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The final of the Women’s T20 Challenge 2022 took place between the SN Women and the VL Women at the MCA Stadium in Pune. For a final of a tournament, the match turned out to be a very one-sided affair.
VL Women won the toss and the skipper Deepti Sharma decided to field first. SN Women started on a great note as the openers Priya Punia and Deandra Dottin threw caution to the win at the start of the innings. 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 with her exploits and was joined by Harmapreet Kaur. Dottin played an explosive knock of 62 runs off 44 deliveries before being dismissed in the 15th over of the innings. Kaur also did not last long after that. She was sent back to the pavilion in the 18th over after she played a knock of 43 runs from 29 deliveries. As the match progressed batting got tougher with the pitch getting slower. The other batters did not impact the scoreboard much. They posted a respectable total of 165 runs from their 20 overs.
VL Women started their chase with a blaze. They were scoring at a great rate as they achieved 29 runs in just two overs. The first wicket to fall for the VL Women was Shafali Verma (15 of 8) in the third over. After this VL Women totally lost the plot and went totally off track. They were reduced to 64 for 5 by the end of the 11th over. Laura Wolvaardt ( 65 of 40) however decided not to go down without a fight. But the target proved too much for her even after being aided by a brilliant little cameo by Simran Bahadur ( 20 of 10). VL Women ultimately scored 161 and lost the match by 4 runs. With this victory SN Women won their third title, the most by any team in the history of the tournament.
Here is how Twitter reacted to the match.
166 Target in final 🎯#SNOvVEL #My11CircleWT20C #WT20Challenge pic.twitter.com/2byiGomlUr
— Womens T20 Challenge (@wiplt20_) May 28, 2022
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
Harmanpreet Kaur's #Supernovas finish with 165 runs on the board.
Do you think it will be enough? 🤨#SNOvVEL #WT20Challenge #Velocity #SuperNovas pic.twitter.com/BPcj3vGuUT
— Women’s CricZone (@WomensCricZone) May 28, 2022
The ladies who are officiating in #WT20Challenge showed some of the clowns who are officiating in #IPL2022, how umpiring is done.
Very impressed 👌#SNOvVEL
— Vipul Ghatol 🇮🇳 (@Vipul_Espeaks) May 28, 2022
.@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
Deandra Dottin, WOW!
62 runs and two wickets for this superstar tonight 🙌#WT20Challenge | #SNOvVEL
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) 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
#SNOvVEL #WT20Challenge
Deandra Dottin in today's Match :- pic.twitter.com/8Xd7l2Aws0— 마륵 타망😷😷 (@_Marktamang) 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
This is a stunning show from Laura Wolvaardt & Simran Dil Bahadur! 👏 👏
Velocity need 17 runs to win with an over to go.
Who is winning this one? 🤔 🤔
Follow the match ▶️ https://t.co/5WAdZVnzRM #My11CircleWT20C #SNOvVEL pic.twitter.com/EUdGCTlfok
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 28, 2022
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
SUPERNOVAS ARE THE CHAMPIONS!
What a game – deserving of a final 💥💥💥#WT20Challenge | #SNOvVEL
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) May 28, 2022
Well played Simran and laura. Mind blowing efforts when everyone lost the hope. Too good batting at the end. 💜 you lose some you won some efforts are all what we need. #SNOvVEL #WomensT20Challenge
— Womens T20 Challenge (@wiplt20_) May 28, 2022
Well fought #Velocity 👏🏻👏🏻 what an absolutely amazing game! #WT20Challenge #SNOvVEL pic.twitter.com/o5G4K0fGi4
— Severus Snape (@merlinsbeard78) May 28, 2022
SUPERNOVAS WIN. 3RD TITLE IN 4 EDITIONS. WHAT A TEAM. WHAT A BOWLER SOPHIE. WHAT A LEADER HARMANPREET. #SNOvVEL #WT20CHALLENGE #WT20C
— सुयश स्वरूप சுயஷ் ஸ்வரூப் 🏏🇮🇳🕉️卐🚩📽️ (@sscomp32) May 28, 2022
In Ravi Shastri's words
"A match worthy of a big Final"#SNOvVEL #WT20Challenge
— Nish Navalkar (@YUVI_NISH) May 28, 2022
