Mumbai Indians Women crew are stamped their class early within the ongoing Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023. Harmanpreet Kaur’s facet posted their second successive win, defeating Smriti Mandhana’s Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 9 wickets with greater than 5 overs to spare. Opener Hayley Matthews smashed 77 off 38 balls whereas England all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt chipped in with 55 of 29 balls as MI Women chased down 156 runs to win in simply 14.2 overs.
The complete win for Harmanpreet’s facet implies that MI Women are firmly on prime of the WPL 2023 Points Table with 4 factors from 2 matches after Game No. 4 of the league. MI even have a really wholesome NRR of 5.18 after two huge wins to this point.
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Delhi Capitals or UP Warriorz can even be a part of MI-W on 4 factors within the standings on Tuesday (March 7) night time when the 2 sides face-off. Both sides have 1 win to their names however they may battle to displace MI-W from the highest as a result of their superior NRR. However, a win for both facet will imply that they may transfer to second place with 4 factors.
Mumbai Indians’ implausible begin to the Women’s Premier League continued as they beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 9 wickets in a dominant show on the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Monday. MI chased down a goal of 156 with as many as 34 balls to spare.
Royal Challengers Bangalore gained the toss and opted to bat first but it surely was Mumbai Indians who dominated the match proper from the start. MI opened the bowling with Hayley Matthews contemplating her success in opposition to Smriti whereas paying for the nationwide crew but it surely was younger left arm spinner Saika Ishaque who rocked RCB early by dismissing each Sophie Devine (16) and Disha Kasat (0) within the fifth over.
Those two wickets gave Ishaque the Purple Cap as she turned the event’s main wicket taker with six. Matthews then bought the higher of Mandhana but once more for 23 and likewise removed Heather Knight for a duck.
RCB’s woes have been additional compounded as Ellyse Perry was run out for 13. Matthews then got here again and dismissed top-scorer Richa Ghosh as properly for 28 as RCB did not bat the 20 overs out. Leg spinner Amelia Kerr cleaned up the tail to finish with 2/30 as RCB have been bowled out for simply 155 with eight balls remaining of their innings. Matthews (3/28) and Ishaque (2/26) have been the opposite wreckers in chief as MI’s spinners bamboozled the RCB batters.
It was a very totally different story within the chase as MI openers, Hayley Matthews and Yastika Bhatia, batted with loads of fluency from the outset and took benefit of the Powerplay. Speaking after being awarded the Player of the Match award, Matthews stated, “With the freedom that I have been given at the top of the batting order for Mumbai Indians, that is getting the best out of me.”
She added that she was actually happy together with her bowling effort after the batters got here after her within the opening over. Bhatia couldn’t convert her quick begin as she fell for 23 off 19 balls to Preeti Bose however that was pretty much as good because it bought for RCB as Matthews and Nat Sciver-Brunt added 114 runs in lower than ten overs as MI romped house within the chase in simply 14.2 overs.
Matthews struck at a strike fee in extra of 200, scoring 77 not out off simply 38 balls and likewise going prime of the run charts to safe the Orange Cap with a complete of 124 runs. Sciver-Brunt supplied her nice assist, blitzing 55 not out in simply 29 deliveries.
