Womens T20 Challenge 2022 Trailblazers vs Supernovas: Priya Poonia (20 ball, 22 runs, 2 fours, 1 six), De Dotin (17 ball, 32 runs, 5 fours, 1 six), Harleen Deol (19 ball, 35 runs, 5 Four fours) and Harmanpreet Kaur (29 balls, 37 runs, 4 fours) on the back of lethal bowling by Pooja Vastrakar and Alana King, the Supernovas gave the Smriti Mandhana-led Trailblazers 49 runs in the opening match of the Women’s T20 Challenge 2022. defeated by
In this match played on 23 May 2022 at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, Supernovas won the toss and decided to bat. He scored 163 runs for 10 wickets in 20 overs. Chasing the target, the team of Trailblazers could only manage 114 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. Pooja Vastrakar took 4 wickets for 12 runs in 4 overs for Supernovas. Alana King took 2 wickets for 30 runs in 4 overs. Pooja Vastrakar also showed her hands in the batting. He scored 14 runs in 12 balls.
The defending champion Trailblazers were at one point in contention at 63 for one in 7.1 overs. In the eighth over itself, Pooja Vastrakar took two wickets and pushed the Trailblazers on the back foot. He first made his victims Smriti Mandhana (23 balls, 34 runs, 4 fours) and Sofia Dunkley (two balls, one run). After this Alana King bowled Shamim Akhtar. Shamim Akhtar could not even open the account.
Jemima Rodriguez (21 balls, 24 runs, 4 fours), who came to bat at number three, struggled for a long time, but her attempt failed due to the fall of wickets from the other end. She returned to the pavilion as the 8th wicket. The Smriti Mandhana-led Trailblazers’ seven batters could not touch the double-mark, while three batters (Shamim Akhtar, Arundhati Reddy and Salma Khatoon) could not even open the account.
Earlier, Supernovas had scored 155 for 5 in 18.3 overs at one time. It looked like their score would cross 170, but the team lost five wickets in a dramatic manner within eight runs in the last two overs. For Trailblazers, Haley Mathews took 3 wickets for 29 runs, Salma Khatoon took 2 wickets for 30 runs.
Supernovas had a good start. He added 58 runs in the powerplay. Dottin scored 32 runs in 17 balls. He hit three fours off Renuka Singh in the third over. 14 runs were taken in this over. She was run out in the fifth over. Opener Priya Poonia got out in the 8th over. Harleen Deol added 37 runs for the third wicket with captain Harmanpreet Kaur.
Harleen Deol hit Haley Mathews for two consecutive fours in the 8th over, but could not convert the good start into a big score. Harmanpreet Kaur, who came after Poonia’s dismissal, kept the run-rate high between the wickets from the other end.
Sune Loos (10) was dismissed by Rajeshwari Gaikwad in the 15th over, while Alana King was sent to the pavilion by Salma Khatoon for five. Pooja Vastrakar and Harmanpreet were dismissed within three balls in the 19th over, while three wickets fell in the last over.