In the final of the 2024 Senior Women’s Inter Zonal One Day Trophy, the zonal teams of West and Central are set to face off at Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara. The game is scheduled for 9:00 AM Indian Standard Time on the 9th of February 2024.
Squads:
West Zone – Yastika Bhatia, Riya Chaudhari, Jemimah Rodrigues, Bhavana Goplani, Tejal Hasabnis, Smriti Mandhana, Gautami Naik, Jayu Jadeja, Devika Vaidya, Sayali Satghare, Humeira Kazi, Anuja Patil, Haniben Patel, Radha Yadav, Saima Thakor, Manali Dakshini
Central Zone – Nuzhat Parween, Mona Meshram, Dayalan Hemalatha, Bharati Fulmali, Arushi Goel, Kriti Gupta, Srishti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Salonee Dangore, Ayushi Garg, Nikita Singh, Jyoti Choudhary, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Meghna Singh, Mansi Joshi, Sonal Kalal, Tanuja Kanwar, Sonam Yadav, Komal Zanzad
Players to watch out:
Yastika Bhatia
The 23-year-old keeper-batter has been in sublime touch in this competition, amassing 333 runs from 5 outings, striking at 111.37. Yastika has consistently been amongst runs and followed up her scores of 42, 38, 40, and 62 with a season-best of 151 in her most recent outing. The team will count on her to lead the scoring in the final.
Anuja Patil
The 31-year-old all-rounder has impressed in this tournament, accumulating 134 runs from 3 innings while also taking 9 wickets from 4 games. Anuja returned figures of 3/52 and 4/10 from her first couple of outings, and with the bat, an inning apart, registered scores of 68 and 48. She’ll be banked upon for the goods.
Bharati Fulmali
The 29-year-old middle-order batter, averaging 86.50, has added 173 runs to the tally from 4 outings and registered her season-best of 65 in her most recent outing. Bharati kicked off her campaign registering successive scores of 53 (71) and 40 (40), and an inning apart registered her season best. She is in form, and it’ll be hoped she capitalizes on it.
Poonam Yadav
The 32-year-old leg-spinner has been exceptional in this tournament, bagging 12 wickets from 5 games, averaging 12.16, and maintaining an economy rate of 3.60. Poonam has produced figures of 2/46, 1/6, a season-best of 6/48, and 3/33 in her previous 4 outings, and it’ll be expected of the veteran spinner to carry forward this form into the Final.
Pitch:
The Kotambi Stadium dishes a good wicket to bat on, and we can expect it to be no different for the game, with an average score in the 250s. The wicket will also provide enough assistance for bowlers, especially the spinners, who can change the course of the game.
Weather:
With sunny skies and a minimal chance of rain, the conditions are ideal for a complete game of cricket. The temperature is expected to be around 28°C, with light winds and humidity at 32%.
Fantasy playing XI:
Yastika Bhatia, Jemimah Rodrigues, Smriti Mandhana, Dayalan Hemalatha, Bharati Fulmali, Sneh Rana, Radha Yadav, Sayali Satghare, Anuja Patil, Poonam Yadav, Tanuja Kanwar
Match details:
Date – February 9, 2024
Time – 9:00 AM IST
Venue – Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara
Broadcast – Access live scores for all the games of the tournament on BCCI’s match center web portal.