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IPL 2018: Smriti Mandhana will 'punish' Harmanpreet Kaur for taking her catch during Women's T20 Challenge

Harmanpreet Kaur took a brilliant catch to dismiss Smriti Mandhana.

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The women's T20 challenge ahead of the IPL 2018 Qualifier 1 on Tuesday at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai was historic one. The much-hyped women's exhibition T20 match had an exciting finish with the match going to the very last over.

The Supernovas led by Harmanpreet Kaur beat Smriti Mandhana's Trailblazers as they chased down a target of 130 in a last-ball finish.

The highlight of the match was Harmanpreet Kaur's brilliant catch to dismiss Smriti Mandhana. 

Watch- Harmanpreet Kaur's super catch to dismiss Smriti Mandhana leaves everyone in awe

However, it seems this didn't go down too well with Smriti. 

After the match, the Mandhana said that she told Harmanpreet that she won't play PlayStation with her because of holding on to the catch.

"I told Harman that I am not playing PlayStation with you for 7 days because you took the catch," she joked.

To which, Harman said: "I think she's already a little angry with me for taking that catch (laughs), but she's a really good batsman and I'm glad I managed to grab that catch."

Of course, it was all in good fun between the two captains who are really good friends.

There were some more memorable moments in the match. The catch that Perry took to dismiss Jemimah Rodrigues during the Trailblazers innings was out of top drawer. Veda Krishnamurthy also took a great catch. 

In the match, Supernovas rode on a disciplined all-round effort to edge past Trailblazers by three wickets in a last-ball thriller.

Needing 10 runs in last two overs, Ellyse Perry (13 not out) struck a boundary off Ekta Bisht but Mona Meshram (4) was run out by Smriti Mandhana off the last bowl of the penultimate over.

Needing four off the last over, New Zealand international Suzie Bates conceded just a single in the first three deliveries bringing the equation down to run-a-ball. 

Earlier, Bates (32 off 37 balls) and  Jemimah Rodrigues (25 off 23 balls) added 45 runs for the fifth wicket to ensure a decent total for the Trailblazers.

Brief Scores 

Trailblazers: 129/6 in 20 overs (Suzie Bates 32, Jemimah Rodrigues 25, Megan Schutt 2/18, Ellyse Perry 2/20) 

Supernovas: 130/7 in 20 overs (Dani Wyatt 24, Harmanpreet Kaur 21, Mithali Raj 22, Suzie Bates 2/16, Poonam Yadav 2/21). 

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