Women's T20 Challenge 2022: Trailblazers beat Velocity by 16 runs but crash out on net run-rate
Hindustan TimesVelocity suffered a 16-run defeat in the Women's T20 Challenge but still qualified for the final on the basis of a better net runrate, knocking out victors Trailblazers from the tournament here on Thursday. Trailblazers, Supernovas and Velocity ended with two points each but the top two teams made it to the final as they had better net runrate than the defending champions. Earlier, Meghana knocked the stuffing out of Velocity attack with a 73 off 47 balls en route to a 113-run partnership off 73 balls with Rodrigues as Trailblazers posted 190 for five, the highest total in the history of the tournament. Meghana got another reprieve when Khaka dropped her at backward point and she slammed a six and four off Rana before Cross held on to one at long-off to finally get rid off the opener.