Simply superior Supernovas!

Thanks to Deandra Dottin 44ball 62 and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur 43 off 29 and an equally disciplined bowling performance from leftarm spinner Sophie Ecclestone 228 Supernovas beat Velocity by four runs in the Womenrsquos T20 Challenge final here on SaturdayIn reply to Supernovas 1657 Velocity ended up with 1618 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association StadiumAustralian Laura Wolvaardt 65 not out was the only batter who showed some fight but that was not enough to chase the target Wolvaardt ensured the game was stretched to the last over and last ball as Velocity had to score a six to win the finalVelocity lost openers Shafali Verma 15 and Yastika Bhatia 13 early Onedrop Kiran Navgire faced 13 balls but got out for a duck to EcclestoneEarlier West Indian opener Dottin made full use of an early reprieve to score a blistering halfcentury and power Supernovas to a good totalLucky DottinDottin 30 was dropped on 13 by Sneh Rana off Deepti Sharma in the fourth over and she made Velocity pay for that costly mistake by making 62 off 44 balls which was studded with one four and four sixesThe experienced campaigner stitched 73 runs for the opening wicket with Priya Punia 28 and added 58 for the second wicket with inform Kaur 43 off 29 balls For Velocity captain Deepti Sharma Kate Cross and Simran Bahadur took two wickets apiece while Ayabonga Khaka got one The Supernovas could only score 34 runs in the last five overs while losing five wickets Dottin and Punia gave the Supernovas a flying start after being put in to bat scoring at a brisk pace and reaching 46 for no loss in the Powerplay Punia hit a six off Cross in the third over but her partner Dottin did even better smashing consecutive maximums in the sixth over bowled by Rana Punia was going strong when she got out in the 10th over bowled by Simran Bahadur after smashing a sixHarmanpreet opens with a sixCaptain Kaur the tournamentrsquos highest scorer came out and straightaway began collecting the runs hitting a six off Rana in the 12th over and following it up with two maximums in the 14th over bowled by Yadav In the next over Velocity captain Deepti struck as she bowled Dottin The Supernovas suffered a batting collapse in the death overs as they lost four wickets for the addition of just 11 runs Pooja Vastrakar 5 was cleaned up by Ayabonga Khaka in the 17th over before Cross claimed two wicketsmdashthat of Kaur and Sophie Ecclestone 2 Brief scoresSupernovas 1657 in 20 overs D Dottin 62 H Kaur 43 D Sharma 220 K Cross 229 beat Velocity 1618 L Wolvaardt 65 A King 332 S Ecclestone 228 by four runsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever