Jaipur: Teenager Jemimah Rodrigues struck an unbeaten 77 to help Supernovas beat Velocity by 12 runs and enter the final of the Women’s T20 Challenge here Thursday.
The two sides will again face each other in the summit clash on Saturday as the third team, Trailblazers, who also secured the same two points as Velocity and Supernova, finished third on the basis of net run rate.
Sent into bat in their must-win match, the Supernovas scored 142 for 3, thanks to 18-year-old Jemimah’s 48-ball 77 not out and then restricted Velocity to 130 for 3 to win the final round-robin league match of the tournament.
After Thursday’s result, all the three teams ended on two points each after one win by each side but Velocity and Supernovas had +0.25 and +0.045 net runs rates respectively while the Trailblazers secured -0.305.
England’s Danielle Wyatt threatened to take the game away from Supernovas with a 33-ball 43 but she was out in the 12th over after a 56-run stand with captain Mithali Raj who remained 40 not out off 42 balls.
Brief scores
Supernovas 142 for 3 in 20 overs (Jemimah Rodrigues 77 not out — 48b, 10x4, 1x6, Chamari Athapaththu 31, Priya Punia 16, Amelia Kerr 2/21, Shikha Pandey 1/17) bt Velocity 130 for 3 in 20 overs (Danielle Wyatt 43, Mithali Raj 40 not out, Veda Krishnamurthy 30 not out, Radha Yadav 1/30, Anuja Patil 1/28, Poonam Yadav 1/13)
