Sharjah: In the 2020 Women's T20 Challenge final, Harmanpreet Kaur of Supernovas won the toss and decided to field against Trailblazers here at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Monday.
Supernovas are defending champions and they will look for their second successive titles. On the other hand, Trailblazers, who couldn't qualify in the final last year, are looking for their maiden title.
Smriti Mandhana: I would have batted first today and I'm happy losing the toss, it's important that we got what we want. Lot of takeaways from the other game, good to have runs on the board and see how the bowlers do in the chase. One change for us. Nuzhat Parween comes in place of Dayalan Hemalatha.
Harmanpreet: We will bowl first. We wanted to chase in the last two games and today we got that opportunity. We felt it's not that easy to bat in the first innings and that's the reason behind the decision.. No pressure. I told my players to just go and enjoy as we are not sure when we are gonna play next. We just want to keep playing. One change for us. Priya Punia is out and Pooja Vastrakar is in.
Conditions and toss factor: It's nice and humid in Sharjah with no threat of rain. In the three games at this ground, chasing teams won twice while Supernovas won one batting first. The dew has played hide-and-seek at this ground and thus, the team that wins toss might look to bat first and bat big. We are just minutes away from the toss, stay tuned for further updates.
Teams:
Supernovas (Playing XI): Chamari Athapaththu, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Shashikala Siriwardene, Anuja Patil, Radha Yadav, Pooja Vastrakar, Shakera Selman, Taniya Bhatia(w), Poonam Yadav, Ayabonga Khaka
Trailblazers (Playing XI): Deandra Dottin, Smriti Mandhana(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Nuzhat Parween, Deepti Sharma, Harleen Deol, Sophie Ecclestone, Nattakan Chantam, Salma Khatun, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Jhulan Goswami
