RCB won by 5 runs, Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the match against Mumbai Indians by 5 runs and Advanced into the finals Women’s Premier League. RCB won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 135/6. Ellyse Perry scored 66 runs off 50 balls for RCB.
Mumbai Indians had a solid Partnership for the fourth wicket but after Harmanpreet Kaur was out in the 18th over match slipped from Mumbai Indians’ Hands and RCB came out victorious in this match RCB won by 5 runs now they will Face Delhi Capitals in the finals on the 17th of March.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru playing eleven
Smriti Mandhana (Captain), Sophie Divine, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh(WK), Georgia Wareham, Sophie Molineux, Shreyanka Patil, Shradda Bhau Pokharkar, Sobhana Asha, Renuka Singh.
Mumbai Indians Playing Eleven
Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia(WK), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Humaira Kazi, Amanjot Kaur, Sajeevan Sajana, Harmanpreet Kaur(captain), Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru VS Mumbai Indians: RCB won by 5 runs and Advanced into the WPL Finals
RCB won the toss and decided to bat first. Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Divine came to open Batting For RCB and Shabnim Ismail Had a first over for Mumbai Indians. Sophie Divine and Smriti Mandhana had a 20-run partnership for the first wicket.
In the second over, Hayley Matthews bowls flighted delivery outside the off Stumps to Sophie Divine. Sophie Divine looks to play drive but the ball comes straight and takes the outside edge onto the stumps. Sophie Divine scored 10 runs off 7 balls.
In the third over, Nat Sciver-Brunt bowls a slower delivery to Smriti Mandhana who looks to play over the top of mid-off but due to lack of pace makes her hit straight into the hands of Shabnim Ismail. Smriti Mandhana scored 10 runs off 7 balls.
In the 4th over, Saika Ishaque bowls up in the off-stumps line to Disha Kasat. Disha Kasat tried to play an inside-out shot but hit straight into the hands of Pooja Vastrakar at covers. Disha Kasat scored 0 runs off 7 balls.
Ellyse Perry and Richa Ghosh had a 26-run partnership for the fourth wicket. In the 10th over, Hayley Matthews bowls full on the middle to Richa Ghosh, who mistimes his shot, the ball goes in the air, and Nat Sciver-Brunt settles down and takes an easy catch in the end. Richa Ghosh scored 14 runs off 19 balls.
Ellyse Perry and Sophie Molineux had a 35-run partnership for the fifth wicket. In the 15 overs, Nat-Sciver-Brunt bowls a length ball into the middle to Sophie Molineux who moves away from the stumps to play a cut shot but she missed the ball completely the ball hit the stumps. Sophie Molineux scored 11 runs off 17 balls.
Ellyse Perry and Georgia Wareham had a 42-run partnership for the sixth wicket. In the 20th over, short length in the leg of Ellyse Perry. Ellyse Perry goes down the track to go across the line but the ball makes contact with the inner half of the bat and the ball goes straight into the hands of Nat Sciver-brunt at mid-wicket. Ellyse Perry scored 66 runs off 50 balls.
Georgia Wareham scored not out 18 runs off 10 balls and Shreyanka Patil scored 3 runs off 3 balls. Royal Challengers Bengaluru scored 135/6 in 20 overs.
Huge moment of the match!
A big wicket for @RCBTweets 👏 👏@shreyanka_patil scalps her 2⃣nd wicket 👍 👍#MI lose their captain Harmanpreet Kaur!
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Yastika Bhatia and Hayley Matthews came to open the batting for Mumbai Indians and Renuka Singh had a first over for RCB. Yastika Bhatia and Hayley Matthews had a 27-run partnership for the first wicket.
In the 4th over, Shreyanka Patil bowled a good length in the middle to Hayley Matthew who tried to play slog sweep but the ball did not connect with the bat as she liked and the ball was caught by Georgia Wareham at mid-wicket. Hayley Matthews scored 15 runs off 14 balls.
Yastika Bhatia and Nat Sciver-Brunt had a 23-run for the second wicket. In the 8th over, Ellyse Perry bowls in the middle stumps to Yastika Bhatia who looks to make room for the drive but the ball took the outside edge of the bat and hit the middle wickets. Yastika Bhatia scored 19 runs off 27 balls.
In the 11th over, Georgia Wareham bowls back length ball in the middle stumps to Nat Sciver-Brunt. Nat Sciver-Brunt looks to play across the back foot but the ball took the inside edge of the bat and then in the back pad and crashed into the wickets. Nat Sciver-Brunt scored 23 runs off 17 balls.
Harmanpreet Kaur and Amelia Kerr had a 52-run partnership for the fourth wicket. In the 18th over, Shreyanka Patil bowls flighted delivery to Harmanpreet Kaur who steps down and goes for it but manages to hit straight into the hands of Sophie Divine at long on. Harmanpreet Kaur scored 33 runs off 30 balls.
In the 19th over Sajeevan Sajana was stumped by Richa Ghosh in the ball of Sophie Molineux. Sajeevan Sajana scored 1 run off 3 balls. In the 20th over, Pooja Vastrakar was stumped out by Richa Ghosh in the ball of Shaina Asha. Pooja Vastrakar scored 4 runs off 4 balls. Amelia Kerr scored 27 runs off 25 balls and Amanjot Kaur scored not out 1 run off 1 ball. RCB won by 5 runs. Mumbai Indians scored 130/6 in 20 overs