‘A match worthy of a final’: SN Women win a thriller against VL Women in the final of Women’s T20 Challenge 2022
Supernovas (Image Source: BCCI/IPL)
The finals of the Women’s T20 Challenge 2022 took place tonight at the MCA Stadium in Pune. The teams contesting for the trophy were SN Women and VL Women.
VL Women won the toss and decided to field first in the match. The SN Women had a brilliant start top their inning as the openers Priya Punia and Deandra Dottin looked to attack from the onset. The duo stitched a partnership of 73 runs in 9.3 overs before Punia (28 of 29) was dismissed by Simran Bahadur. Dottin however continued her onslaught and kept the momentum going for her team. She got an able partner in her skipper, Harmanpreet Kaur. Dottin was dismissed in the 15th over of the innings when the score of the team was 131 runs. She scored 62 runs off 44 balls hitting 1 four and 4 sixes. Harmanpreet Kaur also did not last long after this. She scored 43 runs off 29 balls before being dismissed in the 18th over of the innings. The pitch got slower with the progress of the innings and batting became tougher. As a result, none of the other batters impressed much. SN Women posted a total of 165 runs in their 20 overs.
VL Women had a good start to their chase. they were going at great Knotts having scored 29 run in the first two overs. This is when the first wicket of the team fell. It was Shafali Verma (15 of 8) who was dismissed in the third over at the score of 29 runs. After this the VL Women lost the plot totally and kept losing wicket at regular intervals. By the end of the 11th over they were 64 runs for 5 wickets down. Laura Wolvaardt (65 of 40) however decided to give a fight. But the equation proved too much for her. Although Simran Bahadur played a brilliant little cameo of 20 off 10 it was also not enough. VL Women ultimately finished with161 runs . They lost the match by 4 runs . SN Women won their third title, the most in the history of the tournament.
Here is how Twitter reacted to the match.
https://twitter.com/wiplt20_/status/1530576844579143680?s=20&t=Piw42rolbQl-656UmcQ82A
Wolvi. The big match player. Each of her shots are pleasing! #SNOvVEL
— Devjani (@CricketKenway) May 28, 2022
Deandra Dottin's brilliant half century and Harmanpreet Kaur quickfire 45 helped Supernovas post 165 onboard!
Velocity need 166 to win Women's T20 Challenge Trophy! #My11CircleWT20C#SNOvVEL#WT20Challenge pic.twitter.com/3IVFEmyKKi
— Nilesh G (@oye_nilesh) May 28, 2022
The tension is palpable, the velocity questionable. #SNOvVEL #WT20Challenge
— Gargi (@gargipaigude) May 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/WomensCricZone/status/1530577295571726337?s=20&t=Piw42rolbQl-656UmcQ82A
https://twitter.com/Vipul_Espeaks/status/1530598767728025601?s=20&t=Piw42rolbQl-656UmcQ82A
.@Dottin_5 goes boom boom in a big match yet again!#SNOvVEL #WT20Challenge pic.twitter.com/LhDzFr8mYZ
— Women’s CricZone (@WomensCricZone) May 28, 2022
Match lost. But time to shout yessssss crossyyyyyyyyy.
— Womens T20 Challenge (@wiplt20_) May 28, 2022
#Supernovas are like Mumbai Indians they somehow have a knack of winning the finals. #SNOvVEL #WT20Challenge
— Dr. M. Kumar (@WhiteCoat_no_48) May 28, 2022
A stunning FIFTY for @LauraWolvaardt!
She scored the half-century in 34 balls as well.#MY11CircleWT20C #WomensT20Challenge #WomensT20Challenge2022 #SNOvVEL pic.twitter.com/pcA3yno7Fq
— Women's CricInsight | #CWG22 #My11CircleWT20C (@WCI_Official) May 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/_Marktamang/status/1530601331857436672?s=20&t=Piw42rolbQl-656UmcQ82A
Dottin has her day @WomensCricCraze @wiplt20_ #CricketTwitter #finale #SNOvVEL
— Amit Dangera (@amitdangera) May 28, 2022
Laura Wolvaardt has played an ABSOLUTE GEM of an innings. 50 off 34 balls.
Velocity needed 34 off 12 balls. #SNOvVEL Final live blog: https://t.co/Wthuinph5B pic.twitter.com/KNy6CcI2ZG
— The Field (@thefield_in) May 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/IPL/status/1530603215498379265?s=20&t=Piw42rolbQl-656UmcQ82A
Those who say women's cricket is boring should watch today's WT20 Challenge final #WT20Challenge #SNOvVEL
— Basrani Dev (@MSDIAN___DEV) May 28, 2022
Unbelievable fighting back from Velocity ! Wotta match going….#WT20Challenge #SNOvVEL
— TegtaJi (@iamtegtaharsh) May 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/ESPNcricinfo/status/1530604954414501888?s=20&t=Piw42rolbQl-656UmcQ82A
https://twitter.com/wiplt20_/status/1530605526521827328?s=20&t=Piw42rolbQl-656UmcQ82A
https://twitter.com/merlinsbeard78/status/1530605540375547904?s=20&t=Piw42rolbQl-656UmcQ82A
https://twitter.com/sscomp32/status/1530605211944775681?s=20&t=Piw42rolbQl-656UmcQ82A
In Ravi Shastri's words
"A match worthy of a big Final"#SNOvVEL #WT20Challenge
— Nish Navalkar (@YUVI_NISH) May 28, 2022
