2022 Women's T20 Challenge

2022 Women's T20 Challenge

Dates	23 – 28 May 2022
Administrator	BCCI
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and final
Host	India
Champions	Supernovas (Women's T20 Challenge) (3rd title)
Runners-up	Velocity (Women's T20 Challenge)
Participants	3
Matches	4
Player of the series	Deandra Dottin (Supernovas)
Most runs	Harmanpreet Kaur (Supernovas) (151)
Most wickets	Pooja Vastrakar (Supernovas) (6)
Official website	Official site
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The 2022 Women's T20 Challenge, also known as the My11Circle Women's T20 Challenge for sponsorship reasons, ^[1] was the fourth and final season of the Women's T20 Challenge, a Twenty20 tournament established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2018. ^[2] Similar to the previous edition, it featured three teams and consisted of a group stage of three matches followed by a final. ^[3] In the final, Supernovas (Women's T20 Challenge) defeated Velocity (Women's T20 Challenge) by four runs to win their third title. The tournament was subsequently replaced by the Women's Premier League.

Venue

The tournament was held from 23 May to 28 May, with all the matches played at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium

Squads

The squads were announced on 16 May 2022. ^[7]

Supernovas [8]	Trailblazers [8]	Velocity [8]
Harmanpreet Kaur (c) Alana King Ayushi Soni Chandu Venkateshappa Deandra Dottin Harleen Deol Mansi Joshi Meghna Singh Monica Patel Muskan Malik Pooja Vastrakar Priya Punia Rashi Kanojiya Sophie Ecclestone Suné Luus Taniya Bhatia	Smriti Mandhana (c) Arundhati Reddy Hayley Matthews Jemimah Rodrigues Poonam Yadav Priyanka Priyadarshini Rajeshwari Gayakwad Renuka Singh Richa Ghosh Sabbhineni Meghana Saiqa Ishaque Salma Khatun Sharmin Akhter Shradda Pokharkar Sophia Dunkley Sujata Mallik	Sneh Rana (c) Aarti Kedar Ayabonga Khaka Kate Cross Keerthi James Kiran Navgire Laura Wolvaardt Maya Sonawane Natthakan Chantam Pranavi Chandra Radha Yadav Shafali Verma Shivali Shinde Simran Bahadur Deepti Sharma Yastika Bhatia

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Supernovas	2	1	1	0	2	0.912
2	Velocity	2	1	1	0	2	−0.022
3	Trailblazers	2	1	1	0	2	−0.825

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[9]

  Advanced to final

Round-robin

23 May 2022 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Supernovas 163 (20 overs)	v	Trailblazers 114/9 (20 overs)
Harmanpreet Kaur 37 (29) Hayley Matthews 3/29 (4 overs)		Smriti Mandhana 34 (23) Pooja Vastrakar 4/12 (4 overs)

Supernovas won by 49 runs Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune Umpires: Narayanan Janani (Ind) and Vrinda Rathi (Ind) Player of the match: Pooja Vastrakar (Supernovas)

• Supernovas won the toss and elected to bat.

24 May 2022 15:30 Scorecard

Supernovas 150/5 (20 overs)	v	Velocity 151/3 (18.2 overs)
Harmanpreet Kaur 71 (51) Kate Cross 2/24 (4 overs)		Shafali Verma 51 (33) Deandra Dottin 2/21 (3.2 overs)

Velocity won by 7 wickets Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune Umpires: Narayanan Janani (Ind) and Gayathri Venugopalan (Ind) Player of the match: Harmanpreet Kaur (Supernovas)

• Velocity won the toss and elected to bowl.

26 May 2022 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Trailblazers 190/5 (20 overs)	v	Velocity 174/9 (20 overs)
Sabbhineni Meghana 73 (47) Simran Bahadur 2/31 (3 overs)		Kiran Navgire 69 (34) Poonam Yadav 2/33 (4 overs)

Trailblazers won by 16 runs Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune Umpires: Vrinda Rathi (Ind) and Gayathri Venugopalan (Ind) Player of the match: Jemimah Rodrigues (Trailblazers)

• Velocity won the toss and elected to field.

Final

28 May 2022 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Supernovas 165/7 (20 overs)	v	Velocity 161/8 (20 overs)
Deandra Dottin 62 (44) Deepti Sharma 2/20 (4 overs)		Laura Wolvaardt 65* (40) Alana King 3/32 (4 overs)

Supernovas won by 4 runs Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune Umpires: Narayanan Janani (Ind) and Vrinda Rathi (Ind) Player of the match: Deandra Dottin (IPL Supernovas)

• Velocity won the toss and elected to field.

See also

• Cricket portal

• India women's national cricket team

References

1. "BCCI awards title sponsorship rights of Women's T20 Challenge 2022 to My11Circle". The Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
2. Acharya, Shayan. "Women's T20 Challenge in Lucknow from May 24–28: Sourav Ganguly". Sportstar. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
3. "3-team Women's T20 Challenge to be held in Lucknow in May". thebridge.in. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
4. "Lucknow to host Women's T20 Challenge from May 24–28, confirms BCCI president Sourav Ganguly". Hindustan Times. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
5. "Women's T20 challenge from May 23 in Pune". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
6. "BCCI announces schedule and venue details for TATA IPL Playoffs and Women's T20 Challenge 2022". www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
7. "BCCI announces squads for My11Circle Women's T20 Challenge". The Board of Control for Cricket in India. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
8. "Women's T20 Challenge: Deepti replaces Raj as Velocity captain; Dunkley, Cross, King, Wolvaardt among overseas stars". ESPNcricinfo. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
9. "Women's T20 Challenge – Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 May 2022.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo