JAIPUR: Teenager Jemimah Rodrigues struck an unbeaten 77 to help Supernovas beat Velocity through 12 runs and enter the final of the Women's T20 Challenge on Thursday.
The two sides will again face every other within the summit clash on Saturday because the 3rd crew, Trailblazers, who also secured the same two issues as Velocity and Supernova, finished 3rd at the basis of net run charge.
Sent into bat in their must-win match, the Supernovas scored 142 for three, due to 18-year-old Rodrigues' 48-ball 77 not out and then restricted Velocity to 130 for three to win the final round-robin league match of the event.
After Thursday's end result, all of the 3 groups ended on two issues every after one win through every aspect but Velocity and Supernovas ended with plus 0.25 and plus 0.045 net runs rates respectively while the Trailblazers secured minus 0.305.
Trailblazers had beaten Supernovas through 2 runs within the opening match on Monday while Velocity had defeated Trailblazers through 3 wickets on Wednesday.
Chasing 143 for a win, Velocity lost early wickets with the openers Hayley Matthews (11) and Shafali Verma (2) being pushed aside cheaply to be lowered to 21 for 2 within the fourth over.
One-down Englishwoman Danielle Wyatt threatened to take the sport clear of Supernovas with a 33-ball 43 but she was out within the 12th over after a 56-run stand with captain Mithali Raj who remained 40 not out off 42 balls.
Raj shared 53 runs with Veda Krishnamurthy (30 not out) for the unconquered fourth wicket but the duo may just not chase down the objective. The general was, on the other hand, enough for Velocity to make it to the final.
By the 19th over, the duo knew that their crew would be thru to the final in spite of a loss.
For Supernovas, leg-spinner Poonam Yadav was essentially the most impressive bowler with one wicket on the expense of 13 runs from her 4 overs.
Earlier, Rodrigues struck 10 fours and a six from 48 balls in her competitive unbeaten innings after the Supernovas had been sent into bat in their must-win match.
Coming out to bat within the 5th over after the fall of opener Priya Punia (16) when the crew ranking was 29 for 1, Rodrigues was fascinated with two really extensive partnerships as she anchored the Supernova innings admirably neatly.
She first had a 55-run stand with Sri Lankan Chamari Atapattu (31) for the second wicket sooner than stitching some other partnership of 50 runs with Sophie Devine (nine) of New Zealand for the 3rd wicket.
Rodrigues, a member of the semifinalist Indian aspect within the 2018 Women's T20 World Cup, was maximum serious against pacewoman Komal Zanzad (0/29) who was hit for 4 boundaries.
Rodrigues hit the one six of her unbeaten knock off the bowling of Jahanara Alam (0/34) within the 18th over.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur also remained not out on 1 from five deliveries.
The Supernovas, on the other hand, didn't boost up in the second half in their innings when they had been 63 for 1 on the finish of 10 overs. They added just 33 within the ultimate five overs.
For Velocity, New Zealander Amelia Kerr took two wickets for 21 runs from her leg-spin while pacewoman Shikha Pandey were given one.
The two sides will again face every other within the summit clash on Saturday because the 3rd crew, Trailblazers, who also secured the same two issues as Velocity and Supernova, finished 3rd at the basis of net run charge.
Sent into bat in their must-win match, the Supernovas scored 142 for three, due to 18-year-old Rodrigues' 48-ball 77 not out and then restricted Velocity to 130 for three to win the final round-robin league match of the event.
After Thursday's end result, all of the 3 groups ended on two issues every after one win through every aspect but Velocity and Supernovas ended with plus 0.25 and plus 0.045 net runs rates respectively while the Trailblazers secured minus 0.305.
Trailblazers had beaten Supernovas through 2 runs within the opening match on Monday while Velocity had defeated Trailblazers through 3 wickets on Wednesday.
Chasing 143 for a win, Velocity lost early wickets with the openers Hayley Matthews (11) and Shafali Verma (2) being pushed aside cheaply to be lowered to 21 for 2 within the fourth over.
One-down Englishwoman Danielle Wyatt threatened to take the sport clear of Supernovas with a 33-ball 43 but she was out within the 12th over after a 56-run stand with captain Mithali Raj who remained 40 not out off 42 balls.
Raj shared 53 runs with Veda Krishnamurthy (30 not out) for the unconquered fourth wicket but the duo may just not chase down the objective. The general was, on the other hand, enough for Velocity to make it to the final.
By the 19th over, the duo knew that their crew would be thru to the final in spite of a loss.
For Supernovas, leg-spinner Poonam Yadav was essentially the most impressive bowler with one wicket on the expense of 13 runs from her 4 overs.
Earlier, Rodrigues struck 10 fours and a six from 48 balls in her competitive unbeaten innings after the Supernovas had been sent into bat in their must-win match.
Coming out to bat within the 5th over after the fall of opener Priya Punia (16) when the crew ranking was 29 for 1, Rodrigues was fascinated with two really extensive partnerships as she anchored the Supernova innings admirably neatly.
She first had a 55-run stand with Sri Lankan Chamari Atapattu (31) for the second wicket sooner than stitching some other partnership of 50 runs with Sophie Devine (nine) of New Zealand for the 3rd wicket.
Rodrigues, a member of the semifinalist Indian aspect within the 2018 Women's T20 World Cup, was maximum serious against pacewoman Komal Zanzad (0/29) who was hit for 4 boundaries.
Rodrigues hit the one six of her unbeaten knock off the bowling of Jahanara Alam (0/34) within the 18th over.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur also remained not out on 1 from five deliveries.
The Supernovas, on the other hand, didn't boost up in the second half in their innings when they had been 63 for 1 on the finish of 10 overs. They added just 33 within the ultimate five overs.
For Velocity, New Zealander Amelia Kerr took two wickets for 21 runs from her leg-spin while pacewoman Shikha Pandey were given one.
Rodrigues stars as Supernovas beat Velocity to enter final
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May 10, 2019
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