BCCI Treasurer Arun Dhumal revealed that the board allowed Women’s cricketers to partake in The Hundred in order to gain exposure, and added that the experience will come in handy during the World Cup. Dhumal further was hopeful of staging the Women’s T20 Challenge in the UAE, alongside IPL 2021.

In what comes as a big blow to women's cricket in India, as per Cricket.com reports, the Women’s T20 Challenge will not be taking place this year. There were expectations that the tournament will be organized in UAE alongside the IPL that will be resuming in the month of September-October.

Sri Lankan cricketer Chamari Athapaththu, who scored 48-ball 67, laid the foundation of a big score for Supernovas to help them reach the finals for the third consecutive time, defeating Trailblazers by 2 runs. The spinners did a fine job with Anuja Patil and Radha Yadav bowling economical spells.

English left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone spun a web around Velocity batswomen, taking 4 wickets for just 9 runs, helping Trailblazers script a dominating win over Velocity. Chasing the small target of 48, Velocity lost one wicket in the form of Smriti Mandhana and chased the target in 7.5 overs.