India internationals Yastika Bhatia and Renuka Singh were the top performers with bat and ball respectively as India D defeated India A in the final at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur to win the Women’s T20 Challenger Trophy.
Renuka Singh returned with figures of 3/24 with the ball as India A were restricted to 144/5 in 20 overs. Yastika Bhatia top scored with an unbeaten 80 in the run-chase after fellow opener Jasia Akhter scored a quick-fire 47 as India D chased down the target (148/3) with an over to spare and seven wickets in hand.
Opting to field first, Sneh Rana-led India D saw Renuka Singh provide a strong start with two wickets in the powerplay. India A recovered thanks to half centuries from Nuzhat Parween and Harleen Deol, the latter continuing her good form in the domestic season.
The chase saw India D post 62 runs in the first 10 overs with Akhter doing the bulk of the scoring at that point. But Bhatia went from 21 off 27 to finish on 80* off 56 balls to see her side home. The left-hander from Baroda, who recently found herself out of the T20I side for India, had scored an unbeaten 99* earlier in the tournament.
India will be playing world champions Australia in a five-match home series in December.
Here’s a look at the top performers from the T20 tournament that pitted four sides against each other:
Top 10 run-scorers
| PLAYER | TEAM | I | R | NO | HS | AVG | SR | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y H Bhatia | IND-D | 4 | 203 | 3 | 99* | 203.00 | 134.43 | 2 |
| Nuzhat Parween | IND-A | 4 | 130 | - | 55 | 32.50 | 100.00 | 2 |
| Harleen B Deol | IND-A | 4 | 124 | 1 | 61 | 41.33 | 133.33 | 2 |
| Jasia Akhter | IND-D | 4 | 114 | 1 | 56* | 38.00 | 132.55 | 1 |
| Shafali Verma | IND-B | 3 | 103 | 1 | 91* | 51.50 | 160.93 | 1 |
| Pooja Vastrakar | IND-C | 3 | 94 | - | 61 | 31.33 | 138.23 | 1 |
| S S Shinde | IND-A | 4 | 91 | - | 42 | 22.75 | 108.33 | 0 |
| Amanjot Kaur | IND-A | 4 | 75 | 3 | 49 | 75.00 | 100.00 | 0 |
| Deepti | IND-B | 3 | 60 | 1 | 26 | 30.00 | 100.00 | 0 |
| Priya Punia | IND-C | 3 | 55 | - | 27 | 18.33 | 78.57 | 0 |
Most wickets
| POS | PLAYER | TEAM | I | WKTS | AVG | ECON | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renuka K Singh | IND-D | 3 | 8 | 9.37 | 6.25 | 9.00 |
| 2 | Deepti | IND-B | 3 | 7 | 9.57 | 6.70 | 8.57 |
| 3 | Rajeshwari | IND-D | 4 | 6 | 10.16 | 4.25 | 14.33 |
| 4 | Sahana S Pawar | IND-A | 4 | 5 | 15.40 | 5.50 | 16.80 |
| 5 | Arundathi Reddy | IND-B | 2 | 3 | 12.33 | 6.16 | 12.00 |
| 6 | Saika Ishaque | IND-A | 2 | 3 | 12.66 | 4.75 | 16.00 |
| 7 | S R Patil | IND-A | 2 | 3 | 19.33 | 8.28 | 14.00 |
| 8 | Rashi Kanojiya | IND-C | 3 | 3 | 23.66 | 7.10 | 20.00 |
| 9 | Pooja Vastrakar | IND-C | 3 | 3 | 31.66 | 9.50 | 20.00 |
| 10 | Sneh Rana | IND-D | 4 | 3 | 23.33 | 5.83 | 24.00 |
| 11 | K Anjali Sarvani | IND-A | 4 | 3 | 25.66 | 5.50 | 28.00 |
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