Opener Ira Jadhav scored a brilliant 61 off 37 deliveries with nine boundaries to help Shardashram Vidyamandir (English) beat St Columba by 73 runs in the semi-finals of the MSSA-organised U-16 Manoramabai Apte inter-school tournament for girls at Karnatak SA, Cross Maidan, on Tuesday.

Shardashram posted 123-3 in 15 overs after electing to bat first. Mugdha Ghodke’s 23 off 19 balls too contributed to the score. St Columba’s medium pacer Diksha Prasad returned figures of 2-26 in a three-over spell. St Columba were bowled out for a paltry 50 in 10.4 overs with left-arm spinner Madhura Dhadke bagging four wickets for five runs in 2.4 overs.