Geno Dragons and MCC Estilo Legends won their respective matches at the Goa Women’s Premier League T20 tournament at GCA Academy ground, Porvorim on Sunday.
Geno beat Venture XI by 5 wickets in a high-scoring entertaining floodlit clash after MCC Estilo Legends outclassed Manas Panjim Gymkhana by 6 wickets in a drab low-scoring affair.
Player of the match Ibtisam Shaikh scored an unbeaten 54 of 53 deliveries as Geno achieved the target of 146 in 19.5 overs with five wickets in hand. The Goa wicketkeeper batter struck six boundaries and a sixer in her responsible inning, and also put on a 72-run partnership with Mitali Gawander (37) for the third wicket, to set up a winning start for the Dragons.
Venture XI had posted a challenging total of 145/5 with Tamana Nigam scoring a classy 74 runs in 52 balls with her knock being studded with 11 boundaries and a six. Captain Tarannum Pathan scored 31 runs.
Earlier in the day, Manas Panjim Gymkhana slumped to their second successive defeat while MCC Estilo Legends started off with a win in the GWPL.
Tanvir Shaikh scalped 4 wickets and played a key role in restricting Manas Panjim Gymkhana to a dismal 94/9 in the allotted 20 overs. Resha Korgaonkar was their top scorer with 28 runs off 41 balls, which included four boundaries. Tejal Hasabnis also struck four boundaries in her 21-run knock of 19 balls.
MCC Estilo Legends chased the target without any urgency in 18 overs with six wickets in hand. Experienced captain Sunanda Yetrekar top-scored with 20 runs. Gautami Naik (19), Tanvir Shaikh (12 not out), Shreya Parab (11) and Divya Naik (11) all contributed towards the victory target. Poonam Khemnar picked two wickets for Manas Panjim Gymkhana. Tanvir Shaikh was adjudged the player of the match.
