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Royal Challengers Bengaluru is an eccentric franchise with a good whackier fanbase. On a muggy Tuesday night in Mumbai, with a sea of blue dressing the colonial-era stands of the Brabourne Stadium, RCB managed to get Mumbai Indians’ ardent supporters on its aspect because it shocked the house aspect by 11 within the final league sport of the Ladies’s Premier League’s third chapter.
RCB’s consolatory triumph meant the defending champion prevented a last-place end and shaved off some muscle from MI’s Web Run Charge (from +0.298 to +0.192) handy Delhi Capitals its third straight direct berth within the last.
Chasing 200 to win, a pace-heavy RCB tried its greatest to snuff out the opening pair of Hayley Matthews and Amelia Kerr. Smriti Mandhana’s strategic use of Sneh Rana’s off-spin, sandwiching her in the midst of the seamers, paid off as she outsmarted Matthews within the fourth and Kerr within the sixth. She used her slower balls with tact, drawing the batters out for a shot solely to not handle any energy to clear fielders within the sq. leg and further cowl respectively.
AS IT HAPPENED | MI vs RCB HIGHLIGHTS
Nat Sciver-Brunt grew to become the primary participant within the WPL to attain greater than 400 runs in a season as she took cost of the chase with some authoritative strikes over the fence on each side of the V.
Introducing Kim Garth’s specific tempo did the trick with a leg cutter bringing concerning the finish of Harmanpreet Kaur. Sciver-Brunt punished RCB, rapidly attending to 69 off simply 35 deliveries, placing at a formidable 197.14 earlier than Ellyse Perry caught her off her personal bowling within the fifteenth.
Sneh returned to complete her quota after touchdown awkwardly on her shoulder and nipped Yastika Bhatia’s innings within the bud to complete with figures of three/26.
Sixty runs had been wanted off the final 4 overs. Sajana’s last over bravado introduced the equation right down to 12 wanted off two balls. However MI’s determined makes an attempt to keep away from the eliminator went in useless, with RCB enjoying spoilsport to perfection.
Nat Sciver-Brunt grew to become the primary participant within the WPL to attain greater than 400 runs in a season as she took cost of the chase with some authoritative strikes over the fence on each side of the V.
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Nat Sciver-Brunt grew to become the primary participant within the WPL to attain greater than 400 runs in a season as she took cost of the chase with some authoritative strikes over the fence on each side of the V.
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Mumbai received the toss and, as each aspect has performed this season, opted to chase. Smriti and Sabbineni Meghana – enjoying solely her second sport of the season – gave RCB a strong begin.
Hayley Matthews has been channeling her internal medium pacer for some time now and did the exact same with a 103 kmph bouncer which Meghana prime edged to Parunika Sisodia at quick positive leg, falling for a fluent 26 off 13 balls.
Matthews had help from Amanjot Kaur in holding issues tight, forcing the Smriti-Perry pairing to start out with warning. Nevertheless, Kerr was thumped for 22 runs in her very first over – eighth of the innings – to show momentum RCB’s method.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Smriti Mandhana performs a shot through the Ladies’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians, in Mumbai, Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Smriti Mandhana performs a shot through the Ladies’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians, in Mumbai, Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
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Amanjot and Sanskriti Gupta tightened the screws on the scoring once more and Kerr nearly took out Perry had she held onto a catch off her personal bowling. She compensated 4 balls later, foxing Smriti to gap out to Shabnim Ismail at lengthy off. Not earlier than she made her fifty although, simply her second of the season.
Richa Ghosh took cost of the big-hitting as Perry dropped anchor on the different finish. She raced away to a 22-ball 36 earlier than Matthews had the final snigger with a ball that dropped on Richa. A half shot landed in Sciver-Brunt’s arms at long-off.
Mumbai gave RCB loads of reprieves within the area however Perry and her compatriot Georgia Wareham acquired RCB to 199/3, a complete the RCB bowlers did nicely to defend and log out from WPL 2025 on a excessive.
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