The 2020 Women's T20 Challenge, branded as Jio Women's T20 Challenge, was the third season of the

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, a

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tournament established by the

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(BCCI) in 2018. Like the previous edition, it was a three-team tournament consisting of a group stage of three matches, followed by a final. The tournament was originally scheduled to commence in May 2020 in

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coinciding with the IPL Playoffs. However, it was suspended along with the IPL due to the global coronavirus pandemic. The tournament was held from 4 to 9 November 2020 in

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in the

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, still coinciding with the IPL Playoffs.

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beat IPL Supernovas by 16 runs in the final and won their maiden title. The season was viewed by 105 million unique viewers in India, a growth of 47% over the previous season. The 2020 season recorded 5.34 billion minutes in viewership in India, representing a 2.45 times increase over the 2019 edition.

Squads

On 11 October 2020, BCCI announced squads and schedule for Women's T20 Challenge.

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became the first Thai cricketer to be represented in this tournament. Overseas players

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and

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were not part of the 2020 edition, due to the fixture clash with the

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in Australia. Mansi Joshi was ruled out of Women's T20 Challenge due to testing positive for COVID-19.

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was named as her replacement in Velocity squad.

Points table

Advanced to final

Round-robin

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Final

References

External links

Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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