Women’s T20 challenge 2019 is scheduled from May 6, 2019, to May 11, 2019. There will be three teams in the tournament. In this article, we will see the Women’s T20 Challenge 2019 teams, squads, schedule, and results.
WT20 Challenge 2019 Teams
Last year Trailblazers and Supernovas played one and only match against each other. This year new team Velocity is introduced, which will be lead by Mithali Raj.
- Supernovas
- Trailblazers
- Velocity
As part of the competition, each team will play one match each against the other two teams. So a total of three matches in the round stage. Lastly, the top two teams will play in the Final. Net Run Rate will be used to decide the top two teams if the teams would get the same points.
Let us see the squads for all the teams.
Supernovas Squad for WT20 Challenge 2019:
Trailblazers Squad for WT20 Challenge 2019:
Velocity Squad for WT20 Challenge 2019:
WT20 Challenge 2019 Schedule and Results:
As you can see, all three teams won one match and lost one match. And finally, based on the net run rate, Supernovas and Velocity managed to make it to the final.
The WT20 Challenge final was thrilling and went down to the last ball. Last year’s winner Supernovas finally managed to beat Velocity by 4 wickets and clinched the title once again.
Earlier Velocity made 121 runs losing six wickets in 20 overs. Thanks to Amelia Kerr’s 36 runs from 38 balls and wicket-keeper batter Sushma Verma’s 40* from 32 balls towards the end of the inning.
In response, Supernovas has a bad start with the first wicket falling for just 9 runs. At one point, Supernovas were struggling at 64/5. But it was the captain Harmanpreet Kaur who brought back her team into the match with a scintillating 51 runs from 37 balls hitting 4 fours and 3 sixes.
Finally, when the Supernovas needed 1 run from 1 ball, Radha Yadav hit the winning runs and the Novas won the match and WT20 Challenge 2019 by 4 wickets.
So we saw the Women’s T20 challenge 2019 teams, squads, schedule, and results. It is great to see a women’s T20 league tournament in India. Response from the sponsors and spectators is quite warm. Must say it has been greatly entertaining and exciting so far and we all know it is just a start.
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