Twitter Reactions: Salma Khatun, Smriti Mandhana give Trailblazers maiden Women’s T20 Challenge title
Radha Yadav's five-wicket haul went in vain.
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The final of the Women’s T20 Challenge wasn’t a high-scoring affair by any means. But the finalists- Trailblazers and Supernovas- showcased some excellent piece of cricket. After a lot of excitement, it was the Smriti Mandhana-led Trailblazers, who came out trumps by 16 runs to win the game. It was also their maiden title in the championship after they failed to qualify for the playoffs last year.
Mandhana and Radha shine
The Trailblazers’ batting was all about Smriti Mandhana. Barring her, the rest of the batters couldn’t find any sort of momentum whatsoever. Deandra Dottin was attacking in the first two matches, but she crawled her way to a 32-ball 20 with a four before she perished to Poonam Yadav. At the other end, the left-handed Mandhana kept playing strokes and never allowed a dip in the scoring rate.
Mandhana notched her half-century off 38 balls. She batted until the 15th over and scored 68 runs off 49 balls with five fours and three sixes. But once Shashikala Siriwardene got rid of her, the innings collapsed. Radha Yadav was exceptional with the ball in hand. The left-hander spinner picked up a five-wicket haul, conceding a mere 16 runs. The Trailblazers made their way to 118 in 20 overs.
Khatun stars for the Trailblazers
Chamari Athapaththu started with a four off Sophie Ecclestone, who later went on to dismiss her. Tania Bhatia scored a 20-ball 14 before Deepti Sharma accounted for her wicket. Jemimah Rodrigues’ poor run in the tournament continued as he could manage only 13 off 16. She became Deepti’s second victim. Siriwardene and Harmanpreet Kaur then put on 37 for the fourth wicket.
Bangladesh’s Salma Khatun nipped Siriwardene out to put more pressure on the Supernovas’ batting unit. Harmanpreet played with an injury and she found it tough to run between the wickets. Despite that, she managed 30 runs off 36 balls to keep her team in the end. But after Khatun dismissed her, the writing was on the walls for the Supernovas. In the end, they could only muster 102 in 20 overs.
Here’s how the netizens reacted on the Trailblazers’ victory:
CLASS ACTpic.twitter.com/R7wJdOQhFO
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) November 9, 2020
#Trailblazers WIN the #JioWomensT20Challenge pic.twitter.com/LXJClXZcn3
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) November 9, 2020
Another gun performance from Sophie Ecclestone who ends the #WomensT20Challenge with combined 11.1-1-55-5
But ridiculous that it's already over! Got to be 13 games (four teams, double round-robin + final) at the absolute bare minimum next year?
— Matt Roller (@mroller98) November 9, 2020
What a special innings it was by #Smriti Mandhana:
68 off 49 balls, 5 fours and 3 sixes, SR 138.77.
Only player to hit a six. Only player to hit more than two fours.
Next best Strike Rate in the match (at least 5 balls faced): 105.55 #WomensT20Challenge
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) November 9, 2020
Well tried, @ImHarmanpreet 👏👏 one-woman army…was almost on one leg. But fought till the end.
2020 ain’t anything like 2019…. #WomensT20Challenge has a new champion. It’s @mandhana_smriti #Trailblazers 👍✌️🙌— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) November 9, 2020
And NEW!!! #WomensT20Challenge Champions!!! The #Trailblazers
— Tamil_Speaking_Indian (@DilipSubramani) November 9, 2020
Smriti Mandhana set up the win followed by a good bowling performance. Congrats to thr Trailblazers for winning the #WomensT20Challenge
— Naeemah Benjamin (@NaeemahBenjamin) November 9, 2020
Congratulations #Trailblazers on winning #WomensT20Challenge
Finally #WomensT20Challenge got a New winner as #Trailblazers
Hope Tomorrow #IPL may also got there new champions as #DelhiCapitals— Jatin (@ImJatinV) November 9, 2020
Women's T20 Challenge Winners
2018 – Supernovas
2019 – Supernovas
2020 – Trailblazers #Trailblazers #smriti #WomensT20Challenge
— Karthick (@Karthic_cr) November 9, 2020
Most Runs in #WomensT20Challenge
1. C Athapaththu – 117
2. #smriti – 107
3. #harmanpreet – 92
4. D Dottin – 76Most Wickets
1. R Yadav – 8
2. S Ecclestone – 5
3. S Khatun – 4
4. L Kasperek – 3#Cricket #Supernovas #Trailblazers #Velocity— Rajesh Khilare (@Cricrajeshpk) November 9, 2020
Congrats to #Trailblazers on winning the #WomensT20Challange …is this a sign ahead for tomorrow’s final?!!!
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) November 9, 2020
The defending champion who have won the most number of titles lose in the final.
A new champion is crowned !!!!! #WomensT20Challenge@DelhiCapitals vs @mipaltan tomorrow.. So 😌 pic.twitter.com/HmMmTDm7e6— Vivek (@vivek_rko) November 9, 2020
She’s at it again !! Doing every bit that she can !!! #fieldersteam 👏👏 https://t.co/PCG6aT4L2B
— Veda Krishnamurthy (@vedakmurthy08) November 9, 2020
Amazing piece of athleticism 👏🏽👏🏽 https://t.co/5ZF5HPpEoz
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) November 9, 2020
So it was as good as @nicholas_47 ?? https://t.co/APQFmrQ1zp pic.twitter.com/XscAUNNLjl
— Eoin Morgan (@Eoin16) November 9, 2020
https://twitter.com/prakash_info/status/1325852633886650369?s=20
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