2020 Women's T20 Challenge

The 2020 Women's T20 Challenge, branded as Jio Women's T20 Challenge, was the third season of the Women's T20 Challenge, a Twenty20 cricket tournament established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (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.

2020 Women's T20 Challenge
Dates4 – 9 November 2020
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and final
Host(s) United Arab Emirates
ChampionsIPL Trailblazers (1st title)
Runners-upIPL Supernovas
Participants3
Matches4
Player of the series Radha Yadav (Supernovas)
Most runs Chamari Atapattu (Supernovas) (117)
Most wickets Radha Yadav (Supernovas) (8)

The tournament was originally scheduled to commence in May 2020 in Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur 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 Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates, still coinciding with the IPL Playoffs. IPL Trailblazers 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.

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