Smriti Mandhana powered RCB to a mammoth complete in opposition to Mumbai Indians in a WPL match in Mumbai on Tuesday.
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Having featured in back-to-back video games on the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Indians may have only a day to replicate and reset earlier than turning up once more at this venue for the high-voltage Eliminator in opposition to Gujarat Giants on Thursday. It’s a consequence of the host shedding to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by 11 runs within the ultimate league sport of the Girls’s Premier League right here on Tuesday.
With MI ending second, table-topper Delhi Capitals has entered its third successive ultimate.
Responding to RCB’s 199 for 3, constructed on noteworthy contributions by Smriti Mandhana (53, 37b, 6×4, 3×6) and Ellyse Perry (49 n.o., 38b, 5×4, 1×6), MI was rocked by Sneh Rana’s twin blows inside the primary six overs. The 2023 champion completed on 188 for 9.
Nat Sciver-Brunt’s knock of 69 stored the MI followers, surprisingly drowned out by chants pledging assist for RCB, until Perry struck within the fifteenth over. The medium-pacer had been muscled for a 4 and 6 by Sciver-Brunt off the earlier two balls, however she ultimately had the MI star miscuing a slower ball and providing a catch that the Australian accomplished herself.
When it was RCB’s flip to bat, S. Meghana helped the group collect a head of steam with a contribution of 26 in a gap stand of 41. As soon as she was dismissed, Mandhana and Perry let three overs move by quietly earlier than laying into Kerr with 22 runs off her opening six deliveries. That would come with two maximums by Mandhana — a slog-sweep in direction of deep midwicket swiftly adopted by a free-flowing extension of the arms to ship a crazy leg-break outdoors off-stump over long-off.
MI didn’t assist itself with some sloppy fielding. Whereas Perry predictably made Harmanpreet Kaur & Co. pay for his or her laxity within the outfield, Georgia Wareham additionally blazed her method to an unbeaten 31 off 10 deliveries proper on the finish.
The scores: RCB 199/3 in 20 overs (Mandhana 53, Perry 49 n.o., Richa Ghosh 36, Wareham 31 n.o., Hayley Matthews 2/37) bt MI 188/9 in 20 overs (Sciver-Brunt 69, Sneh Rana 3/26, Kim Garth 2/33, Perry 2/53).
Toss: MI.
Thursday’s Eliminator: Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Giants, 7:30 p.m.
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