The 2016–17 Senior Women's T20 League was the 9th edition of the women's Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was held from 2 to 15 January 2017. Railways were the defending champions and won the 2016–17 tournament, their eighth in a row, by topping the Elite Group Super League.
Competition format The 27 teams competing in the tournament were divided into the Elite Group and the Plate Group, with the 10 teams in the Elite Group further divided into Groups A and B and the 17 teams in the Plate Group into Groups A, B and C. The tournament operated on a round-robin format, with each team playing every other team in their group once. The top two sides from each Elite Group progressed to the Elite Group Super League, which was a further round-robin group, with the winner of the group being crowned Champions. The bottom side from each Elite Group was relegated to the Plate Group for the following season. Meanwhile, the top two from each Plate Group progressed to a knockout stage, with the two teams that reached the final being promoted for the following season, as well as playing off for the Plate Group title. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format.
The groups worked on a points system with positions with the groups being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:
Win: 4 points. Tie: 2 points. Loss: 0 points. No Result/Abandoned: 2 points.
If points in the final table are equal, teams are separated by most wins, then head-to-head record, then Net Run Rate.
Participants 27 teams participated in the tournament. The teams were divided in 2 tiers, Elite and Plate, with the Elite level divided into Groups A and B and the Plate level divided into Groups A, B and C. Elite GroupPlate Group Group A Group B Group A Group B Group C Bengal Kerala Maharashtra Mumbai Railways Goa Hyderabad Madhya Pradesh Odisha Uttar Pradesh Andhra Delhi Haryana Jharkhand Tamil Nadu Tripura Baroda Gujarat Karnataka Punjab Rajasthan Assam Chhattisgarh Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Saurashtra Vidarbha
Venue The following venues hosted the tournament. MBB Stadium, Agartala SMS Stadium, Jaipur Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, New Delhi Alur Cricket Stadium-II, Bangalore TIT Ground, Agartala RCA Academy Ground, Jaipur Railway Cricket Ground, Rajkot VCA Ground, Nagpur
Elite Group Elite Group A TeamRailways (Q)4 4 0 0 0 16 +3.376Bengal (Q)4 3 1 0 0 12 –0.127Maharashtra4 2 2 0 0 8 +0.325Mumbai4 1 3 0 0 4 –0.863Kerala (R)4 0 4 0 0 0 –2.464
Elite Group B TeamMadhya Pradesh (Q)4 4 0 0 0 16 +0.192Hyderabad (Q)4 3 1 0 0 12 +0.532Uttar Pradesh4 2 2 0 0 8 +0.031Goa4 1 3 0 0 4 +0.113Odisha (R)4 0 4 0 0 0 –0.844
Elite Group Super League TeamRailways (C)3 3 0 0 0 12 +2.183Hyderabad3 1 2 0 0 4 –0.282Bengal3 1 2 0 0 4 –0.625Madhya Pradesh3 1 2 0 0 4 –1.083
Source: CricketArchive
Fixtures
Plate Playoffs
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Most Runs PosPlayerTeamRunsMatInnsNOHSAvgBFSR100504s6s1Mithali RajRailways311764100*155.50274113.50124032Punam RautRailways27477375*68.50226121.23033093Mona MeshramVidarbha26566275*66.25241109.95023224Mridula JadejaSaurashtra24666445*123.0028586.31001715Latika KumariDelhi23166259*57.75197117.2502370
Most wickets PosPlayerTeamWktsMatInnsOversRunsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w1Nidhi BuleyMadhya Pradesh187727.51445/178.005.179.27012Reena DabhiSaurashtra136623.4894/96.843.7610.92103Reema MalhotraDelhi137718.31033/117.925.568.53004Ashwani KumariJharkhand125518.0884/207.334.889.00105Babita NegiDelhi127823.51053/178.754.4011.9100
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