Women's T20 Challenge, TRHvsVEL: Smriti Mandhana-led Trailblazers win but with better Net Run Rate Velocity enters final
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Trailblazers successfully marks 16 run victory over Velocity in the Women's T20 Challenge at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Thursday.
New Delhi: Trailblazers successfully marks 16 run victory over Velocity in the Women's T20 Challenge at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Thursday.
The Trailblazers, despite winning the encounter, couldn't keep Velocity under 158 and have thus been knocked out of the tournament based on the NRR. Meghana scored 73 while Rodrigues smashed 66 runs to give their side a comfortable position in the first innings.
For Velocity, Simran Bahadur scalped two wickets, and Kate Cross, Sneh Rana, and Ayabonga Khaka took one wicket each.
Trailblazers needed to restrict Velocity within 158 runs to enter the final but they failed as Velocity smashed 174/9 in 20 overs.
Chasing 191, Trailblazers enjoyed a good start as their score read 68 for the loss of two wickets inside the first six overs. Salma Khatun uprooted the stumps of Yashika Bhatia in the 4th over before Rajeshwari Gayakwad trapped Shafali Verma in front of wickets for LBW in the very next over.
Openers Yastika and Shafali departed after scoring 19 and 29 respectively.
Kiran Navgire was then joined by Laura Wolvaardt on the crease as the duo started clocking runs at a rapid pace for Velocity as the team crossed the 100-run mark at the halfway mark in the innings.