Pooja Vastrakar picked up 4 wickets for simply 12 runs in an excellent pace-bowling show as Supernovas notched up a very simple 49-run win over Trailblazers in a record-breaking opening fit of the Ladies’s T20 Problem right here on Monday.
The 22-year-old Vastrakar claimed the wickets of Trailblazers’ captain Smriti Mandhana (34), her opening spouse Hayley Matthews (18), No. 4 Sophia Dunkley (1) and Salma Khatun (0) in two separate spells to rip aside the batting line-up of the protecting champions.
England left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone and Australia all-rounder Alana King chipped in with two wickets apiece as Trailblazers may simplest ranking 114 for 9 in 20 overs whilst chasing 164.
The Supernovas had previous scored the event’s highest-ever ranking of 163 all out after opting to bat.
WHAT. A. WIN! 👏 👏
The @ImHarmanpreet-led Supernovas seal a medical 4⃣9⃣-run victory over Trailblazers & pocket two issues. 👍 👍
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Trailblazers made a robust begin to their chase with Mandhana and Matthews striking on 39 runs for the hole wicket in 5 overs.
However Vastrakar struck triple blows on Trailblazers to go away the protecting champions in serious trouble.
She first had the wicket of Matthews off the remaining ball of the 5th over after which brushed aside skipper
Mandhana and Dunkley within the area of 4 balls within the 8th over.
Wickets saved on tumbling in fast succession as Sharmin Akhter (0) was once out within the subsequent over for a duck to be King’s first sufferer of the day.
Supernovas are chipping away! 👏 👏
Trailblazers 7 down within the chase.
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Runs had been laborious to return via for Trailblazers as they reached 71 for 4 on the midway mark. However two fast wickets within the eleventh over bowled via Ecclestone nearly ended the competition. Ecclestone had Richa Gosh (2) off the second one ball of the over and Arundhati Reddy (0) was once run out within the subsequent supply as Trailblazers batters seemed in a rush to go back to the hut.
Harmanpreet Kaur introduced Vastrakar for her 2d spell and the pacewoman were given speedy good fortune via having Khatun to scale back Trailblazers to 73 for 7 on the finish of 12 overs.
Asking fee had climbed greater than 11 runs an over via then and one-down Jemimah Rodrigues (24) attempted to make a fit out of it however she additionally fell within the 14th over to Meghna Singh to extinguish any hopes of Trailblazers’ struggle again.
Previous, Supernovas captain Kaur top-scored with 37 off 29 balls whilst Harleen Deol and Deandra Dottin chipped in with 35 and 32 respectively.
They, alternatively, misplaced 5 wickets within the remaining two overs for simply 8 runs, together with that of Kaur, in a dramatic cave in.
Stuck @PriyaPunia6 bowled @Vastrakarp25 was once the theme of that 2-wicket over. 👍 👍
Trailblazers lose their captain Smriti Mandhana & Sophia Dunkley.
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Matthews was once the pick out of the Trailblazers bowlers with figures of three for 29 whilst Salma Khatun took two for 30 runs.
The Supernovas made a rollicking get started, attaining to the event’s best-ever power-play ranking of 58 for one with opener Dottin (32 off simply 17 balls) in ominous shape.
ICYMI: @ImHarmanpreet leads the price with the bat 👍 👍
The Supernovas captain hit 4 fours in her 37-run knock and was once the top-scorer for her aspect. 👏 👏
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Dottin hit Renuka Singh for 3 fours within the 3rd over from which the Supernovas took 14 runs. She was once, alternatively, run out within the 5th over whilst taking flight too some distance from her crease. She hit 5 fours and one six in all.
The opposite opener Priya Punia (22) persisted just a little longer ahead of she was once out within the 8th over. Younger Deol confirmed super shape and shared 37 runs for the 3rd wicket with captain Kaur.
She hit Matthews for consecutive fours within the 8th over however may no longer convert her begin to a large ranking, getting out within the twelfth over.
Kaur, popping out on the fall of Punia within the 8th over, took the onus of steadying the send on herself although her aspect misplaced wickets in clusters.
Sune Luus (10) fell to Rajeshwari Gayakwad (1/34) within the fifteenth over ahead of King (5) become Khatun’s 2d wicket of the day.
Vastrakar and Kaur had been out within the area of 3 balls within the nineteenth over ahead of Supernovas misplaced some other 3 wickets within the dramatic ultimate over.
