Senior Women’s One-Day Trophy Elite: Sonal Kalal’s five-wicket haul leads Rajasthan to 4-wkt win over Bengal

Jaipur: Rajasthan eves continued their impressive run with a four-wicket victory over Bengal in the Senior Women's One-Day Trophy Elite match at the GSFC Cricket Ground in Vadodara on Monday.Rajasthan captain Sumitra Jat won the toss and decided to field first. Bengal were skittled out for 196 in 47.1 overs as they could not handle Rajasthan spinner Sonal Kalal, who returned with a brilliant figures of 10-0-50-5. Sangita Kumawat, Rinku Tak, Shanu and Koushalya Choudhary claimed wicket apiece.
Rajasthan, who defeated Uttarakhand by 27 runs on Saturday, romped home in 45.2 overs with four wickets to spare. Ayush Garg (47), Suman Meena (42) and last match star Sangita Kumawat (39) laid the foundation, while Dimple Kanwar gave the finishing touches with an unbeaten 42. Bidisha Dey (3-36) and Sujata Dey (2-24) tried hard for Bengal but could not prevent defeat for their team.For her five-wicket haul, Sonal Kala was adjudged player-of-the-match.Brief ScoresBengal 196 in 47.1 overs (Saika Ishaque 48, Sujata Dey 43, P Bala 30; Sonal Kalal 5-50, Sangita Kumawat 1-13, Rinku Tak 1-24, Shanu 1-33, Koushalya Choudhary 1-35) lost to Rajasthan 197/6 in 45.2 overs (Ayush Garg 47, Dimple Kanwar 42*, Suman Meena 42, Sangita Kumawat 39, Koushalya Choudhary 6*; Bidisha Dey 3-36, Sujata Dey 2-24) by 4 wickets.