Tags: Girls’s Premier League (WPL) 2024
Printed on: Mar 17, 2024
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Mumbai Indians (MI) by 5 runs within the Girls’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 Eliminator match on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Friday, March 15. In a low-scoring recreation, Bangalore batted first after successful the toss and put up 135/6 on the board as Ellyse Perry top-scored with 66 off 50 balls. Within the chase, Mumbai had been held to 130/6 as Shreyanka Patil bowled an excellent spell of two/16.
Bangalore bought off to a poor begin with the bat, dropping 4/49. Sophie Devine (10) was bowled by Hayley Matthews, whereas skipper Smriti Mandhana (10) was caught on the fence off Nat Sciver-Brunt’s bowling. Disha Kasat (0) chipped a easy catch off Saika Ishaque’s bowling, whereas Richa Ghosh (14) additionally perished in her endeavor to go after Mathews.
Perry lifted RCB, smashing eight fours and a six in one more spectacular knock. Georgia Wareham (18 not out off 10) performed a superb cameo, which included a last-ball six of Ishaque’s bowling. For Mumbai Indians, Matthews, Brunt and Ishaque picked up two wickets every.
Within the chase, Mumbai Indians misplaced Matthews for 15 as she mistimed an tried large hit off Shreyanka. Yastika Bhatia (19) was then bowled by Perry as she performed inside the road of a supply. Wareham struck a telling blow when she knocked over Sciver-Brunt (23), who tried to play one throughout the road.
Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (33 off 30) and Amelia Kerr (27 not out off 25) added 52 runs for the fourth wicket to place Mumbai Indians in an awesome place to guide their place within the closing. Nonetheless, RCB’s spinners dominated the final three overs to ship their staff into the summit conflict towards Delhi Capitals (DC).
Harmanpreet was caught within the deep as she couldn’t get her timing proper on a giant hit off Shreyanka’s bowling. S Sajana (1 off 3) was stumped off Sophie Molineux’s (1/16) bowling within the penultimate over. With 12 wanted off six balls, Asha Sobhana bowled an excellent final over, not conceding a boundary. She had Pooja Vastrakar (4) stumped off the fourth ball as Kerr may solely watch the match slip away from the non-striker’s finish.
“Nonetheless this sense has not sunk in. On the midway mark, we felt we had been 20 runs quick. However the best way we bowled and fielded was wonderful. 130 is a complete the place you aren’t certain whether or not to assault or defend, however the final over from Asha was unreal,” RCB captain Mandhana mentioned, whereas reflecting on the sport.
–By A Cricket Correspondent
