WOMEN'S T20 CHALLENGE, 2019 Live Cricket Score: Supernovas vs Velocity, Women's T20 Challenge, 2019 by Cricbuzz Staff • Last updated on Live Score Updates Velocity 130-3 (20 Ovs) Mithali Raj 40 (42) Supernovas 142-3 Harmanpreet Kaur 2-0-16-0 Supernovas won by 12 runs Live Scores Full Scorecard Velocity and Supernovas will face off in the final © BCCI Supernovas win to seal final spot: Supernovas register a 12-run victory which means that on Saturday, there will be a re-match between these two sides for the Women's T20 Challenge title. Rodrigues was the star with the bat, scoring an unbeaten 77 off 48 following which Supernovas came up with a disciplined performance with the ball. Velocity qualify for the final: It took until the 19th over for Velocity to reach 117. But since they've reached that, they are not through to the final. With 23 needed in the final over, Can they also pull off a victory? 117:This will be the first target Velocity will aim at, as that will guarantee them a spot in the final even if they lost this game. They are currently 92 for 3 after 15 overs, needing 51 more for a victory. Poonam Yadav delivers key strike: After a couple of tight overs, the pressure of the scoring rate got to Wyatt, who in her attempt to play the slog-sweep, is bowled by Poonam for a 33-ball 43. Velocity are 79 for 3 after 12, needing 64 more. Wyatt continues to find the boundaries: Sciver has been expensive so far. After being struck for a four by Mithali in her first over, Sciver concedes two fours in her next, with Wyatt continuing to find the boundaries. Velocity are 67 for 2 after 9. Velocity positive despite wickets: Wyatt begins in a positive manner, scoring a four and a six off Radha Yadav in the fifth over. Mithali starts the sixth over with a four off Anuja before Wyatt scored another four. She tries another big hit but miscues it, survives. Velocity are 46 for 2 after 6. Early wickets: ...off her first delivery. Shafali tried to come down the track to the spinner but she played early at a flighted delivery and was bowled for 2. Wyatt just about managed to clear Harmanpreet with a lofted shot for a couple before nailing one over long-off for a six. Mathews departs in the next over, trapped in front by Anuja Patil for 11. Velocity are 22 for 2 after 4. Supernovas end up with 142: An excellent final over from Pandey, who despite conceding a four off the first ball, gives away only seven in the over. Supernovas finish with 142 for 3. Will this be enough? Reprieves for Rodrigues, Devine departs: Hayley Mathews put down a simple catch while the 'keeper missed a stumping opportunity, both off Amelia Kerr's bowling, allowing Rodrigues to extend her stay as she continued to find the boundaries. Devine, however, falls in her attempt to up the ante, giving Kerr a wicket in the 19th over. Fifty for Rodrigues: With two successive fours off Bisht, the 18-year-old brings up her maiden fifty of the Women's T20 Challenge, getting there off 31 deliveries. She has provided a fine platform, powering Supernovas to 109 for 2 after 15. Kerr breaks promising stand: Just when Athapaththu looked set for a good score, she lost her wicket. Kerr, the skilful legspinner, lured the southpaw to skip down the track only to be befuddled by the googly and was stumped. End of a fine stand of 55 between Athapaththu and Rodrigues. Velocity lose review: Athapaththu breaks the shackles with a four off Bisht in the 10th over. Velocity also waste a review in the same over for a caught-behind appeal when Athapaththu played one inside the line. Supernovas are 63 for 1 after 10. The 50 comes up in the ninth over.Athapaththu and Rodrigues have tried to build watchfully, concentrating on singles at the moment. Puniya departs in her bid to accelerate: Having struck a four over mid-off off Pandey, Puniya attempts another but this time she doesn't clear Veda. Athapaththu gets a lucky break in the next over as Mithali puts down a skier to deny Komal Zanzad a wicket. Rodrigues ends the over with two successive fours, helping Supernovas to 39 for 1 after 6. Slow going: Puniya finally manages a boundary, but it's off an inside edge which infuriates Jahanara. She also bowls a couple of wides to give Supernovas extra runs. But it's been slow going so far with the batting side managing only 22 in the first four overs. The start: Priya Punia attempted a big hit off Shikha Pandey in the opening over but all she could manage was to clear the mid-off fielder. Athapaththu is successful in her bid to find the boundary, slicing a Jahanara delivery past backward point for the first four of the match. She then executes a fine on drive for another four, helping the Supernovas to 12 for 0 after 2. Toss and teams: Mithali Raj wins the toss and asks Supernovas to bat. Velocity bring in Jahanara Alam for Sushree Pradhan while Supernovas are unchanged. Supernovas (Playing XI): Priya Punia, Chamari Athapaththu, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Natalie Sciver, Sophie Devine, Lea Tahuhu, Taniya Bhatia(w), Anuja Patil, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav Velocity (Playing XI): Hayley Matthews, Shafali Verma, Danielle Wyatt, Mithali Raj(c), Veda Krishnamurthy, Sushma Verma(w), Shikha Pandey, Jahanara Alam, Amelia Kerr, Komal Zanzad, Ekta Bisht Build-up: Hello and welcome to the Live Blog for the Women's T20 Challenge game between Supernovas and Velocity. Harmanpreet Kaur's Supernovas are yet to register a win. Having gone down by a narrow margin to the Trailblazers in their opening game, their NRR is better than that of the Smriti Mandhana-led team. However, they need a victory in this game to get through to the final. Velocity, with a positive NRR, can even get through in case of a loss. But the Mithali Raj-led side will prefer going into the final with the confidence of remaining unbeaten. Meanwhile, as we wait for the toss and the team details, don't miss reading our spotlight piece - an exclusive interview with Mithali Raj - where she gives a passionate appraisal of her journey as well as that of Indian cricket through her career, the controversies and much more. © Cricbuzz TAGS RELATED STORIES<doc-sep>WOMEN'S T20 CHALLENGE, 2019 Winner takes all as Velocity and Supernovas square up by Purnima Malhotra • Published on Supernovas look the stronger on paper © BCCI The three-match league round of the ongoing Women's T20 Challenge 2019 has already thrown up a last-ball nail-biter, a low-scoring thriller, a controversy, unearthed and revived talents and a progressively improving headcount through the week. At the end of it all, two teams have survived - Harmanpreet Kaur's Supernovas and Mithali Raj's Velocity, and will be vying for the silverware in Saturday's final showdown. Since Velocity controversially chose to take the safer path to the final instead of going for a win in their last league game against the same opponent on Thursday, Supernovas would know that their 12-run victory counts for little. Raj & Co. shut shop early, at the dismissal of destructive No. 3 Danielle Wyatt, "calculatingly" crawling their way to 117 - the qualification mark given the NRR in standings table - to knock Trailblazers out of the final contention and, more importantly, setting up a rematch with Supernovas in this winners-takes-all contest. Supernovas, inarguably, look the stronger on paper, with envious batting depth and plethora of bowling options in the starting XI. The bowling is led by Indian spin trioka of the two Yadavs - Poonam and Radha - and Anuja Patil, and the foreign star attractions provide reliable pace options. They have an assortment of powerful hitters comprising their batting core - from Chamari Athapaththu to Jemimah Rodrigues, from Sophie Devine to Harmanpreet Kaur - and bat up to No. 9. Velocity also enjoy a similar luxury though they don't seem so confident about it with skipper Raj and Veda Krishnamurthy both openly sounding apprehensive of their lower middle order's abilities and weren't willing to expose them to "pressure situation" even if it meant letting go of an outright win to make a statement ahead of the big final. Ironically enough, they have trusted in the destructive abilities of a little-known 15-year-old Shafali Verma at the top of the order and, fortunately, had little reason to regret that decision. If it's any encouragement, the crowd numbers hit its peak on Thursday - for the same match-up - with RCA opening a total of four stands and filling it nearly to the brim. The night game over the weekend is expected to surmount that number. When:Supernovas vs Velocity, Final on Saturday May 11 at 7:30 PM IST Where:Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur What to expect: The pitches have been on the slower side and 140-odd runs have been a winning score on both the strips used so far. Partly cloudy and a breezy evening is in store with mercury likely to dip to about 34 degrees before the match starts. Teams Supernovas: In a team with abundance of medium-pace resources, it's unfortunate that youngsters Mansi Joshi and Arundhati Reddy have had to sit out in both league games as Supernovas fielded unchanged side. In fact, in their defence of 142 against the same opponent, Supernovas did not even use the services of Lea Tahuhu. It's unlikely they'll tweak their playing XI, but if they do the New Zealand pacer could sit out for an Indian who's only warmed the benches so far. Probable XI:Priya Punia, Chamari Athapaththu, Jemimah Rodrigues, Sophie Devine, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Natalie Sciver, Lea Tahuthu/Arundhati Reddy, Taniya Bhatia, Anuja Patil, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav Velocity:Mithali Raj has been quite vocal about giving the young players a chance in these three games and she's rotated her resources to give everyone but Devika Vaidya a game. However, the fact that the leg-spin all-rounder was one of the handful of players to show up for optional nets on the eve of the game could be an indication that she's finally been able to crack the code, potentially making Velocity field two leg-spinners. Probable XI: Hayley Matthews, Shafali Verma, Danielle Wyatt, Mithali Raj (C), Veda Krishnamurthy, Shikha Pandey, Jahanara Alam/Devika Vaidya, Sushma Verma, Amelia Kerr, Komal Zanzad, Ekta Bisht What they said: It's been great because the Indian cricketers in all three teams have got opportunities to display their skills. [There's been] close matches, interesting twists and turns in all league games. We have domestic players who have got an opportunity to play and for them also this experience has been brilliant. We've got to see some young talent, which even I haven't seen in domestic cricket. And I have a couple of them in my own side. To see them play has been good - Velocity skipper Mithali Raj sums up the league stage. We as a team are looking forward to do well in the final. Both the teams are [equally] strong. They did really well in the tournament and hopefully tomorrow we'll have a very good match - Harmanpreet Kaur looks forward to an exciting finale. © Cricbuzz TAGS RELATED STORIES<doc-sep>
WOMEN'S T20 CHALLENGE, 2019 Live Cricket Score - Supernovas vs Velocity, Final, Women's T20 Challenge, 2019 by Cricbuzz Staff • Last updated on Live Score Updates Supernovas 125-6 (20 Ovs) Lea Tahuhu 2 (8) Velocity 121-6 Shikha Pandey 3-0-17-0 Supernovas won by 4 wkts Live Scores Full Scorecard Two of India's biggest superstars share a long history of animosity © BCCI VICTORY! SUPERNOVAS ARE THE CHAMPIONS What. A. Final! Last ball, two runs needed and Radha Yadav hits it through the gap in the cover area to seal a fantastic win. Harmanpreet Kaur couldn't finish it off but her team will be the champions of the inauguram Women's T20 Challenge. Velocity fought brilliantly with the ball to take it down to the last ball, the twists and turns were instigated by their brilliance through the middle overs but unfortunately Mithali Raj's girls will have to be happy as the runners-up. WICKET: Harman falls She falls with 6 needed after a superb 51. What a final this is ! Harman hits back! This is turning out to be some contest here. Jahanara Alam bowls three on the trot but fails to take out Harmanpreet. Now the Supernovas skipper is finding the boundaries, first against Ekta Bisht and then against Alam too. She's single-handedly keeping her team in this chase now. WICKET: Alam strikes again! What a fantastic turnaround this has been. Velocity have picked up four wickets for 11 runs now. Sophie Devine is bowled neck and crop with the score just 64. WICKET: Alam strikes She gets the big one of Natalie Sciver who is out bowled for 2. Suddenly, Velocity are right back in this game and have reversed the pressure totally on Supernovas. All the work for Devine and Harmanpreet to do now. WICKET: Punia falls too! Well, well. What is happening here? Devika Vaidya now gets Priya Punia too, out stumped. Supernovas have lost two wickets on 53! WICKET: Kerr strikes! Jemimah Rodrigues is out caught and bowled by Amelia Kerr, bringing and end to a 44-run stand for the second wicket. Is there still a twist in this tale? A brisk start Jemimah Rodrigues and Priya Punia have wasted no time to get going. Their swift stand has put Supernovas in pole position to clinch the final now. WICKET: Athapaththu is run out! Fantastic fielding from Ekta Bisht at the boundary. She dives to save a boundary first and then gets the throw in to catch Athapaththu short on the third run. Innings break: Sushma Verma helps Velocity to 121 An unbeaten 40 off just 32 balls from Sushma Verma has given Velocity a total to play with. It might still be too small a total. But from 37 for 5, they'll take this. WICKET: Kerr's fightback ends Poonam Yadav has her chipping to cover and a partnership worth 71 has ended. But Kerr's smart knock of 36 has given Velocity something to play with here. A much-needed partnership Amelia Kerr and Sushma Verma have put on a steady fifty-plus stand to get the innings back on track. They could yet get to a defendable total here with four overs to go. WICKET: Sciver sends back Mithali A fourth bowler picks up a wicket in her first over. Sciver bags the big wicket of Mithali, who lofted on drive resulted in a catch to Devine at mid on. She departs for a 22-ball 12, leaving Velocity reeling at 37 for 5. WICKET: Devine strikes in her first over Velocity in more trouble as Veda departs for 8. Devine will have to thank Taniya Bhatia for the wicket. It was down the leg side and Bhatia collected the ball well and was quick to bring down the bails to have an overbalancing Veda out stumped. Velocity slip to 37 for 4 after 7. WICKET: Shafali falls too Tahuhu is hit for back-to-back boundaries by the 15-year old Shafali but then gets her caught at cover. Meanwhile, Mithali is still fighting on. WICKET: Wyatt bags a duck too! Terrible, terrible start for Velocity. Danielle Wyatt tries to take the attack to the spin of Anuja Patil but is done in by a straighter one and stumped! They're 1/2 as Mithali Raj walks in. WICKET: Tahuhu strikes early It's a big wicket off just the second ball off the innings. Tahuhu gets some shape away and gets Hayley Mathews nicking behind. What a start for Supernovas!