West Indian all-rounder Deandra Dottin won the Player of the Match award in the final of the Women's T20 Challenge 2022.
Dottin shone bright with the bat on the night of the big final with a 73 run opening partnership with Priya Punia. She made a 44 ball 62, embellished with one four and four sixes while batting at a strike rate of over 140.
It was courtesy of her and a fine contribution of a 29 ball 43 from captain Harmanpreet Kaur that Supernovas were able to post 165 runs on the board for the loss of 7 wickets from their allotted 20 overs.
"It's true that luck gave Supernovas free hits, but I wanted to cash in on one. To be honest, it's fun batting with Punia. We enjoy batting together. We talk a lot and give each other encouragement after each ball and each over… It was always really nice to watch Harman hit from the non-striker's end."
Dottin played a major part in that, bowling quick bumpers which Navgire wasn't able to connect. The all rounder took two wickets while giving away 28 runs from her 4 overs at an economy rate of 7.00 which also included one maiden over to Kiran Navgire.
Dottin turned out to be the star on the night when it mattered the most.