LEISURE ZONE REGISTERS 29-RUN WIN OVER PLAZA ZONE

Face2News/Chandigarh:

A brilliant half-century from Monika Pandey helped Rock Zone to script a 21-run victory over Rose Zone in the first league match of the UTCA Combined Women's T20 Tournament being kicked off at Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36 on Tuesday.

Batting first, Rock Zone gave a solid start with openers Monika Pandey (61) and Nikita Nain (21). Both stitched a partnership of 75 runs.

Thereafter, both the wickets fell in the same over and lower order batters failed to accelerate the pace of runs and were restricted to 105/8 runs in the stipulated twenty overs. Kashvee Gautam (3/15) was the pick of the bowlers from opposition. In reply Rose Zone, struggling at 46/5 was later bundled out for 84 runs. Kashvee and Yashika contributed 18 runs each. 

In another match of the day, Leisure Zone registered a 29-run win over Plaza Zone. Leisure Zone scored 169/2 with the help of Aaradhna Bisht (57). Parushi Prabhakar added 38 runs while Twinkle Pathak contributed 29 runs. In reply, Plaza Zone could score only 140/6 runs wherein Palak Rana (55) was the top scorer.