The Cricket Association of Uttarakhand (CAU) has started a T-20 women’s tournament in a bid to develop women’s cricket in the state. The tournament has been named after the first female martyr of the Uttarakhand agitation movement, Hansa Dhanai, who lost her life in the infamous police firing incident in Mussoorie in 1994.

The tournament has been organised along the lines of the BCCI Challenger Cup and features five teams. Each side consists of select players from various categories — including junior, Under-19, and seniors. The games are being held at the GSR Cricket Academy Ground and the Tanush Cricket Academy Ground in Dehradun.

“We are committed to improving the standards of not only men’s but women’s cricket as well in Uttarakhand. These tournaments will help in giving the right kind of exposure to our female cricketers and in improving their skill-sets,” said Mahim Verma, secretary of CAU.

Notably, the Women Challenger Cup is the first-of-its-kind CAU-organised tournament being held for women cricketers from the state.

On Sunday, the tournament saw a low-scoring thriller between CAU Purple and CAU Green. The Purple side clinched the game by a margin of mere 2 runs. Spinner Dimple Kandari, from the Purple squad, was adjudged as the ‘Woman of the Match’.

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