2018–19 Senior Women's T20 League Explained

2018–19 Senior Women's T20 League
Todate:	13 March 2019
Administrator:	BCCI
Cricket Format:	Twenty20
Tournament Format:	Round-robin tournament and knockouts
Champions:	Punjab
Count:	1
Runner Up:	Karnataka
Participants:	36
Most Runs:	Priya Punia (382)^[1]
Most Wickets:	Priyanka Priyadarshini (17)^[2]
Website:	bcci.tv
Previous Year:	2017–18
Previous Tournament:	2017–18 Senior Women's T20 League
Next Year:	2019–20
Next Tournament:	2019–20 Women's Senior T20 Trophy

The 2018–19 Senior Women's T20 League was the 11th edition of the women's Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was held from 20 February to 13 March 2019.^{[3] [4]} Delhi, the defending champions, reached the Super League stage but that is where their journey ended.^[5]

The tournament had five groups, with four groups containing seven teams and one group with eight teams.^[4] The top two teams in each group qualified for the Super League stage of the tournament, with the teams split into two further groups of five teams. Delhi and Himachal from Group A, Assam and Maharashtra from Group B, Railways and Jharkhand from Group C, Karnataka and Punjab from Group D and Madhya Pradesh and Odisha from Group E qualified for the Super League stage. The top team from each Super League group, Punjab from Super League Group A and Karnataka from Super League Group B progressed to the final.^[6] Punjab beat Karnataka by 4 runs to win the tournament.^[7]

In Group E's Round 2 fixture between Mizoram and Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram was all out for 9 runs with 9 batters scoring ducks. Apurwa Bhardwaj was the only batter to get off the mark for Mizoram.^[8]

League stage

Points table

Group A

Team^[9]
Delhi	6	5	1	0	0	20	+2.287
Himachal	6	5	1	0	0	20	+1.920
Mumbai	6	5	1	0	0	20	+1.461
Andhra	6	3	3	0	0	12	+1.165
Tamil Nadu	6	2	4	0	0	8	+0.914
Meghalaya	6	1	5	0	0	4	–3.466
Manipur	6	0	6	0	0	0	–4.540

Group B

Team
Assam	6	5	1	0	0	20	+1.295
Maharashtra	6	5	1	0	0	20	+2.535
Chhattisgarh	6	4	2	0	0	16	+0.851
Haryana	6	3	3	0	0	12	+1.379
Gujarat	6	3	3	0	0	12	+0.915
Sikkim	6	1	5	0	0	4	–2.879
Nagaland	6	0	6	0	0	0	–4.494

Group C

Team
Railways	6	6	0	0	0	24	+3.484
Jharkhand	6	4	2	0	0	16	+1.991
Vidarbha	6	4	2	0	0	16	+1.748
Baroda	6	4	2	0	0	16	+1.511
Uttar Pradesh	6	2	4	0	0	8	+1.338
Bihar	6	1	5	0	0	4	–4.149
Arunachal Pradesh	6	0	6	0	0	0	–6.125

Group D

Team
Karnataka	6	5	0	0	1	22	+2.089
Punjab	6	5	0	0	1	22	+1.662
Hyderabad	6	3	2	0	1	14	+0.168
Tripura	6	2	3	0	1	10	–0.436
Goa	6	2	4	0	0	8	+0.615
Uttarakhand	6	1	4	0	1	6	–1.544
Jammu and Kashmir	6	0	5	0	1	2	–2.929

Group E

Team
Madhya Pradesh	7	7	0	0	0	28	+1.530
Odisha	7	5	2	0	0	20	+1.309
Kerala	7	4	3	0	0	16	+1.174
Bengal	7	4	3	0	0	16	+0.880
Saurashtra	7	4	3	0	0	16	+0.854
Rajasthan	7	3	4	0	0	12	+0.560
Pondicherry	7	1	6	0	0	4	–0.835
Mizoram	7	0	7	0	0	0	–7.154

• Top 2 teams from each group advanced to the Super League.

Fixtures

Group A

Round	No.	Date	Batting 1st	Batting 2nd	Venue	Result
Round-I	A1	20 February	Delhi	Andhra		Delhi won by 25 Runs
Round-I	A2	20 February	Meghalaya	Himachal		Himachal won by 7 Wickets
Round-I	A3	20 February	Manipur	Mumbai		Mumbai won by 8 Wickets
Round-II	A4	21 February	Andhra	Meghalaya		Andhra won by 101 Runs
Round-II	A5	21 February	Delhi	Manipur		Delhi won by 130 Runs
Round-II	A6	21 February	Tamil Nadu	Mumbai		Mumbai won by 9 Wickets
Round-III	A7	23 February	Manipur	Andhra		Andhra won by 8 Wickets
Round-III	A8	23 February	Delhi	Meghalaya		Delhi won by 101 Runs
Round-III	A9	23 February	Tamil Nadu	Himachal		Himachal won by 9 Wickets
Round-IV	A10	24 February	Andhra	Himachal		Himachal won by 7 Wickets
Round-IV	A11	24 February	Manipur	Tamil Nadu		Tamil Nadu won by 9 Wickets
Round-IV	A12	24 February	Mumbai	Meghalaya		Mumbai won by 79 Runs
Round-V	A13	26 February	Andhra	Tamil Nadu		Andhra won by 15 Runs
Round-V	A14	26 February	Delhi	Mumbai		Mumbai won by 6 Wickets
Round-V	A15	26 February	Manipur	Himachal		Himachal won by 10 Wickets
Round-VI	A16	27 February	Tamil Nadu	Delhi		Delhi won by 6 Wickets
Round-VI	A17	27 February	Himachal	Mumbai		Himachal won by 41 Runs
Round-VI	A18	27 February	Meghalaya	Manipur		Meghalaya won by 45 Runs
Round-VII	A19	1 March	Mumbai	Andhra		Mumbai won by 13 Runs
Round-VII	A20	1 March		Himachal		Delhi won by 2 Runs
Round-VII	A21	1 March	Tamil Nadu	Meghalaya		Tamil Nadu won by 127 Runs

Group B

Round	No.	Date	Batting 1st	Batting 2nd	Venue	Result
Round-I	B1	20 February	Assam	Chhattisgarh		Chhattisgarh won by 9 Wickets
Round-I	B2	20 February	Gujarat	Maharashtra		Maharashtra won by 5 Wickets
Round-I	B3	20 February	Haryana			Haryana won by 163 Runs
Round-II	B4	21 February	Assam	Maharashtra		Assam won by 1 Run
Round-II	B5	21 February	Haryana	Chhattisgarh		Chhattisgarh won by 4 Wickets
Round-II	B6	21 February				Sikkim won by 7 Wickets
Round-III	B7	23 February	Haryana	Assam		Assam won by 5 Wickets
Round-III	B8	23 February	Maharashtra	Chhattisgarh		Maharashtra won by 28 Runs
Round-III	B9	23 February	Gujarat			Gujarat won by 42 Runs
Round-IV	B10	24 February	Assam	Gujarat		Assam won by 2 Runs
Round-IV	B11	24 February	Haryana			Haryana won by 48 Runs
Round-IV	B12	24 February	Maharashtra			Maharashtra won by 140 Runs
Round-V	B13	26 February	Assam			Assam won by 75 Runs
Round-V	B14	26 February	Nagaland	Chhattisgarh		Chhattisgarh won by 9 Wickets
Round-V	B15	26 February	Gujarat	Haryana		Haryana won by 6 Wickets
Round-VI	B16	27 February		Chhattisgarh		Chhattisgarh won by 9 Wickets
Round-VI	B17	27 February	Gujarat	Nagaland		Gujarat won by 41 Runs
Round-VI	B18	27 February	Maharashtra	Haryana		Maharashtra won by 9 Wickets
Round-VII	B19	1 March	Assam	Nagaland		Assam won by 69 Runs
Round-VII	B20	1 March	Gujarat	Chhattisgarh		Gujarat won by 45 Runs
Round-VII	B21	1 March	Maharashtra			Maharashtra won by 81 Runs

Group C

Round	No.	Date	Batting 1st	Batting 2nd	Venue	Result
Round-I	C1	20 February	Arunachal Pradesh	Baroda		Baroda won by 9 Wickets
Round-I	C2	20 February	Bihar	Railways		Railways won by 10 Wickets
Round-I	C3	20 February		Jharkhand		Jharkhand won by 2 Wickets
Round-II	C4	21 February	Arunachal Pradesh	Railways	VCA Kalmana, Nagpur	Railways won by 9 Wickets
Round-II	C5	21 February	Jharkhand	Baroda	VCA Kalmana, Nagpur	Jharkhand won by 31 Runs
Round-II	C6	21 February				Vidarbha won by 5 Wickets
Round-III	C7	23 February	Jharkhand	Arunachal Pradesh		Jharkhand won by 131 Runs
Round-III	C8	23 February	Baroda	Railways		Railways won by 8 Wickets
Round-III	C9	23 February	Bihar		VCA Kalmana, Nagpur	Vidarbha won by 7 Wickets
Round-IV	C10	24 February	Bihar	Arunachal Pradesh	VCA Kalmana, Nagpur	Bihar won by 60 Runs
Round-IV	C11	24 February	Jharkhand	Vidarbha	VCA Kalmana, Nagpur	Vidarbha won by 7 Wickets
Round-IV	C12	24 February	Railways			Railways won by 46 Runs
Round-V	C13	26 February	Vidarbha	Arunachal Pradesh		Vidarbha won by 139 Runs
Round-V	C14	26 February	Baroda			Baroda won by 1 Run
Round-V	C15	26 February	Bihar	Jharkhand	VCA Kalmana, Nagpur	Jharkhand won by 9 Wickets
Round-VI	C16	27 February	Baroda	Vidarbha		Baroda won by 15 Runs
Round-VI	C17	27 February		Bihar		Uttar Pradesh won by 112 Runs
Round-VI	C18	27 February	Jharkhand	Railways	VCA Kalmana, Nagpur	Railways won by 4 Wickets
Round-VII	C19	1 March		Arunachal Pradesh		Uttar Pradesh won by 114 Runs
Round-VII	C20	1 March	Baroda	Bihar		Baroda won by 133 Runs
Round-VII	C21	1 March	Vidarbha	Railways		Railways won by 8 Wickets

Group D

Round	No.	Date	Batting 1st	Batting 2nd	Venue	Result
Round-I	D1	20 February	Hyderabad	Goa		Hyderabad won by 10 Runs
Round-I	D2	20 February	Jammu and Kashmir	Punjab		Punjab won by 9 Wickets
Round-I	D3	20 February	Tripura	Karnataka		Karnataka won by 7 Wickets
Round-II	D4	21 February	Punjab	Goa		Punjab won by 27 Runs
Round-II	D5	21 February	Hyderabad	Karnataka		Karnataka won by 5 Wickets
Round-II	D6	21 February	Uttarakhand	Tripura		Tripura won by 6 Wickets
Round-III	D7	23 February	Karnataka	Goa		Karnataka won by 1 Run
Round-III	D8	23 February	Punjab	Hyderabad		Punjab won by 23 Runs
Round-III	D9	23 February	Jammu and Kashmir	Uttarakhand		Uttarakhand won by 3 Wickets
Round-IV	D10	24 February	Goa	Jammu and Kashmir		Goa won by 78 Runs
Round-IV	D11	24 February	Uttarakhand	Karnataka		Karnataka won by 8 Wickets
Round-IV	D12	24 February	Tripura	Punjab	Police Training Academy Ground, Agartala	Match tied (Punjab won the Super Over)
Round-V	D13	26 February	Goa	Uttarakhand		Goa won by 43 Runs
Round-V	D14	26 February	Tripura	Hyderabad	Police Training Academy Ground, Agartala	Hyderabad won by 6 Wickets
Round-V	D15	26 February	Karnataka	Jammu and Kashmir	Police Training Academy Ground, Agartala	Karnataka won by 48 Runs
Round-VI	D16	27 February	Hyderabad vs Uttarakhand			Match Abandoned
Round-VI	D17	27 February	Jammu and Kashmir vs Tripura		Police Training Academy Ground, Agartala	Match Abandoned
Round-VI	D18	27 February	Karnataka vs Punjab		Police Training Academy Ground, Agartala	Match Abandoned
Round-VII	D19	1 March	Goa	Tripura	Police Training Academy Ground, Agartala	Tripura won by 7 Wickets
Round-VII	D20	1 March	Jammu and Kashmir	Hyderabad		Hyderabad won by 7 Wickets
Round-VII	D21	1 March	Punjab	Uttarakhand		Punjab won by 52 Runs

Group E

Round	No.	Date	Batting 1st	Batting 2nd	Venue	Result
Round-I	E1	20 February	Pondicherry	Bengal		Bengal won by 7 Wickets
Round-I	E2	20 February	Mizoram	Kerala		Kerala won by 10 Wickets
Round-I	E3	20 February	Rajasthan	Madhya Pradesh		Madhya Pradesh won by 7 Wickets
Round-I	E4	20 February	Odisha	Saurashtra		Odisha won by 31 Runs
Round-II	E5	21 February	Bengal	Saurashtra		Bengal won by 8 Wickets
Round-II	E6	21 February	Kerala	Rajasthan		Rajasthan Won by 4 Wickets
Round-II	E7	21 February	Madhya Pradesh	Mizoram		Madhya Pradesh won by 10 Wickets
Round-II	E8	21 February	Odisha	Pondicherry		Odisha won by 64 Runs
Round-III	E9	23 February	Bengal	Kerala		Kerala won by 7 Runs
Round-III	E10	23 February	Odisha	Madhya Pradesh		Madhya Pradesh won by 8 Wickets
Round-III	E11	23 February	Saurashtra	Mizoram		Saurashtra won by 155 Runs
Round-III	E12	23 February	Pondicherry	Rajasthan		Rajasthan Won by 5 Wickets
Round-IV	E13	24 February	Odisha	Bengal		Odisha won by 20 Runs
Round-IV	E14	24 February	Kerala	Madhya Pradesh		Madhya Pradesh won by 7 Wickets
Round-IV	E15	24 February	Rajasthan	Mizoram		Rajasthan won by 138 Runs
Round-IV	E16	24 February	Pondicherry	Saurashtra		Saurashtra won by 6 Wickets
Round-V	E17	26 February	Mizoram	Bengal		Bengal won by 10 Wickets
Round-V	E18	26 February	Kerala	Pondicherry		Kerala won by 49 Runs
Round-V	E19	26 February	Saurashtra	Madhya Pradesh		Madhya Pradesh won by 7 Wickets
Round-V	E20	26 February	Odisha	Rajasthan		Odisha won by 28 Runs
Round-VI	E21	27 February	Bengal	Madhya Pradesh		Madhya Pradesh won by 6 Wickets
Round-VI	E22	27 February	Kerala	Odisha		Kerala won by 48 Runs
Round-VI	E23	27 February	Pondicherry	Mizoram		Pondicherry won by 83 Runs
Round-VI	E24	27 February	Rajasthan	Saurashtra		Saurashtra won by 4 Wickets
Round-VII	E25	1 March	Bengal	Rajasthan		Bengal won by 26 Runs
Round-VII	E26	1 March	Kerala	Saurashtra		Kerala won by 48 Runs
Round-VII	E27	1 March	Pondicherry	Madhya Pradesh		Madhya Pradesh won by 6 Wickets
Round-VII	E28	1 March	Mizoram	Odisha		Odisha won by 10 Wickets

Super League Stage

Points table

Super League Group A

Team
Punjab (D2)	4	4	0	0	0	16	+0.297
Railways (C1)	4	3	1	0	0	12	+2.003
Maharashtra (B2)	4	2	2	0	0	8	+0.743
Delhi (A1)	4	1	3	0	0	4	–0.966
Madhya Pradesh (E1)	4	0	4	0	0	0	–1.572

Super League Group B

Team
Karnataka (D1)	4	3	1	0	0	12	+0.273
Himachal (A2)	4	3	1	0	0	12	+0.278
Assam (B1)	4	2	2	0	0	8	–0.097
Jharkhand (C2)	4	1	3	0	0	4	–0.025
Odisha (E2)	4	1	3	0	0	4	–0.390

• Top team from both the groups advanced to the final.

Fixtures

Super League Group A

Round	No.	Date	Batting 1st	Batting 2nd	Venue	Result
Round-I	SLA1	5 March	Delhi (88/5)	Maharashtra (90/3)		Maharashtra won by 7 Wickets
Round-I	SLA2	5 March	Railways (146/4)	Punjab (147/6)		Punjab won by 4 Wickets
Round-II	SLA3	6 March	Delhi (91/5)	Railways (92/4)		Railways won by 6 Wickets
Round-II	SLA4	6 March	Punjab (103/8)	Madhya Pradesh (95/10)		Punjab won by 8 Runs
Round-III	SLA5	8 March	Madhya Pradesh (108/5)	Maharashtra (109/4)		Maharashtra won by 6 Wickets
Round-III	SLA6	8 March	Delhi (125/3)	Punjab (126/8)		Punjab won by 2 Wickets
Round-IV	SLA7	9 March	Maharashtra (157/4)	Railways (158/7)		Railways won by 3 Wickets
Round-IV	SLA8	9 March	Delhi (107/6)	Madhya Pradesh (103/8)		Delhi won by 4 Runs
Round-V	SLA9	11 March	Maharashtra (120/10)	Punjab (121/3)		Punjab won by 7 Wickets
Round-V	SLA10	11 March	Madhya Pradesh (56/8)	Railways (60/0)		Railways won by 10 Wickets

Super League Group B

Round	No.	Date	Batting 1st	Batting 2nd	Venue	Result
Round-I	SLB1	5 March	Assam (99/6)	Himachal (102/1)	Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana, Mumbai	Himachal won by 9 Wicket
Round-I	SLB2	5 March	Jharkhand (114/9)	Karnataka (115/1)	Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana, Mumbai	Karnataka won by 9 Wickets
Round-II	SLB3	6 March	Jharkhand (154/3)	Himachal (158/6)	Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana, Mumbai	Himachal won by 4 Wickets
Round-II	SLB4	6 March	Odisha (106/4)	Karnataka (107/7)	Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana, Mumbai	Karnataka won by 3 Wickets
Round-III	SLB5	8 March	Assam (103/9)	Odisha (104/5)	Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana, Mumbai	Odisha won by 5 Wickets
Round-III	SLB6	8 March	Himachal (133/3)	Karnataka (134/4)		Karnataka Won by 6 Wickets
Round-IV	SLB7	9 March	Jharkhand (112/9)	Assam (113/7)	Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana, Mumbai	Assam won by 3 Wickets
Round-IV	SLB8	9 March	Odisha (93/10)	Himachal (96/7)	Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana, Mumbai	Himachal won by 3 Wickets
Round-V	SLB9	11 March	Karnataka (115/6)	Assam (116/3)	Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana, Mumbai	Assam won by 7 Wickets
Round-V	SLB10	11 March	Odisha (119/6)	Jharkhand (122/2)	Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana, Mumbai	Jharkhand won by 8 Wickets

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