Mumbai Indians shortly returned to the winnings methods with an enormous seven-wicket triumph in opposition to Royal Challengers Bangalore in the ninth match of the Women’s Premier League 2024 on Saturday. A win boosted Mumbai Indians to the top place in the points table with three wins in 4 opening video games.
Ellyse Perry returned to the staff and scored 44* off 38 balls however RCB have been restricted to simply 131/6 whereas batting first at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium. After a powerful bowling efficiency, Mumbai batters additionally overpowered their opponents to chase down the goal with seven wickets and 29 balls remaining.
Natalie Sciver-Brunt gained the essential toss as common skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and Shabnim Ismail missed out once more due to accidents. Perry returned to the taking part in eleven for Royal Challengers Bangalore after lacking the earlier recreation due to sickness.
English pacer Issy Wong gave Mumbai an early success with an enormous wicket of in-form Smriti Mandhana in the third over who scored simply 9 runs. RCB batters struggled to discover contact however Perry seemed in a very good rhythm in opposition to a powerful bowling efficiency from Mumbai.
Perry and Georgia Wareham added essential 52 runs for the sixth wicket as RCB posted 131/6 in 20 overs. Sciver-Brunt and Pooka Vastrakar took two wickets every for Mumbai Indians.
Chasing a low-scoring complete, Mumbai openers Yastika Bhatia and Hayley Matthews produced a superb begin by including 45 runs for the primary wicket in simply 3.5 overs. Yastika smashed 31 off simply 15 balls earlier than shedding her wicket to Sophie Devine.
Sciver-Brunt and Amelia Kerr performed out a match-defining 49-run stand for the third wicket. Sciver-Brunt threw her wicket after scoring 27 runs and when Mumbai wanted 14 runs to win the sport in the 14th over. Kerr top-scored with 40* off 24 balls to take MI to the top of the points table.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XI: Smriti Mandhana( c), Sophie Devine, Sabbhineni Meghana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham, Shreyanka Patil, Simran Bahadur, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh.
Mumbai Indians Playing XI: Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Natalie Sciver-Brunt (c), Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Issy Wong, S Sajana, Amanjot Kaur, Humaira Kazi, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Saika Ishaque.
