Women's T20 Challenge: Harmanpreet's Supernovas beat Velocity to clinch title
Cricket | May 12, 2019 0:04 ISTHarmanpreet Kaur scored a crucial half-century as Supernovas defeated Mithali Raj's Velocity in a dramatic final.
Harmanpreet Kaur scored a crucial half-century as Supernovas defeated Mithali Raj's Velocity in a dramatic final.
Sent into bat in their must-win match, the Supernovas scored 142 for 3, thanks to 18-year-old Rodrigues' 48-ball 77 not out and then restricted Velocity to 130 for 3 to win the final round-robin league match of the tournament.
The second edition of the Women's T20 Challenge kick-started in stunning fashion with some fierce hitting by two teams captains Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur on Monday.
Trailblazers defeated Supernovas in the first game of Women's T20 Challenge in Jaipur.
In response to Trailblazers' 140 for five, Supernovas ended agonisingly short at 138 for six as Harmanpreet and Sophie Devine (32 off 22) took the game deep with a 48-run stand for the fifth wicket.
Hailing from Kashmir's Shopian district, Jasia currently represents Punjab in national tournaments and has already played for India Red in the Challenger Trophy.
India's best cricketers and future stars will be joined by international players from England, New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in a four-match tri-series.
Kaur confirmed the news on her Twitter page by posting a promotional video of the same.
The player won the cricketer of the year award for Women at ICC awards and she has said that it had a huge impact on her.
Smriti Mandhana, as a captain, couldn't guide the bowlers and under pressure kept changing the field after every other ball, which helped the visitors to comfortably post 160 for four.
Smriti Mandhana, who has been vice-captain for two years, will don the captain's hat in the absence of Harmanpreet Kaur in the T20I series against England.
India have been doing well in the 50-over format but they have plenty to ponder about in the shortest form, having lost their previous series in New Zealand 0-3.
In her absence, opener Smriti Mandhana has been named as the captain of the 15-member Indian women's squad which also includes ODI skipper Mithali Raj.
The quality of the competition can't be compromised and that is one of the reasons why a women's IPL can't be organised at the moment, reasons BCCI.
The Indian women's team begins its three-ODI series against England at home on Friday in the absence of star player Harmanpreet Kaur, who has been ruled out of the series due to an ankle injury.
Opener Smriti Mandhana, who amassed 196 runs including a hundred and a 90 in New Zealand, will be a key player with the bat for the Indian women's team.
Bowling all-rounder Harleen Deol, who plays for Himachal Pradesh in the domestic circuit, is set to replace Harmanpreet in the Mithali Raj-led one-day team.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur, whose indifferent form has hurt the team, said she was disappointed at the result and the 0-3 series defeat.
New Zealand beat India by four wickets in the second T20I to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Chasing a modest target, New Zealand made heavy weather of the chase before scampering home off the last ball of the match losing six wickets.
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