Riddhima Maradwar scored her second successive century in as many days as Vidarbha humbled Karnataka by three wickets in the league match of the U-19 Women’s One-Day Trophy in Trivandrum on Monday. Riddhima, who hit 106 on Sunday against Mizoram in her debut match, made an impressive 123 against Karnataka. Replying to Karnataka’s 215, Vidarbha got off to a flying start, thanks to openers Riddhima and Aarohi Bambode. They added 98 runs in 139 balls for the opening wicket with the latter making 40. Riddhima and Tanvi Mendhe (18) then joined forces and took the score to 159.

 

Riddhima then found an ally in Akshara with whom she added 32 runs for the fourth wicket to get Vidarbha close. Riddhima, whose 123 came in 145 balls with 17 boundaries and a six, was the sixth batter to be dismissed. Trupti Lodhe and Shreya Lanjewar guided Vidarbha home with 2.2 overs to spare. Earlier, Shreya bagged five wickets for 48 runs to dismiss Karnataka for 215 in 49 overs. BRIEF SCORES: Karnataka: 215 all out in 49 overs (Sloka 43, Shreya 55, Lavanya 45; Shreya Lanjewar 5-48). Vidarbha: 218-7 in 47.4 overs (Aarohi Bambode 40, Riddhima Maradwar 123; Tejashwini 3-31).