Extending their astounding record, Railways defeated Karnataka by eight wickets in the final on Saturday to bag the Women’s Senior One Day Trophy, India’s domestic 50-over competition, for the 13th time.
Nuzhat Parween crunches a cover drive and Railways have their 13th domestic one-day title. The juggernaut rolls on. Incredible! They were far too good today. #SeniorOneDayTrophy pic.twitter.com/bp89YFwNqp
— Ananya Upendran (@a_upendran11) November 20, 2021
Railways captain Mithali Raj won the toss in overcast conditions at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru and elected to field first.
The Karnataka innings simply never got going and they were bowled out for 74 in 38 overs. The star with the ball for Railways was Renuka Singh.
The right-arm pacer was devastating with the new ball and returned with figures of 4/14 from seven overs.
For Karnataka, Niki Prasad, batting at No 8, was the top-scorer with 21 runs from 72 deliveries.
In reply, opener S Meghana got a 43-ball 36 to set up the chase for Railways. Nuzhat Parween (20 off 38) and D Hemalatha (17 off 23) then remained unbeaten to take their side to victory in 22.2 overs.

Superb effort by the girls #IndianRailways to win the #SeniorOneDayTrophy for the season 2021-22 . Good contributions from everyone throughout league and knockouts . Super proud ✊ pic.twitter.com/TIC92zlgoI
— Mithali Raj (@M_Raj03) November 20, 2021
Don't aim to break records, aim to shatter 🏏
— Nooshin AL Khadeer (@NooshinKhadeer) November 20, 2021
🏆 Number 1️⃣3️⃣ #Champions #proudofyouall #IndianRailways #BCCI pic.twitter.com/fk5h6OuqBr
The competition has had 15 completed editions in history, with Railways not managing to emerge as champions on just two occasions.
List of Women's Senior One Day Trophy winners
Season | Winner | Runner up |
---|---|---|
2006–07 | Railways | Mumbai |
2007–08 | Railways | Maharashtra |
2008–09 | Railways | Maharashtra |
2009–10 | Railways | Delhi |
2010–11 | Railways | Mumbai |
2011–12 | Delhi | Hyderabad |
2012–13 | Railways | Uttar Pradesh |
2013–14 | Railways | Mumbai |
2014–15 | Railways | Odisha |
2015–16 | Railways | Mumbai |
2016–17 | Railways | Maharashtra |
2017–18 | Railways | Delhi |
2018–19 | Bengal | Andhra |
2019-20 | N/A (Season not completed) | |
2020-21 | Railways | Jharkhand |
2021-22 | Railways | Karnataka |
Indian Senior Women's One Day Trophy Final
— hypocaust (@_hypocaust) November 20, 2021
Karnataka v Railways
highlights:https://t.co/lnY0x0yfCE
#SeniorOneDayTrophy
— The Field (@thefield_in) November 20, 2021
📸 Winners are grinners! 😆
Moments from the closing stages in Bengaluru as @M_Raj03's Railways extend their stunning record in the tournament. Great tournament for Karnataka too as @vedakmurthy08 cheers her teammates on. 👏🏽https://t.co/50IC4rAbCI pic.twitter.com/GWmpbmeRV7