2020 Women's T20 Challenge

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2020 Women's T20 Challenge
2020-Womens-t20-challenge.jpg
Dates4 – 9 November 2020
Administrator(s) BCCI
Cricket format Twenty20
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and final
Host(s)Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Champions IPL Trailblazers (1st title)
Runners-up IPL Supernovas
Participants3
Matches4
Player of the series Flag of India.svg Radha Yadav (Supernovas)
Most runs Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Chamari Atapattu (Supernovas) (117)
Most wickets Flag of India.svg Radha Yadav (Supernovas) (8)
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The 2020 Women's T20 Challenge, branded as Jio Women's T20 Challenge, [1] was the third season of the Women's T20 Challenge, a Twenty20 cricket tournament established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2018. [2] Like the previous edition, it was a three-team tournament consisting of a group stage of three matches, followed by a final. [3]

Contents

The tournament was originally scheduled to commence in May 2020 in Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur coinciding with the IPL Playoffs. [4] However, it was suspended along with the IPL due to the global coronavirus pandemic. [5] [6] The tournament was held from 4 to 9 November 2020 in Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates, still coinciding with the IPL Playoffs. [7] [8] IPL Trailblazers beat IPL Supernovas by 16 runs in the final and won their maiden title. [9]

The season was viewed by 105 million unique viewers in India, a growth of 47% over the previous season. The 2020 season recorded 5.34 billion minutes in viewership in India, representing a 2.45 times increase over the 2019 edition. [10]

Squads

On 11 October 2020, BCCI announced squads and schedule for Women's T20 Challenge. [11]

IPL Supernovas [11] IPL Trailblazers [11] IPL Velocity [11]

Natthakan Chantam became the first Thai cricketer to be represented in this tournament. [12] Overseas players Sophie Devine, Suzie Bates, Nat Sciver, Stafanie Taylor, Amelia Kerr, Lea Tahuhu and Hayley Matthews were not part of the 2020 edition, due to the fixture clash with the 2020–21 Women's Big Bash League season in Australia. [13] Mansi Joshi was ruled out of Women's T20 Challenge due to testing positive for COVID-19. [14] Meghna Singh was named as her replacement in Velocity squad. [15]

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1 IPL Trailblazers 211022.109
2 IPL Supernovas 21102−0.054
3 IPL Velocity 21102−1.869
Source: [16]

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Round-robin

4 November 2020
19:30 IST (D/N)
Scorecard
IPL Supernovas
126/8 (20 overs)
v
IPL Velocity
129/5 (19.5 overs)
Chamari Atapattu 44 (39)
Ekta Bisht 3/22 (4 overs)
Suné Luus 37* (21)
Ayabonga Khaka 2/27 (4 overs)
IPL Velocity won by 5 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Ulhas Gandhe
Player of the match: Suné Luus (IPL Velocity)
  • IPL Velocity won the toss and elected to bowl.
5 November 2020
15:30 IST
Scorecard
IPL Velocity
47 (15.1 overs)
v
IPL Trailblazers
49/1 (7.5 overs)
Shafali Verma 13 (9)
Sophie Ecclestone 4/9 (3.1 overs)
Deandra Dottin 29* (28)
Leigh Kasperek 1/5 (2 overs)
IPL Trailblazers won by 9 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Pashchim Pathak and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
Player of the match: Sophie Ecclestone (IPL Trailblazers)
  • IPL Velocity won the toss and elected to bat.
7 November 2020
19:30 IST (D/N)
Scorecard
IPL Supernovas
146/6 (20 overs)
v
IPL Trailblazers
144/5 (20 overs)
Chamari Atapattu 67 (48)
Jhulan Goswami 1/17 (4 overs)
Deepti Sharma 43* (40)
Radha Yadav 2/30 (4 overs)
IPL Supernovas won by 2 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Anil Dandekar
Player of the match: Chamari Atapattu (IPL Supernovas)
  • IPL Supernovas won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

9 November 2020
19:30 IST (D/N)
Scorecard
IPL Trailblazers
118/8 (20 overs)
v
IPL Supernovas
102/7 (20 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 68 (49)
Radha Yadav 5/16 (4 overs)
Harmanpreet Kaur 30 (36)
Salma Khatun 3/18 (4 overs)
IPL Trailblazers won by 16 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Ulhas Gandhe
Player of the match: Smriti Mandhana (IPL Trailblazers)
  • IPL Supernovas won the toss and elected to field.
  • IPL Trailblazers won the 2020 Women's T20 Challenge.

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