VEL vs TRA Predicted Playing XI, Women's T20 Challenge 2020, Velocity vs Trailblazers Match 2: Trailblazers beats Velocity by nine wickets

Women's T20 Challenge 2020, Velocity vs Trailblazers Match Live Updates: Get the latest updates and news on Mithali Raj's Velocity vs Smriti Mandhana's Trailblazers, head-to-head updates, players to watch out for today's match, team squad updates, predicted playing Xl and more at Sportstar.

Mithali Raj's Velocity was square off against Smriti Mandhana's Trailblazers in Sharjah on Thursday.

Smriti Mandhana's Trailblazers will take on Mithali Raj's Velocity in the second match of the Women's T20 Challenge 2020 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Thursday.

RESULT: Sophie Ecclestone's 9 for four skittled Velocity for 47 and set up a nine-wicket win for the Trailblazers.

TOSS: Velocity has won the toss and elected to bat first.

Velocity (Playing XI): Shafali Verma, Danielle Wyatt, Mithali Raj(c), Veda Krishnamurthy, Sushma Verma(w), Sune Luus, Shikha Pandey, Sushree Dibyadarshini, Ekta Bisht, Leigh Kasperek, Jahanara Alam

Trailblazers (Playing XI): S Mandhana (c), D Dottin, R Ghosh (wk), D Sharma, D Hemalatha, H Deol, N Chantham, S Khatun, S Ecclestone, R Gayakwad, J Goswami

Smriti Mandhana : Happy to get out after quarantine. It's been difficult for all of us for the last seven months, coming back - we are looking forward to play a match.

Mithali Raj : We will bat. It's a good wicket, we're confident with our batting, a score around 140-150 should be good. It's important to have runs on the board, the wicket could get slower and lower in the second innings.

It has been a trying eight months for India's women cricketers. They haven't had a game all this while following the coronavirus outbreak.

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Trailblazers Predicted Playing XI

Smriti Mandhana(c), Punam Raut, Deandra Dottin, Deepti Sharma, Salma Khatun, Nuzhat Parween(w), Nattakan Chantam, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Sophie Ecclestone, Jhulan Goswami, Harleen Deol

Velocity Predicted Playing XI

Mithali Raj (C), Shafali Verma, Danielle Wyatt, Sune Luus, Veda Krishnamurthy, Devika Vaidya, Sushma Verma (wk), Shikha Pandey, Jahanara Alam, Leigh Kasperek, Ekta Bisht

Last encounter:

Mithali's Velocity 113/7 beat Smriti's Trailblazers 112/6 on May 8, 2019

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Here's how the first match of the Women's T20 Challenge panned out: Sushma Verma and Sune Luus starred with the bat as Velocity secured a win over Supernovas in the tournament opener in Sharjah. Read the full report here - READ

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