Saturday’s concluding match will be a repeat of the final group game, in which India’s Jemimah Rodrigues hit 77* to take Supernovas beyond the reach of Velocity, who fell 12 runs short in their chase, in spite of 43 from England’s Danni Wyatt. Velocity’s superior net run-rate meant they qualified for the final ahead of the tournament’s third team, Trailblazers.

The Women’s T20 Challenge – the BCCI’s answer to calls for a women’s IPL – expanded this year from a one-off exhibition to a three-team, four-match tournament. Each team is captained by an Indian star: Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana.

One of the competition’s breakout stars has been Velocity’s 15-year-old Shafali Verma. The tournament’s youngest player hit 34 off 31 balls to lead her team to a three-wicket victory against Trailblazers on Wednesday. Promoted to open ahead of Wyatt for Velocity, Verma scored at a strike-rate of 109.67, hitting five fours and a six.

Standing a little over five foot, Verma made 186 runs in six innings in India’s inter-state T20 tournament this year, including a tournament-high 128 off 56 balls against Nagaland.

Velocity will meet Supernovas in the final tomorrow at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.