Pune: Pooja Vastrakar Took four wickets for just 12 runs in a brilliant fast bowling performance supernova easy win by 49 runs trail Blazers in a record-breaking opening match of Women’s T20 Challenge on Monday.
22-year-old Vastrakar claimed the wickets of the Trailblazers’ captain reminiscence (34), his opening partner Hayley Matthews (18), No. 4 Sophia Dunkley (1) and salma khatoon (0) to separate the defending champion’s batting line-up in two separate spells.
England left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone and Australia all-rounder Alana King took two wickets each as the Trailblazers could only manage 114 for 9 in 20 overs chasing 164 runs.
The highest score of the tournament was 163 after Supernovas batted first.
Mandhana and Mathews added 39 runs for the first wicket in five overs.
But Vastrakar tripled the trailblazer to leave the defending champions in deep trouble.
He first took the wicket of Mathews in the last ball of the fifth over and then dismissed skipper Mandhana and Dunkley in the eighth over with a gap of four balls.
Sharmin Akhtar (0) was dismissed for zero in the next over as King was the first victim of the day.
It was difficult for the Trailblazers to score runs as they reached 71 for 4 at the halfway point. But two quick wickets from Ecclestone in the 11th over almost ended the match.
Richa Ghosh (2) was dismissed by Ecclestone on the second ball of the over and Arundhati Reddy (0) was run out on the next ball as the Trailblazers’ batsmen were in a hurry to return to the hut.
Harmanpreet Kaur brought on Vastrakar for her second spell and the pacewoman found an immediate breakthrough to Khatoon to reduce Trailblazers to 73 for 7 at the end of 12 overs.
The asking rate had climbed to over 11 runs per over by then and One-Down’s Jemima Rodrigues (24) tried to make up for it, but she fell to Meghna Singh in the 14th over to give any hope of a return to the Trailblazers. to extinguish.
Earlier, Supernova captain Kaur scored 37 runs in 29 balls, while Harleen Deol and Deandra Dottin scored 35 and 32 runs respectively.
However, they lost five wickets for just eight runs including Kaur in the final two overs, in a dramatic collapse.
Mathews was the trailblazers’ bowler with three wickets for 29 runs, while Salma Khatoon took two for 30.
Supernovas got off to a stellar start with opener Dotin (32 runs in just 17 balls) scoring the tournament’s best power-play score of 58 runs so far.
Dotin hit three fours off Renuka Singh in the third over as Supernovas took 14 runs. However, she was run out in the fifth over, going too far back from her crease. He hit five fours and a six.
Second opener Priya Punia (22) continued for a while before being dismissed in the eighth over. Young Deol, showing tremendous form, shared a 37-run partnership for the third wicket with Captain Kaur.
She hit Mathews for four consecutive boundaries in the eighth over but could not convert her start into a big total after getting out in the 12th over.
Kaur, dismissed on the fall of Punia in the eighth over, took the responsibility of stabilizing the ship on her side, losing wickets in the cluster.
Sune Luce (10) fell to Rajeshwari Gaikwad (1/34) in the 15th over, before King (5) became Khatoon’s second wicket of the day.
Vastrakar and Kaur were dismissed in the 19th over at the span of three balls before Supernovas lost three more wickets in a dramatic final over.
22-year-old Vastrakar claimed the wickets of the Trailblazers’ captain reminiscence (34), his opening partner Hayley Matthews (18), No. 4 Sophia Dunkley (1) and salma khatoon (0) to separate the defending champion’s batting line-up in two separate spells.
England left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone and Australia all-rounder Alana King took two wickets each as the Trailblazers could only manage 114 for 9 in 20 overs chasing 164 runs.
The highest score of the tournament was 163 after Supernovas batted first.
Mandhana and Mathews added 39 runs for the first wicket in five overs.
But Vastrakar tripled the trailblazer to leave the defending champions in deep trouble.
He first took the wicket of Mathews in the last ball of the fifth over and then dismissed skipper Mandhana and Dunkley in the eighth over with a gap of four balls.
Sharmin Akhtar (0) was dismissed for zero in the next over as King was the first victim of the day.
It was difficult for the Trailblazers to score runs as they reached 71 for 4 at the halfway point. But two quick wickets from Ecclestone in the 11th over almost ended the match.
Richa Ghosh (2) was dismissed by Ecclestone on the second ball of the over and Arundhati Reddy (0) was run out on the next ball as the Trailblazers’ batsmen were in a hurry to return to the hut.
Harmanpreet Kaur brought on Vastrakar for her second spell and the pacewoman found an immediate breakthrough to Khatoon to reduce Trailblazers to 73 for 7 at the end of 12 overs.
The asking rate had climbed to over 11 runs per over by then and One-Down’s Jemima Rodrigues (24) tried to make up for it, but she fell to Meghna Singh in the 14th over to give any hope of a return to the Trailblazers. to extinguish.
Earlier, Supernova captain Kaur scored 37 runs in 29 balls, while Harleen Deol and Deandra Dottin scored 35 and 32 runs respectively.
However, they lost five wickets for just eight runs including Kaur in the final two overs, in a dramatic collapse.
Mathews was the trailblazers’ bowler with three wickets for 29 runs, while Salma Khatoon took two for 30.
Supernovas got off to a stellar start with opener Dotin (32 runs in just 17 balls) scoring the tournament’s best power-play score of 58 runs so far.
Dotin hit three fours off Renuka Singh in the third over as Supernovas took 14 runs. However, she was run out in the fifth over, going too far back from her crease. He hit five fours and a six.
Second opener Priya Punia (22) continued for a while before being dismissed in the eighth over. Young Deol, showing tremendous form, shared a 37-run partnership for the third wicket with Captain Kaur.
She hit Mathews for four consecutive boundaries in the eighth over but could not convert her start into a big total after getting out in the 12th over.
Kaur, dismissed on the fall of Punia in the eighth over, took the responsibility of stabilizing the ship on her side, losing wickets in the cluster.
Sune Luce (10) fell to Rajeshwari Gaikwad (1/34) in the 15th over, before King (5) became Khatoon’s second wicket of the day.
Vastrakar and Kaur were dismissed in the 19th over at the span of three balls before Supernovas lost three more wickets in a dramatic final over.