Shafali, Laura Wolvaardt dazzle as Velocity win by seven wickets

The swashbuckling Shafali Verma blazed away at the top before Laura Wolvaardts unbeaten half century as Velocity overhauled a stiff target to get the better of Supernovas by seven wickets in the Womens T20 Challenge here on TuesdaySet a target of 151 after opting to field Velocity completed the chase with 10 balls to spareAfter Shafalis breezy knock of 51 in 33 balls Laura Wolvaardt 51 off 35 balls and Deepti Sharma 24 not out saw their side home comfortablyChasing a challenging target Velocity lost Natthakan Chantham 1 early but the bighitting Shafali decided to go all guns blazing as the team raced to 60 for the loss of only one wicket by the time the six power play overs came to an endShafali reached her half century in quick time needing only 28 runs to get to the landmark She did so in style pulling Deandra Dottin for a boundary over midwicketThough she managed to score only 17 off 13 balls Yastika Bhatia gave Shafali company when the team needed it the most having suffered an early blowShafali got out after scoring an aggressive 51 off 33 balls the successful bowler being Dottin but the experienced duo of Wolvaardt and Sharma ensured the Velocity were home without much difficultyEarlier skipper Harmanpreet Kaur topscored with a blistering 51ball 71 as Supernovas posted 150 for fiveThe Velocity opted to bowl after winning the toss and their bowlers appeared to have done a decent job before Harmanpreets onslaughtIndias T20 captain Harmanpreet smashed seven fours and three sixes during her scintillating knock that left the Velocity bowers bruised and batteredTaniya Bhatia chipped in with a useful knock of 36 off 32 ballsBhatia who is now a part of the Indian womens senior team struck three boundaries during her stay in the middleThe duo of Harmanpreet and Bhatia added invaluable 82 runs for the fourth wicket after their team was reeling at 18 for three in the fourth overDown the order Sune Luss contributed an unbeaten 20 in 14 balls hitting three fours in her breezy knockAmong the Velocity bowlers Kate Cross was the most successful with impressive figures of 224 in her quota of four overs while Deepti Sharma and Radha Yadav picked up a wicket apiece the latter accounting for the important scalp of HarmanpreetHowever Supernovas still managed to score a decent total in the end and Velocity will have to bat extremely well to reach the target at the Maharashtra Cricket Association StadiumThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever