Samp Army, making their debut in this tournament, recorded their third successive victory through Janat and Miller's unbeaten 76 runs partnership for the third wicket. Janat remained unbeaten on 58 off 28 balls with six sixers and one boundary while Miller remained not out with a timely 17.
A fiery bowling spell by pacer Renuka Singh and a quickfire half-century from Yastika Bhatia powered India D to a seven-wicket win over India A in the final of the Women's T20 Challenger Trophy in Raipur's Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium.
Alex Hales played a knock of 44 and Chris Lynn scored 31 runs to put on a 69 runs partnership stand and recorded an eight-wicket win with two balls to spare.
Sydney Sixers' record-breaking 11 wins in the regular season came up short as they had a spectacular top-order collapse. Deandra Dottin put forth a stellar all-around performance, and Darcie Brown's pace won two crucial wickets.
The Indian team are now trailing 0-1 in the three-match ODI series and the second match in Hamilton becomes a must-win game in order to stay alive in the series.
The first ODI of the three-match series saw multiple records being broken after the Kiwi duo of Latham and Williamson hammered the Indian bowlers to share a 221-run stand.
The 22-year-old made a compelling statement during the recent ICC World T20 Cup by bowling fearlessly against the Australians in Adelaide. Farooqi finished with 2-29 after capturing the prized wickets of Cameron Green and Matt Wade. Farooqi, who has played seven ODI matches and 17 T20 intern