Velocity suffered a 16-run defeat in the Women’s T20 Challenge but still qualified for the finals based on a better net run rate, knocking the Trailblazer winners out of the tournament in Pune on Thursday. Velocity will face Supernovas in Saturday’s summit clash. Invited to bat, Sabbhineni Meghana and Jemimah Rodrigues beat the dazzling fifties to help the defending champions to 190 goals for five, the highest total in tournament history. But they need to cap the Velocity at 159 to be the second team to qualify for the finals but it should not be as Kiran Navgire has a different opinion.
The all-powerful 27-year-old from Maharashtra lit up the night sky with five quads and the most sixs en route with her 34 69 tackles to take Velocity past the 150 mark and just before the game. final.
Trailblazer pitchers, led by Poonam Yadav (2/33) and Rajeshwari Gayakwad (2/44), ended up trying to limit Velocity to 174 for the nine who also opened their accounts but they would suffer a crushing defeat in their 49 runs against Supernova in the opening match.
The leaders (-0.825), Super Rookie (+0.912) and Velocity (-0.022) finished with two points each but the two top teams made it to the finals because they had better nets than the others. defending champion. Velocity crossed the 159 mark in over 19 runs to reach the final. Aiming for 191 to win, Navgire, while playing his first season in the major league, displayed a strong temperament as he attempted a beautiful chase, scoring 55 more 31 balls with Laura Wolvaardt ( 17 years old) and then hold the foot on the other end.
Navgire and Wolvaardt’s partnership has helped Velocity get to hundreds of the fastest teams in the league.
Velocity kept dropping points under the pressure of the scoreboard but Navgire drove them to safety before Richa Ghosh beat Shopie Dunkley in the 17th round.
After Navgire departed, all for Velocity was over.
Before that, Meghana beat the Velocity attack with 73-47 balls on her way to a 113-73-ball partnership with Rodrigues (66-44 balls) as the Trailblazers posted 190 for five for a total. highest in the history of the tournament.
Meghana takes charge of team leadership after Trailblazer loses captain Smriti Mandhana (1) early.
Meghana, who was dropped at the ages of 16 and 63, showed off her big hit skills, with seven fours and four maxes. Rodrigues also has seven touchdowns and one six in her 44 innings.
Velocity played extremely sloppily on the field as the players tit-for-tat their way to 4 catches – 2 for Simran Bahadur.
Meghana made two favorable shots to knock Kate Cross down but the pitcher turned to knock Mandhana out when Simran caught it with ease.
Cross may have added Meghana’s wicket to her list but Sneh Rana dropped hers right then and there.
Rodrigues then slams two quads Deepti Sharma as the Trailblazer scored 47 to 1 in the power match.
Meghana stopped the attack, maneuvering Radha Yadav in two six-balls – one inside-out shooting through the covers and the second over the top of the orb – en route to her 50s inning 10. .
Rodrigues also played some delicate shots and hit 50 goals in the 14th game out of 30 balls.
Shafali Verma and Ayabonga Khaka managed to throw two balls past them quite well but Meghana broke the shackles, sending Verma out long ago in her third game. Meghana received another favor when Khaka dropped her on the back foot and she knocked Rana six and four before Cross held on to one for a long time to finally escape the opener.
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Rodrigues and Matthews added 31 of the 15 balls before the old ball was passed to Khaka.
Hayley Matthews (27 off 15) and Sophia Dunkley (19 off 8) then provided late flourishes.
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