Tanusree stars in Bengal’s report chase

Tanusree Sarkar’s glorious all-round present (three for 56 and 113) helped Bengal chase down a report goal of 390 and beat Haryana by 5 wickets for a spot within the Senior Girls’s one-day trophy semifinals on the Niranjan Shah Stadium, Floor-C, right here on Monday.

Haryana, despatched in to bat, benefitted from its skipper Shafali Verma’s breathtaking 197 (115b, 22×4, 11×6), containing some very good drives and flicks, to mixture a large 389 for 5 in 50 overs.

Bengal achieved the goal, the very best profitable chase in ladies’s Checklist-A cricket, with 5 balls to spare. The earlier report was 309, by Northern Districts towards Canterbury in 2019.

Tanusree, a right-arm medium pacer, broke Haryana’s 173-run opening stand, between Shafali and Reema Sisodia, earlier than claiming two extra. 

Shafali fell to Mita Paul.

In reply, openers Dhara Gujjar and Sasthi Mondal added 100 runs to offer Bengal a high-quality begin.

At No.3, Tanusree relished the batting-friendly circumstances and performed strokes everywhere in the park in her magnificent hundred (113, 83b, 20×4). She placed on 60 with Dhara and 111 with Priyanka Bala (88 not out, 81b, 8×4, 1×6).

After Tanusree, the player-of-the-match, was bowled by Triveni Vasistha within the 36^th over, Priyanka helped Bengal cross the road.

Bengal will meet the winner of the match between Railways and Maharashtra within the semifinals on Friday.

The scores: Haryana 389/5 in 50 overs (Shafali Verma 197, Sonia Mendhiya 61, Reema Sisodia 58, Triveni Vasistha 46, Tanusree Sarkar 3/56) misplaced to Bengal 390/5 in 49.1 overs (Tanusree Sarkar 113, Priyanka Bala 88 n.o., Dhara Gujjar 69, Sasthi Mondal 52).