Deandra Dottin’s all-rounder valor helped Supernovas clinch the Women’s T20 Challenge title with a four-run win over Velocity in a one-sided summit clash on Saturday.
All-round show sets Supernovas on fire for Women’s T20 Challenge title (AFP Photo)
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- Supernovas beat Velocity by 4 runs in final of Women’s T20 Challenge
- Harmanpreet Kaur-led side won its third title in four seasons
- Laura Wolvaardt waging a lone battle with an unbeaten 65
West Indies opener Diandra Dottin with a scintillating all-round performance helped Supernovas beat Velocity by 4 runs in the Women’s T20 Challenge final as the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side won their third title in four seasons.
Laura Wolvaardt waged a lone battle with an unbeaten 65, but Sophie Ecclestone held her nerves to defend 17 runs in the final over.
Dotin, 30, was dismissed for 13 in the fourth over by Sneh Rana off Deepti Sharma, and she made a Velocity p1ay for that costly mistake with a 44-ball 62, which was hit for a four and four sixes.
The veteran campaigner put on 73 runs for the opening wicket with Priya Punia (28) and 58 runs for the second wicket with in-form skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (43 off 29 balls).
Captain Deepti Sharma, Kate Cross and Simran Bahadur took two wickets each for Velocity, while Ayabonga Khaka took one wicket each. Supernovas could only manage 34 runs in the last five overs for the loss of five wickets.
Dottin and Punia gave the Supernovas a decent start after scoring fast runs and scoring 46 for no loss in the powerplay.
Punia hit a six over the cross in the third over but his teammate Dotin did even better in the sixth over bowled by Rana. When Punia was out in the 10th over with a six off Simran Bahadur, Poonia was getting stronger.
The tournament’s highest scorer, Kaptan Kaur came out and started collecting runs straight away, hitting Rana for a six in the 12th over followed by two sixes in the 14th over bowled by Yadav. In the next over, Velocity captain Deepti hit a four while bowling Dotin.
Supernovas suffered a batting collapse in the death overs as they lost four wickets in addition to just 11 runs.
Pooja Vastrakar (5) was clean bowled by Ayabonga Khaka in the 17th over, before Cross took two wickets – Kaur and Sophie Ecclestone (2) – in the next over with a span of three balls.