Shillong, Sep 29: Cricket teams from Meghalaya and five other states under the North East Cricket Development Council (NECDC) are competing for regional glory in the 1st Senior Women’s Interstate Friendship T20 Tournament, which began on Monday.
The tournament, hosted by the Meghalaya Cricket Association (MCA), will run until October 4, with all matches being played at the Pahamsning Cricket Ground in Nongkhrah, Ri-Bhoi.
Fans can catch the action live through the Cricheroes app.Serving as a key preparation event, the tournament sets the stage for the BCCI’s Senior Women’s T20 Trophy, which will open the domestic women’s cricket calendar for the 2024-25 season next month.Besides Meghalaya, the other NECDC states competing in the tournament include Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Sikkim.
The teams are divided into two groups—Group A consists of Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and Manipur, while Group B features Nagaland, Mizoram, and Sikkim.
Efforts to promote women’s cricket have been strong in each of these six states, with notable progress made in recent years.
In the 2023-24 season, Nagaland’s Sentilemla Imsong scored the first-ever half-century for the North East Zone, while Meghalaya’s Debasmita Dutta claimed the first five-wicket haul for the region.
The growth of cricket across every district of Meghalaya has fueled the MCA’s optimism, and they now have solid hopes of winning a BCCI trophy for the women’s team in the near future.
