West Indian opener Deandra Dottin made full use of an early reprieve to attain a blistering half-century and energy Supernovas to 165 for seven in opposition to Velocity within the Women’s T20 Challenge ultimate right here on Saturday.
The 30-year-old Dottin was dropped on 13 by Sneh Rana off Deepti Sharma within the fourth over, and she or he made Velocity pay for that pricey mistake by making 62 off 44 balls, which was studded with one 4 and 4 sixes.
The skilled campaigner stitched 73 runs for the opening wicket with Priya Punia (28) and added 58 for the second wicket with in-form captain Harmanpreet Kaur (43 off 29 balls).
For Velocity, captain Deepti Sharma, Kate Cross and Simran Bahadur took two wickets apiece, whereas Ayabonga Khaka bought one. The Supernovas might solely rating 34 runs within the final 5 overs whereas shedding 5 wickets.
Dottin and Punia gave the Supernovas a flying begin after being put in to bat, scoring at a brisk tempo and reaching 46 for no loss within the powerplay.
Punia hit a six off Cross within the third over however her accomplice Dottin did even higher, smashing consecutive maximums within the sixth over bowled by Rana. Punia was going robust when she bought out within the tenth over bowled by Simran Bahadur, after smashing a six.
Captain Kaur, the match’s highest scorer, got here out and straightaway started accumulating the runs, hitting a six off Rana within the twelfth over and following it up with two maximums within the 14th over bowled by Yadav. In the subsequent over, Velocity captain Deepti struck as she bowled Dottin.
The Supernovas suffered a batting collapse within the dying overs as they misplaced 4 wickets for the addition of simply 11 runs.
Pooja Vastrakar (5) was cleaned up by Ayabonga Khaka within the seventeenth over earlier than Cross claimed two wickets — that of Kaur and Sophie Ecclestone (2) — within the house of three balls within the subsequent over.
Source: www.thehindu.com
