Royal Challengers Bengaluru VS Mumbai Indians cricket match ended with Mumbai Indians winning the match by 7 wickets in M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. MI won the toss and Elected to bowl first and RCB lost their top-order batsman in early over. Ellyse Perry scored 44 runs and RCB managed to score 131/6 in 20 overs.
Mumbai Indians had the better start and Amelia Kerr and Nat Sciver-Brunt had a great partnership for the third wicket in the end, it was an easy chase for Mumbai Indians. They finished the match in 15.1 overs and chased the target of 132 runs. Amelia Kerr scored 40 runs and Yastika Bhatia Scored 31 runs.
Mumbai Indians are back at the top of the women’s Premier League table with 6 points in 4 matches and RCB slips to the 4th position of the table with 4 points in 4 matches.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru playing eleven
Smriti Mandhana (Captain), Sophie Divine, Sabbhineni Meghana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh(Captain), Georgia Wareham, Sophie Molineux, Shreyanka Patil, Simran Bahadur, Sobhana Asha, Renuka Singh.
Mumbai Indians Playing Eleven
Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia (WK), Nat Sciver-Brunt(Captain), Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Humaira Kazi, Amanjot Kaur, Sajeevan Sajana, Keerthana Sathyamoorthy Balakrishnan, Issy Wong, Saika Ishaque.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru VS Mumbai Indians: MI won by 7 wickets
Mumbai Indians won the toss and decided to bowl first. Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Divine came to open Batting for RCB and Nat Sciver-Brunt had a first over for Mumbai Indians. In the third over, Issy Wong bowled a fuller delivery outside off to Smriti Mandhana and she hit hard but the ball went into the deep cover region and Nat Sciver-Brunt took a catch safely. Smriti Mandhana scored 9 runs off 11 balls.
In the 5th over, Nat Sciver-Brunt bowled a Short delivery to Sabbhineni Meghana who tried to play pull but mistimed it and the ball flew toward the short fine and leg where Keerthana Sathyamoorthy Balakrishnan took a catch. Sabbhineni Meghana scored 11 runs off 12 balls.
In the 6th over, Saika Ishaque bowls a fuller delivery on the stumps to Sophie Divine who missed the ball completely and the ball hit the pads in front of the wicket. The umpire gave her LBW out. Sophie Divine scored 9 runs off 10 balls.
In the 9th over, Pooja Vastrakar bowls outside off delivery to Richa Ghosh. Richa Ghosh played a lofted drive and found the fielder at extra covers and Sajeevan Sajana took a catch in her second attempt. Richa Ghosh scored 7 runs off 10 balls.
Ellyse Perry and Sophie Molineux had a 29-run partnership for the fifth wicket. In the 13th over, Pooja Vastrakar bowls back of the length in the middle stumps delivery to Sophie Molineux who looks to play a cut but the ball took a thinner edge of the bat and took the bails off. Sophie Molineux scored 12 runs off 14 balls.
Georgia Wareham and Ellyse Perry had a 52-run partnership for the sixth wicket. Nat Sciver-Brunt bowls fuller delivery on stumps to Georgia Wareham who tries to heave but misses the proper connection. Amelia Kerr took a simple catch at the deep mid-wicket. Georgia Wareham scored 27 runs off 20 balls.
Shreyanka Patil scored not out 7 runs off 5 balls and Ellyse Perry scored not out 44 runs off 38 balls. Royal Challengers Bengaluru scored 131/6 in 20 overs.
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And with that victory, they move to the 🔝 of the table 👏👏
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Yastika Bhatia and Hayley Matthews came to open for Mumbai Indians and Renuka Singh had a first over. Yastika Bhatia and Hayley Matthews had a 45-run partnership for the first wicket. In the 4th over, Sophie Divine bowls Short length and outside off delivery to Yastika Bhatia. Yastika Bhatia tried to play a drive but the ball took the edge and Richa Ghosh took a catch behind the stumps. Yastika Bhatia scored 31 runs off 15 balls.
In the 8th over, Shreyanka Patil bowls a floater outside off to Hayley Matthews. Hayley Matthew plays a shot but hits straight towards Smriti Mandhana who took an easy catch at the extra covers. Hayley Matthews Scored 26 runs off 21 balls.
Nat Sciver-Brunt and Amelia Kerr had a 49-run partnership for the third wicket. In the 14th over, Georgia Wareham bowls a fuller on-off delivery to Nat Sciver-Brunt who goes for a reverse sweep but she fails in giving elevation to the ball and Sophie Molineux took a catch at point region. Nat Sciver-Brunt scored 27 runs off 25 balls.
Amelia Kerr scored not out 40 runs off 24 balls and Pooja Vastrakar scored 8 runs off 7 balls. Mumbai Indians scored 133/3 in 15.1 overs and won the match by 7 wickets. Amelia Kerr won the Player of the Match award for her all-round performance.