RCB won the match by 7 wickets, Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to bowl first. Mumbai Indians had a good start but their middle order was crushed single-handedly by Ellyse Perry. Ellyse Perry took 6 wickets.
Mumbai Indian was all-out at 113 runs. RCB also lost their opening pairs in 25 runs. Ellyse Perry scored 40 runs and Richa Ghosh scored 36 runs. RCB chased the target in 15 overs. They scored 115/3.
RCB had 8 points in 8 matches and stands at the 3rd position of the women’s Premier league table and Mumbai Indian had 10 points in 8 matches and stands in the 2nd position.
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, Priyanka Bala(WK), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Humaira Kazi, Amanjot Kaur, Sajeevan Sajana, Harmanpreet Kaur(captain), Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque.
Mumbai Indians VS Royal Challengers Bengaluru: RCB won the match by 7 wickets
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to bowl first. Hayley Matthews and Sajeevan Sajana opened the batting for Mumbai Indian and Renuka Singh had a first over for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Hayley Matthews and Sajeevan Sajana had a 43-run partnership.
In the 6th over, Sophie Divine bowls a Short ball to Hayley Matthews. Hayley Matthews tried to play a pull shot but got caught by Ellyse Perry at Deep Square leg. Hayley Matthews scored 26 runs off 23 balls. In the 9th over, Ellyse Perry bowled out Sajeevan Sajana. Sajeevan Sajana scored 30 runs off 21 balls.
In the 9th over, Ellyse Perry bowled out Harmanpreet Singh in the first ball of her innings. Harmanpreet Singh scored 0 runs off 1 ball. In the 11th over, Ellyse Perry bowls in the good length area to the stumps to Amelia Kerr who missed the ball and made contact with pads. The umpire gave her not out but Smriti Mandhana took a review. In review ball hit the wickets and no bat was involved so Amelia Kerr needed to go. Amelia Kerr scored 2 runs off 5 balls.
In the 11th over, Ellyse Perry bowled out Amanjot Kaur. Amanjot Kaur scored 4 runs off 2 balls. In the 13th over, Ellyse Perry bowled out Pooja Vastrakar. Pooja Vastrakar scored 6 runs off 10 balls. In the 13th over, Ellyse Perry bowls a full-length delivery in the middle Stumps to Nat Sciver-Brunt who looks to play a flick but misses the ball and gets hit in the pad. The umpire gave her out. Nat Sciver-Brunt scored 10 runs off 15 balls.
In the 16th over, Shobana Asha bowls fuller and on off to Humaira Kazi who tried to slog towards log-on. Sophie Divine took a catch. Humaira Kazi scored 4 runs off 7 balls. In the 18th over, Shreyanka Patil bowls a fuller length to Shabnim Ismail, and Ball took the outside edge of the bat and Richa Ghosh took a catch behind the wickets. Shabnim Ismail scored 8 runs off 8 balls.
In the 19th over, Sophie Molineux bowls full and outside off to Saika Ishaque who looks to heave but fails to play a shot ball made contact with pads. The umpire gave her LBW out. Saika Ishaque scored 1 run off 4 balls. Priyanka Bala scored not out 19 runs off 18 balls. Mumbai Indians scored all-out 113 runs in 19 overs.
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Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Molineux open batting for Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Shabnim Ismail had a first over for Mumbai Indians. Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Molineux had a 22-run for the first wicket. In the 4th over, Hayley Matthews bowls around off to Sophie Molineux. Sophie Molineux comes down the tracks but she misses the ball and Priyanka Bala collects and takes the bails off. Sophie Molineux scored 9 runs off 9 balls.
In the 5th over, Nat Sciver-Brunt was full and outside off to Smriti Mandhana who chased and managed to find the edge of the bat and Priyanka Bala took an easy catch. Smriti Mandhana scored 11 runs off 13 balls.
In the 7th over, Sophie Divine was bowled out in the ball of Shabnim Ismail. Sophie Divine scored 4 runs off 2 balls. Ellyse Perry scored not out 40 runs off 38 balls. Richa Ghosh scored not out 36 runs off 28 balls. RCB scored 115/3 in 15 overs. RCB won the match by 7 wickets.