IPL Supernovas

IPL Supernovas are an Indian women's cricket team. They were founded in 2018 to compete in the Women's T20 Challenge, and are captained by Harmanpreet Kaur. They are the most successful T20 Challenge side, having won the tournament twice, in 2018 and 2019.

Supernovas

Personnel
Captain	Harmanpreet Kaur
Coach	WV Raman
Team information
Colours	Light blue
Established	2018
History
T20 Challenge wins	2 (2018, 2019)
T20

History

2018

Supernovas were formed in 2018 to take part in the inaugural Women's T20 Challenge competition, in which they played a one-off match against Trailblazers. The game was viewed as a response to the men's Indian Premier League, and hopes were that the one-off game would lead towards a fully-fledged tournament in the future.[1] Indian batter Harmanpreet Kaur was named as captain of the side, alongside fellow Indians Mithali Raj and Veda Krishnamurthy as well as overseas players Danni Wyatt, Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Meg Lanning and Megan Schutt.[2]

In the match, which took place on the 22nd May 2018, the Supernovas won the toss and elected to bat first. Economical bowling restricted the Trailblazers to 129/6, with Schutt and Perry the picks of the bowlers, with 2 wickets apiece. Contributions from Mithali Raj, Wyatt and Harmanpreet Kaur got the Supernovas close in response, before Perry hit the winning runs off the final ball in a tense finish.[3] The Supernovas were therefore crowned the winners of the inaugural Women's T20 Challenge.[4]

2019

2019 saw the expansion of the tournament to three teams, with the addition of Velocity. Each side played each other once in a group stage, with the top two progressing to a final.[5] In the first game, a rematch of last year's final against Trailblazers, the Supernovas lost by 2 runs after opposition opener Smriti Mandhana hit 90 off 67 balls.[6] In their second game, however, 77 from Jemimah Rodrigues saw Supernovas post 142/3 against Velocity. Tight bowling from Poonam Yadav (4/13) then helped Supernovas to a 12 run victory, sending them through to the final.[7]

In the final, they faced Velocity again. Velocity batted first and posted 121/6, with Supernovas bowler Lea Tahuhu taking 2/21 from 4 overs, including a wicket maiden. 51 from Harmanpreet Kaur then set up a Supernovas victory, which again came off the final ball of the match, hit for four by Radha Yadav.[8]

2020

The 2020 Women's T20 Challenge was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, eventually getting underway in November.[9] Supernovas played Velocity in their first match, losing by 5 wickets with one ball to spare. Newly signed overseas player Chamari Atapattu hit 44 for Supernovas.[10] In their second game, Atapattu was again the star, hitting 67 as the side scored 146/6 batting first. Radha Yadav then defended 9 off the final over to send her side into the final.[11]

Supernovas faced Trailblazers again in the final, with the Trailblazers batting first and scoring 118/8 from their 20 overs. The Supernovas struggled to chase, however, losing out by 16 runs.[12]

Players

Current squad

As per 2020 season.[13]

• No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
• denotes players with international caps.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
5	Jemimah Rodrigues	India	4 September 2000	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
16	Priya Punia	India	6 August 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
–	Muskan Malik	India	8 October 2002	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
7	Harmanpreet Kaur	India	8 March 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Club captain
58	Chamari Atapattu	Sri Lanka	9 February 1990	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
14	Shashikala Siriwardene	Sri Lanka	14 February 1985	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
–	Ayushi Soni	India	30 September 2000	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
28	Taniya Bhatia	India	28 November 1997	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
82	Anuja Patil	India	28 June 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
21	Radha Yadav	India	21 April 2000	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
24	Poonam Yadav	India	24 August 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
4	Shakera Selman	West Indies	1 September 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
–	Arundhati Reddy	India	4 October 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
11	Pooja Vastrakar	India	25 September 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
99	Ayabonga Khaka	South Africa	22 December 2000	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player

Seasons

Women's T20 Challenge

Season	Final standing	League standings								Notes
		P	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR	Pos
2018	Champions	No Group Stage								Won against IPL Trailblazers in the final
2019	Champions	2	1	1	0	0	2	+0.250	1st	Won against IPL Velocity in the final
2020	Runners-up	2	1	1	0	0	2	–0.054	2nd	Lost to IPL Trailblazers in the final

Statistics

Women's T20 Challenge

Women's T20 Challenge - summary of results[14]

Year	Played	Wins	Losses	Tied	NR	Win %
2018	1	1	0	0	0	100.00
2019	3	2	1	0	0	66.66
2020	3	1	2	0	0	33.33
Total	7	4	3	0	0	57.14

Women's T20 Challenge - teamwise result summary[15]

Opposition	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win %
IPL Trailblazers	4	2	2	0	0	50.00
IPL Velocity	3	2	1	0	0	66.66

References

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11. "Atapattu and Yadav stand tall as Supernovas and Trailblazers make the final". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
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