Two-time champions Supernovas were restricted to 165 for 7 in 20 overs against Accelerate in the final of the Females’s T20 Feature 2022 on the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.
In entrance of a sizeable crowd, West Indies mountainous-hitter Deandra Dottin went berserk in the powerplay after Deepti Sharma acquired the toss and Accelerate opted to bowl. Dottin dealt in sixes as she 4 of them, gigantic ones in a 73-flee opening stand with Priya Punia.
While Deepti kept it tight in her opening spell, it was Punia who took the attack to Kate Unsuitable to open the floodgates for the Supernovas. Dottin then attacked Sneh Rana in the final over of the powerplay whereby the Supernovas hit 46 for 0.
However, Simran Bahadhur bought the gap wicket for Accelerate, ending a magnificent knock from Punia (28 off 29) in the 10th over.
“The gameplan was to utilize as considerable time on the crease as that you just are going to be in a region to contemplate, live to order the tale the first six overs. Having a sluggish open up is now now not continuously nasty. Can’t salvage a like a flash open up your whole time. That was continuously the thought,” Dottin educated Celebrity Sports.
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Captain Harmanrpeet Kaur walked in at No. 3 and went mountainous from the sector drag. The India batter, who hit peak type in the direction of the atomize of the World Cup earlier this year, smashed 43 from accurate 29 balls, hitting as many as 3 sixes and a boundary.
Harmanpreet was extreme against left-arm spinner Radha Yadav by bringing out her trademark slog sweeps.
However, Deepti Sharma led the Accelerate fightback by castling Dottin in the 15th over for 62. Kate Unsuitable then bought the mountainous wicket of Harmanpreet for 43 in the 17th over following which the Supernovas innings went southwards.
Supernovas went from 148 for 4 in 17.3 overs to produce with 165/7 in 20 overs.
For Accelerate, Deepti was the contemplate of the bowling attack with figures of 2/20 while Bahadur and Unsuitable picked up 2 wickets every. Despite now now not being at their easiest on the discipline,