Women’s T20 challenge 2020, LIVE SCORE, Velocity vs Trailblazers latest updates: Sushree Dibyadarshini, right arm out of rest, enters the attack. Dottin is in the mood to finish this in a jiffy. But it’s young Richa Ghosh who hits a limit on the last ball. Nine runs off. The pioneers need 11 runs on 78 balls.
Mithali will be eager to lead from the front and avenge their 2019 loss in which they lost by four wickets in one last thriller.
Speed will largely depend on 16-year-old Indian sensation Shafali Verma, who caught eyes hitting most of the six (nine) at the T20 World Cup and finished as the fifth-highest scorer in races.
All international players will return to the field after the COVID-19 hiatus that followed the women’s WT20 in February-March. It will be interesting to see their fitness levels, coming back after enduring a crash.
The tournament will also feature Thailand’s inaugural hitter, Natthakan Chantham, who scored her country’s first half-century of women’s WT20. She became the first associate cricketer to be part of the tournament, which is considered a precursor to a full-fledged female IPL.
Natthakan will represent the Trailblazers captained by Indian starter Smriti Mandhana.
The pioneers will also feature veteran pacemaker Jhulan Ghoswami, England’s Sophie Ecclestone and West Indies star Deandra Dottin.
Squads:
Complete Velocity Equipment: Mithali Raj (c), Veda Krishnamurthy, Shafali Verma, Sushma Verma (week), Ekta Bisht, Shikha Pandey, Devika Vaidya, Sushree Pradhan, Manali Dakshini, Leigh Kasperek, Danni Wyatt, Sune Luus, Anagha Singpanhde, Meghna Luus.
Complete Trailblazers Kit: Smriti Mandhana (c), Deepti Sharma, Punam Raut, Richa Ghosh, D Hemalatha, Nuzhat Parween (week), Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Harleen Deol, Jhulan Goswami, Simran Dil Bahadur, Salma Khatun, Sophie Ecclestone, Nattakan Dottinham, Kandverae Gandverae
With inputs from PTI.
