WPL 2023 MIW vs RCBW: Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore, it’s at all times the conflict of the heavyweights. So much has been spoken and written about this rivalry and plainly the ladies have taken it a notch greater. Mumbai Indians ladies led by India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur had made a thumping begin to their WPL marketing campaign as they defeated Gujarat Giants by 143 odd runs in their first outing. On the opposite hand, RCB ladies led by Smriti Mandhana suffered an enormous heartbreak by the hands of Delhi Capitals ladies in their very first WPL match.Â
Royal Challengers Bangalore gained the toss and so they determined to bat first. The skipper of ‘White Ferns’ Sophie Devine opened proceedings with Indian vice-captain Smriti Mandhana. Both Devine and Mandhana appeared to rating freely and put stress on Mumbai Indians ladies and succeeded to some extent. But Mumbai saved their nerves and managed to break the partnership when Devine was batting on 16 off 11 deliveries. Skipper Mandhana too could not keep for too lengthy and was dismissed by Hayley Matthews when she was batting on 23 off 17 deliveries. This triggered a collapse and earlier than RCB ladies may comprehend it, they had been lowered to 71/5. Richa Ghosh along with her 28 off 26 deliveries and Kanika Ahuja along with her 22 off 13 deliveries propelled RCB’s rating to 155 in their quota of 20 overs.
Mumbai Indians ladies as dominant as they’re began with a bang. Wicketkeeper-batsman Yastika Bhatia opened Mumbai’s batting with Hayley Matthews. Before Yastika Bhatia fell, Mumbai had already gone previous 40 from 4 overs and had been scoring at 10 runs per over. Matthews went berserk after Bhatia’s dismissal and counter-attacked the RCB ladies bowlers which left them shocked and Smriti Mandhana quickly ran out of choices. MI ladies’s quantity 3, Nat Sciver-Brunt additionally joined Matthews in her heroics and made an entire mockery of a rating that was not really easy to chase down contemplating the sort of assault RCB ladies have at their disposal. Matthews ended with 77 off 38 deliveries and Sciver-Brunt scored a stellar 55 off 29 deliveries. Mumbai chased the goal down in 14.2 overs and so they have now stamped their dominance on the highest of the factors desk.
Mumbai Indians Women: Yastika Bhatia (wk), Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Issy Wong, Amanjot Kaur, Humaira Kazi, Jintimani Kalita, Saika Ishaque
Royal Challengers Bangalore Women: Smriti Mandhana (c), Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Disha Kasat, Richa Ghosh (wk), Heather Knight, Kanika Ahuja, Megan Schutt, Shreyanka Patil, Preeti Bose, Renuka Thakur Singh
