The Royal Challengers Bengaluru VS UP Warriorz cricket match ended with Royal Challengers Bengaluru winning the match by 23 runs. UP Warriorz won the toss and decided to bowl first. Smriti Mandhana and Sabbhineni Meghana had a 51-run partnership for the first wicket. Smriti Mandhana Scored 80 runs and Ellyse Perry scored 58 runs for RCB. RCB scored 198/3 in 20 overs.
UP Warriorz Failed to Chase the massive target they fell short of 23 runs. They scored 175/8 in 20 overs Alysa Healy scored 55 runs. Sobhana Asha, Georgia Wareham, Sophie Molineux, and Sophie Divine each took 2 wickets. Smriti Mandhana won the player of the match award.
With this win, RCB is in the 4th position of the women’s premier league table with 6 points in 5 matches. UP Warriorz had 4 points in 5 matches and stands in the 4th position of the table.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru playing eleven
Smriti Mandhana (Captain), Sophie Divine, Sabbhineni Meghana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh(WK), Georgia Wareham, Sophie Molineux, Ekta Bhist, Simran Bahadur, Sobhana Asha, Renuka Singh.
UP Warriorz playing eleven
Saima Thakor, Alyssa Healy(Captain, WK), Chamari Athapaththu, Grace Harris, Shweta Sehrawat, Kiran Navgire, Poonam Khemnar, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Anjali Sarvani
Royal Challengers Bengaluru VS UP Warriorz: RCB beats Warriorz by 23 runs
UP Warriorz won the toss and elected to bowl first. Smriti Mandhana and Sabbhineni Meghana came to open for RCB and Grace Harris had a first over for UP Warriorz. Smriti Mandhana and Sabbhineni Meghana had a 51-run partnership for the first wicket.
In the 6th over, Anjali Sarvani bowls around the middle stumps to Sabbhineni Meghana, and Sabbhineni Meghana goes on backfoot to play a pull shot but she failed to judge the bounce of the ball and the ball hits the top edge of the bat Chamari Athapaththu took an easy catch at covers. Sabbhineni Meghana scored 28 runs off 21 balls.
Smriti Mandhana was informed today and Ellyse Perry was informed and both of them punished the UP bowlers. Smriti Mandhana and Ellyse Perry had a 95-run partnership for the second wicket. In the 17th over Deepti Sharma bowls full and around on-off to Smriti Mandhana who looks to play slog sweep but her shot does not get the elevation she wanted and Poonam Khemnar took a catch at deep mid-wicket. Smriti Mandhana scored 80 runs off 50 balls.
In the last over, Sophie Ecclestone bowls floated delivery on leg to Ellyse Perry. Ellyse Perry goes for a slog but the ball makes contact in the bottom half of the bat and the ball travels flat and Poonam Khemnar takes an amazing catch at deep mid-wicket. Ellyse Perry scored 58 runs off 37 balls.
Richa Ghosh scored not out 21 runs off 10 balls. Sophie Divine scored 2 runs off 2 balls. RCB scored 198/3 in 20 overs.
Alyssa Healy and Kiran Navgire came to open for UP Warriorz and Renuka Singh had a first over. Alyssa Healy and Kiran Navgire Had a 47-run partnership for the first Wicket. In the 5th over, Sophie Divine bowls pitch up around off ball to Kiran Navgire who goes for the slog across the line but she fails in timing and the ball goes behind in the air and Georgia Wareham takes catch. Kiran Navgire scored 18 runs off 11 balls.
In the 7th over, Chamari Athapaththu was a leg-before wicket out in the ball of Georgia Wareham. Chamari Athapaththu scored 8 runs off 8 balls. In the eighth over, Sophie Divine bowled around the leg to Grace Harris who looked to play scoop but Richa Ghosh stretched his hand and took a beautiful catch behind the stumps. Grace Harris scored 5 runs off 5 balls.
In the 10th over, Sobhana Asha bowled leggie up in the middle to Shweta Sehrawat, and Shweta Sehrawat danced down the track and swung the bat across the spin but the ball took the leading edge of the bat, and Ekta Bhist took an easy catch at cover-point. Shweta Sehrawat scored 1 run off 5 balls.
Two fielders collide 🫣
But Asha Shobhana eventually holds on to the catch 👏
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In the 13th over Alyssa Healy was stumped out by Richa Ghosh in the ball of Sophie Molineux. Alyssa Healy scored 55 runs off 38 balls. Deepti Sharma and Poonam Khemnar had a 41-run partnership for the 6th wicket. In the 18th over, Deepti Sharma was caught and bowled by Sobhana Asha. Deepti Sharma scored 33 runs off 22 balls.
In the 19th over Sophie Ecclestone was bowled out by Georgia Wareham. Sophie Ecclestone scored 4 runs off 3 balls. In the 20th over, Poonam Khemnar was bowled in the ball of Sophie Molineux. Poonam Khemnar scored 31 runs off 24 balls. Anjali Sarvani scored not out 3 runs off 4 balls. UP Warriorz scored 175/8 in 20 overs. RCB won this match by 23 runs.