 2/7) by 39 runs.
NADIA DSA.: 125/2 (Jhumia Khatun 82*, Prinka Sarkar 1/9) defeated NORTH 24 PGS DSA: 107/6 (Prinka Sarkar 40*, Mita Paul 2/11) by 18 runs.