A woman plays at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Thursday T20 Challenge Match (Women T20 Challenge) The Trailblazers beat Velocity by 16 runs, but they still failed to reach the final. Trailblazers (Trailblazers) Openers S Meghna (73) and Jemima Rodriguez (66) shared a 113-run stand for the second wicket, losing five wickets for a huge 190 runs. Velocity (Velocity) The team could only manage 74 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs. Kiran Navgir played a superb innings for Velocity and scored a half century. Even after losing the match, Velocity’s team reached the final as they had to score only 159 runs to reach the title match. At the same time, the Trailblazers needed to win the match by at least 32 runs to reach the final. Velocity will face Supernova in the final.
Kiran Navgir scored 69 off 34 balls. The batsman hit five sixes and as many sixes in his innings. In addition to Meghna’s (47 balls, seven fours, four fours) and Jemima’s (44 balls, seven fours, one six) superb attacking innings, Velocity’s poor fielding contributed to the 190 for five. Velocity dropped several easy catches.
The beginning of Velocity was coming
Chasing a 191-run target, Velocity’s team got off to a good and quick start, but they felt the first tweak too early. Yastik Bhatia was dismissed for 19. He was dismissed by Salma Khatu for a total of 36. His wicket fell on the last ball of the fourth over. Shefali Verma was dismissed on the last ball of the sixth over. He hit 29 off 15 balls with the help of five fours.
Kiran showed breath
Kiran’s legs were frozen until Shefali was out and then he played an aggressive game. He completed his fifty in 25 balls. This is the fastest fifty in this tournament. His quick innings set the course for the team and made it to the finals. During this time, however, the team lost wickets from the other end. Laura Wolvardat (17), Deepti Sharma (2), Sneha Rana (11) were quickly dismissed. Dunkle stumped Kiran off the fourth ball of the 17th over. From here again Velocity continued to lose wickets and stay away from the target.
This is how Trailblazers got started
Earlier, after being invited to bat, Meghna got off to a good start by hitting two fours in a row in the first over at Kate Cross (1 for 27 in three overs), but the first blow to the Trailblazers came from Captain Smriti Mandhana. 13 runs scored.
Meghna and Jemima’s century partnership
After this S Meghna batted aggressively and partnered with Jemima for a century and laid the foundation for a big score. Meghna hit two sixes on Radha Yadav on extra cover and site screen. He hit Shefali Varma on the head with the third six of his innings. Jemima also continued to bat aggressively with Meghna playing well and in the meantime both completed their half centuries. Meghna hit a half-century off 32 balls with the help of six fours and two sixes. Then in the 13th over, he hit a six off Shefali Verma’s first ball and also completed a century of Trailblazers score. Jemima also completed her half century off 36 balls with the help of six fours.
Rana gave success
Sneha Rana (one for 37) ended the wicket wait for Velocity. Meghna’s innings came to an end in the 15th over when Rana hit a six off the first ball and a four off the second. Meghna was caught by a cross on the boundary line in an attempt to play on his ball. Jemima also reached the pavilion soon after, catching Rana on a short fine leg in the 17th over while trying to sweep Ayabonga Khaka’s ball. Simran Bahadur took two wickets in the last over in the form of Sofia and Haley. For the Trailblazers, Haley Mathews contributed 27 runs (16 balls, 4 fours) and Sofia Dunkli contributed 19 off eight balls with two fours and a six.
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