Women's T20 Challenge: Supernovas records 49-run victory over Trailblazers
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Supernovas successfully won against Trailblazers by a 49-run in the opening match of the Women's T20 Challenge here at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Monday.
New Delhi: Supernovas successfully won against Trailblazers by a 49-run in the opening match of the Women's T20 Challenge here at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Monday.
Chasing a challenging 164-run target, the highest ever total in the Women's T20 Challenge, Trailblazers got off to a decent start with captain Smriti Mandhana and Hayley Matthews putting on 39 runs for the opening wicket.
Pooja Vastrakar dismissed Hayley Matthews caught behind for 18 off 14 balls. Jemimah Rodrigues then joined her skipper Mandhana to take her team's total beyond the 50-run mark in 6.1 overs. The southpaw Mandhana was then dismissed by Vastrakar for 34 off 23 balls as Trailblazers lost their second wicket for 63.
In the same over, Vastrakar dismissed Sophia Dunkley for 1 as Trailblazers lost their third wicket for 65.
After that, there was a complete collapse as Sharmin Akhter was sent packing for a duck by Alana King. Sophie Ecclestone then dismissed Richa Ghosh for 2. In the next over, she dismissed Arundhati Reddy for a golden duck stumped by wicket-keeper Taniya Bhatia as Trailblazers lost their sixth wicket for 72.
Salma Khatun, too, was dismissed for a duck as Vastrakar got her fourth wicket. Jemimah Rodrigues, the lone batter fighting from the other end, was also dismissed for 24 to leave Trailblazers tottering at 86/8.
Alana King then dismissed Poonam Yadav for 7 as Trailblazers lost their ninth wicket for 94. Renuka Singh and Rajeshwari Gayakwad took their side beyond the triple-figure mark but that was not enough as they could only score 114/9 in 20 overs, losing the match by 49 runs.