PORVORIM: Unbeaten half-century by Shreya Parab and a strokeful knock by Gautami Naik set MCC Estilo Legends on their way to a 8-wicket victory over Geno Dragons in the Goa Women’s Premier League T20 tournament at GCA academy ground here on Monday night.
Batting first, Geno Dragons scored a modest 116/8 in the allotted 20 overs, which MCC Estilo Legends chased comfortably in 18.4 overs losing just two wickets.
The highlight of the MCC reply was a fine partnership of 78 runs in 10.4 overs between openers, Shreya Parab, 51 not out off 58 balls, and a quickfire 43 off 29 by Gautami Naik. Both the batters showed their mettle as they hit plenty of boundaries as well. While Shreya struck five boundaries, Gautami was even more aggressive with six boundaries and two maximums.
Captain Sunanda Yetrekar provided the finishing touches, remaining not out on 13 runs.
Earlier, Geno failed to put on a batting exhibition like they did in their opening match victory; with only a couple of batters Purvaja Verlekar (35) and captain Anuja Patil (34) making a notable contribution. MCC Estilo Legends bowlers picked wickets at regular intervals with Siddhi Savase (3/26) and Tanvir Shaikh (2/18) being most successful.
Shreya Parab was named the player of the match and received the prize from Rajesh Patnekar.