da bet7： Air India won their quarterfinal encounter against Delhi by eightwickets in the CricInfo Trophy women’s National Cricket Championshipat the Jorhat Stadium at Jorhat on Monday
21-Mar-2000Air India won their quarterfinal encounter against Delhi by eightwickets in the CricInfo Trophy women’s National Cricket Championshipat the Jorhat Stadium at Jorhat on Monday.Set a target of 180, Air India made a shaky start losing Anju Jain (5)with the score at 6 in the third over. But Anjum Chopra (82 not out of75 balls) and Mithali Raj (58 runs of 50 balls) laid the foundationfor the victory with a 131-run stand in 23.5 overs for the secondwicket. Then Anjum Chopra and Mamta Mamben (14 not out of 12 balls)guided Air India towards victory in 35.1 overs.Earlier, winning the toss and electing to bat, Delhi lost opener RakhiMehra (15) at 20 in the fourth over. But S Jaya (35 runs of 77 balls)and Sima Wadhwa (14) added 50 runs in 12.3 overs for the secondwicket. Then M Reema (51 runs of 72 balls) joined Jaya in a fourthwicket stand that realised 44 runs in 12.3 overs. After the departureof Jaya, Asha Jain (13) and Reema added 26 runs for the fifth wicketin 5.3 overs. But once the fifth wicket fell at 148, Delhi lost itsway and managed only 179 in the alloted 40 overs.