Railways annex 13th One-Day title

Bengaluru: In an anti-climactic end to a noteworthy campaign, Karnataka surrendered to the might of Railways in the final of the BCCI women’s One-Day Trophy at the M Chinnaswamy stadium here on Saturday.
Railways cruised to an eight-wicket victory to annex their 13 title in the competition.
Asked to bat under overcast conditions, Karnataka batters failed to get going and were bowled out for 74 in 38 overs.Medium-pacer Renuka Singh cleaned up the top four Karnataka batters, reduced their opponents to 28 for 4 in the eighth over.
None of the others could make a match of it as the Karnataka batters made a beeline to the dressing room. Meghna Singh, Sneh Rana and Swagatika Rath accounted for two wickets apiece. In reply, Railways lost two wickets but that did not derail their chase as Mithali Raj & Co overhauled the target in 22.2 overs.
Brief scores: Karnataka: 74 all out in 38 overs (Meghna Singh 2-21, Renuka Singh 4-14, Sneh Rana 2-10, Swagatika Rath 2-7) lost to Railways: 76/2 in 22.2 overs (S Meghana 36).