Mumbai Indians stormed again into the continued Women’s Premier League (WPL) after a loss against the UP Warriorz with a thumping 7-wicket win against the house staff Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday, March 2. The Mumbai staff proved to be too good with each bat and ball as after proscribing RCB to a low complete of simply 131 runs, the Women in Blue chased it down with 29 balls remaining in a one-sided victory at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
RCB did not have quite a bit to cheer about in the sport, aside from a fielding brilliance second as they had been subjected to their second consecutive loss. Shreyanka Patil, the younger all-rounder continued RCB’s moments of brilliance in the sphere on the boundary two days after Georgia Wareham’s extraordinary bounce and throw into the sphere. On the ultimate ball of the powerplay of Sophie Devine’s over, MI’s Hayley Matthews struck a slower half-volley in direction of long-on.
It appeared like going for a six earlier than Patil on the boundary flung herself and caught the ball earlier than realising very quickly that she was very near the boundary. Quickly, Patil launched the ball whereas being mid-air as she saved a certain six and restricted the MI batters to only two runs. The video of her fielding effort has gone viral.
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However, that was the one second to be joyous for the RCB aside from the three wickets in the sphere as MI batters simply steamrolled the opposition. Yastika Bhatia started with a bang scoring 31 off simply 15 balls earlier than Hayley Matthews and Amelia Kerr took over. Kerr continued her smashing batting type for MI in WPL 2024 as she remained unbeaten on 40 off 24. Stand-in captain Nat-Sciver Brunt additionally performed a helpful little knock of 27 runs.
RCB will probably be subsequent up against the UP Warriorz in their closing residence sport on the final day of the Bengaluru leg.
