The defending champions Railways took on Odisha in the Elite Group A match at Khandhari Stadium, Rajkot. Railways skipper Mithali Raj won the toss and chose to field first. The Railways bowlers proved their captain's decision right when they ran through Odisha batting line up and got them all out for a paltry 87 runs. Left arm spinner Ekta Bisht had an envious bowling statistics of 7 overs, 4 maidens, 5 runs for 4 wickets. Undoubtedly she was the pick of the bowlers duly supported by Kavita and Niranjana who picked up 3 wickets and 2 wickets respectively.
Chasing 88 runs off 50 overs seemed to be like a cake walk for Railways, who have the likes of India players namely Poonam Raut, Thirushkamini, Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur, to name a few. Railways suffered an early blow when Raut got out for just 4 runs. However with the skipper coming in at no. 3 Railways were hopeful to have an easy run chase. Thirushkamini and Raj stitched a tidy partnership of 83 runs to take the defending champions home.
Railways opened their account with 4 points, with Odisha stranded at 0 points.
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