IPL Velocity

Velocity were an Indian women's cricket team. They were founded in 2019 to compete in the Women's T20 Challenge, which they competed in until the tournament ended in 2022. They reached the final of the competition twice, in 2019 and 2022, but lost both times.

Velocity

Personnel
Captain	Sneh Rana
Coach	Devika Palshikar
Team information
Colours	Purple
Established	2019
History
T20 Challenge wins	0
T20

History

2019

Velocity were founded in 2019 as part of the expansion of the Women's T20 Challenge, which had started in 2018 Women's T20 Challenge.^[1] They were to be captained by Mithali Raj and included overseas players Hayley Matthews, Danni Wyatt and Amelia Kerr.^[2] In their first match, Velocity beat Trailblazers by 3 wickets, with Wyatt top-scoring with 46 and Ekta Bisht and Amelia Kerr taking two wickets apiece.^[3] Velocity then lost to Supernovas in their second match, however, losing by 12 runs despite 43 from Wyatt and 40* from Mithali Raj.^[4]

Velocity still qualified for the final, finishing second on Net Run Rate.^[5] They faced Supernovas once again, batting first and scoring 121/6, mainly thanks to a 71-run partnership between Sushma Verma (40*) and Amelia Kerr (36). A half-century for opposition captain Harmanpreet Kaur, however, brought the Supernovas close, and Velocity were beaten off the final ball, which Radha Yadav hit to the boundary.^[6]

2020

The 2020 Women's T20 Challenge was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, eventually getting underway in November.^[7] Velocity beat Supernovas by 5 wickets with one ball to spare in their first game, with Sune Luus top-scoring with 37*, after Ekta Bisht took 3/22 with the ball. In their second match, however, against Trailblazers, Velocity collapsed to 47 all out, with opposition bowler Sophie Ecclestone taking 4/9, and lost by 9 wickets.^[8] The damage to their Net Run Rate meant Velocity failed to qualify for the final, finishing bottom of the group.^[9]

2022

The 2022 Women's T20 Challenge took place in May 2022.Sneh Rana replaced Mithali Raj as captain of the side.^[10] Velocity beat Supernovas in their first match of the tournament, with Shafali Verma and Laura Wolvaardt scoring half-centuries.^[11] They lost their second match, against Trailblazers, but managed to limit the damage to their Net Run Rate in order to qualify for the final.^[12] In the final, they faced Supernovas. Chasing 166 for victory, Velocity fell four runs short despite Wolvaardt's 65*.^[13]

The 2022 season proved to be the final edition of the Women's T20 Challenge, with the tournament being replaced by the Women's Premier League from the 2023 season.^[14]

Players

Final squad, 2022 season.^[10]

• 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
Batters
17	Shafali Verma ‡	India	(2004-01-28) 28 January 2004 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
–	Natthakan Chantam ‡	Thailand	(1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
–	Kiran Navgire	India	Unknown	Right-handed	Unknown
–	Shivali Shinde	India	(1996-06-23) 23 June 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	–
–	Laura Wolvaardt ‡	South Africa	(1999-04-26) 26 April 1999 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
All-rounders
6	Deepti Sharma ‡	India	(1997-08-24) 24 August 1997 (age 27)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
–	Sneh Rana ‡	India	(1994-02-18) 18 February 1994 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Club captain
Wicket-keepers
–	Yastika Bhatia ‡	India	(2000-11-01) 1 November 2000 (age 24)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Bowlers
–	Simran Bahadur	India	(1999-12-13) 13 December 1999 (age 25)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
–	Pranavi Chandra	India	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
–	Kate Cross ‡	England	(1991-10-03) 3 October 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas player
–	Keerthi James	India	(1997-01-17) 17 January 1997 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
–	Aarti Kedar	India	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
–	Ayabonga Khaka ‡	South Africa	(1992-07-18) 18 July 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
–	Maya Sonawane	India	(1999-03-30) 30 March 1999 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
–	Radha Yadav ‡	India	(2000-04-21) 21 April 2000 (age 25)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox

Overseas players

• Amelia Kerr (2019)
• Hayley Matthews (2019)
• Danni Wyatt (2019–2020)
• Jahanara Alam (2019–2020)
• Leigh Kasperek (2020)
• Suné Luus (2020)
• Natthakan Chantam (2022)
• Kate Cross (2022)
• Ayabonga Khaka (2022)
• Laura Wolvaardt (2022)

Seasons

Women's T20 Challenge

Season	Final standing	League standings								Notes
		P	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR	Pos
2019	Runners-up	2	1	1	0	0	2	+0.045	2nd	Lost to IPL Supernovas in the final
2020	Group stage	2	1	1	0	0	2	−1.869	3rd
2022	Runners-up	2	1	1	0	0	2	-0.022	2nd	Lost to IPL Supernovas in the final

Statistics

Women's T20 Challenge

Women's T20 Challenge - summary of results^[15]

Year	Played	Wins	Losses	Tied	NR	Win %
2019	3	1	2	0	0	33.33
2020	2	1	1	0	0	50.00
2022	3	1	2	0	0	33.33
Total	8	3	5	0	0	37.50

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

Opposition	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win %
IPL Supernovas	5	2	3	0	0	40.00
IPL Trailblazers	3	1	2	0	0	33.33