4 teams to participate in Women's T20 Challenge in Jaipur during IPL 2020 Playoff and Finals week - watsupptoday.com
4 teams to participate in Women's T20 Challenge in Jaipur during IPL 2020 Playoff and Finals week
Posted 29 Feb 2020 02:02 PM

Source : India Tv

Jaipur will host the upcoming 2020 edition of the Women's T20 Challenge, the BCCI announced on Saturday.

A total of seven matches will be played in the tournament during the Indian Premier League (IPL) Playoff week at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.

The Women's T20 Challenge will have one addition this time around. Instead of three, the competition will feature four teams.

"As part of its ongoing commitment to growing the women’s game, BCCI are pleased to announce the 2020 Women’s T20 Challenge. The tournament which started in 2018 and was a huge success, further garnered all the right eyeballs in the year to follow.

"The 2019 games, comprising three teams were played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur during the IPL Playoff and Finals week. The tournament was played with great intensity which saw the winner of the 2019 WT20 Challenge being decided over the last ball of the match.

"2020 aims to be no different and this edition will see a 4th team added to the tournament. The WT20 Challenge this year will feature some of the world’s best women cricketers and will have 7 matches played during the IPL Playoff week at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. Like the previous editions, this year’s Women’s T20 Challenge to promises to be an exciting prospect," the BCCI said in a release.

The idea of having the women player clash on the sidelines of the IPL was introduced in 2018 and a one-off match was played in Mumbai. In the inaugural edition, Supernovas won the match by three wickets in a last over thriller against the Trailblazers at the Wankhede Stadium.

In 2019, it was a three-team tournament instead of a one-off match, featuring a new team called IPL Velocity along with IPL Trailblazers and IPL Supernovas. IPL Supernovas defeated IPL Velocity by 4 wickets in second edition and retained the title.

The 13th edition of the IPL starts from March 29 with defending champions Mumbai Indians taking on the MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium in what will be Dhoni's first game after a 8-month sabbatical.

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