Pooja Vastrakar scalped four wickets
Pooja Vastrakar scalped four wickets, giving just 12 runs in her best haul in T20 cricket as Supernovas registered a 49-run win over Trailblazers in the opening match of the Women's T20 Challenge on Monday. The 22-year-old Pooja picked crucial wickets of Smriti Mandhana, Hayley Matthews, Sophia Dunkley, and Salma Khatun in two separate spells to shatter the batting line-up of the defending champions.
While Pooja shattered the TRL batting line-up, Harleen deol and Priya Punia showed an exceptional performance on the field.
Harleen took wonderful catches and sent Jemimah Rodrigues and Poonam Yadav back to hut.
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On the other hand Punia caught TRL skipper Smriti Mandhana and Sophia Dunkley out
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The Supernovas had set a target of 163 runs, the tournament's highest-ever score and Trailblazers were restricted to 114/9.
