Showing an enormous hunger for scoring runs, talented 14-year-old schoolgirl Ira Jadhav demonstrated her batting prowess and skills by cracking an unbeaten 182 runs to guide Glorious Cricket Club to an emphatic 198-run victory against Regal Cricket Club in a third round ‘B’ Division match of the Mumbai Cricket Association organized MCA Women’s League 2024 and played at the Khar Gymkhana ground on Thursday.
Young 14-year-old Ira Jadhav cracked an unbeaten 182 runs in leading Glorious CC to a 198-run victory.
Sent in to bat, Glorious CC batters, in particular the teenage opener Ira, continued in an aggressive fashion and dominated the rival bowling attack and hammered the bowlers to all corners of the park. Her humongous innings came from just 114 balls and was studded with 23 well-timed shots to the boundary ropes and nine well-timed sixes. Besides Ira’s effort, Jetsun Chee was the only other batter to contribute 27 runs. In reply, Regal CC were bowled out for 133 in 34.1 overs. The leading scorers was Harshal Jadhav 39 runs, Shrushti Naik 23 runs and Monika Tiwari 20 runs, while Glorious CC bowlers Karuna Ghare 2 for 21 and Bhargavi Patil 2 for 23 runs claimed the wickets.
In other matches, Sporting Union Club defeated Borivali CC won by six wickets and Dahisar SC handed J. Bhatia SC a 149-run defeat. Dahisar’s Radhika Thakkar also scored a century scoring an unbeaten 107 runs (77-balls, 16x4s, 2x6s) to power their win.
Brief scores – Group-B: Glorious CC 331 for 3, 37 overs (Ira Jadhav 182* (114-balls, 23x4s, 9x6s), Jetsun Chee 27; Sushma Patil 1/29) beat Regal CC 133 all out, 34.1 overs (Harshal Jadhav 39, Shrushti Naik 23, Monika Tiwari 20; Karuna Ghare 2/21, Bhargavi Patil 2/23).
Borivali CC 154 all out, 38.1 overs (Gargee Warang 38, Tanishi Shah 32, Priyanka Rathod 20; Janhavi Wadkar 3/16, Unnati Gharat 2/15) lost Sporting Union Club 155 for 4, 30.2 overs (Juili Bhekare 34, Swara Khedekar 29, Yashvi Gori 20; Ruya Vanjale 2/20).
Dahisar SC 252 for 3, 40 overs (Radhika Thakkar 107* (77-balls, 16x4s, 2x6s), Soumya Singh 77*, Tanvi Gawade 26, Sneha Raorane 25; Dhanashri Parab 2/35) beat J. Bhatia SC 103 all out, 36 overs (Poonam Pal 45; Priyanka Golipkar 3/12, Vaishnavi Desai 3/28, Priya Joshi 2/12).