2022 Women's T20 Challenge

The 2022 Women's T20 Challenge, also known as the My 11 Circle 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 was a three-team tournament consisting of a group stage of three matches, followed by a final.^[3] In the final, IPL Supernovas beat IPL Velocity by 4 runs to win their 3rd title. The tournament was replaced by the Women's Premier League.

2022 Women's T20 Challenge

Dates	23 – 28 May 2022
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and final
Host(s)	India
Champions	IPL Supernovas (3rd title)
Runners-up	IPL Velocity
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
← 2020

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]

IPL Supernovas^[8]	IPL Trailblazers^[8]	IPL 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	Deepti Sharma (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   Sneh Rana   Yastika Bhatia

Points table

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

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[9]

  Advanced to final

Round-robin

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

IPL Supernovas 163 (20 overs)	v	IPL 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 (IPL Supernovas)

• Supernovas won the toss and elected to bat.

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24 May 2022 15:30 Scorecard

IPL Supernovas 150/5 (20 overs)	v	IPL 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 (IPL Supernovas)

• Velocity won the toss and elected to bowl.

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

IPL Trailblazers 190/5 (20 overs)	v	IPL 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 (IPL Trailblazers)

• Velocity won the toss and elected to field.

Final

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

IPL Supernovas 165/7 (20 overs)	v	IPL 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