RCB W vs MI W: Harmanpreet-Amanjot gave victory to Mumbai, defeated Bengaluru in a thrilling match
Mumbai Indians defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by four wickets in a Women's Premier League (WPL) match on Friday and registered their second win in the tournament. This is RCB's first defeat in the tournament. Royal Challengers Bangalore, who came to bat first after losing the toss, scored 167 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Mumbai Indians won the match with 1 ball remaining.
Ankush Pandey
HighLights
- Harmanpreet Kaur scored a half century
- Mumbai won the match by 4 wickets
- Ellyse Perry played an innings of 81 runs
Riding on a half-century from skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (50) and a composed innings by Amanjot Kaur (34*) in the final overs, Mumbai Indians defeated defending champions Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB W) by four wickets in a Women's Premier League (WPL) match on Friday to register their second win of the tournament.
This is RCB's first loss in the tournament. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB W), who lost the toss and came in to bat first, scored 167 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Mumbai Indians won the match with 1 ball remaining.
With a finishing act and an impressive spell, Amanjot Kaur is the Player of the Match in the #RCBvMI clash ????????
— Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 21, 2025
Scorecard ▶ https://t.co/WIQXj6KaiA #TATAWPL | @mipaltan pic.twitter.com/Hisr02qBJc
For RCB, Alice Perry played a brilliant innings of 81 runs in just 43 balls, on the basis of which the team scored 167 runs for seven wickets. Wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh scored 28 runs in 25 balls, captain Smriti Mandhana played a stormy innings of 26 runs in 13 balls. During this, she also hit 4 fours and 1 six. Amanjot also showed amazing performance with the ball and took three wickets for 22 runs.
Innings Break!
— Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 21, 2025
Ellyse Perry's brilliant 8⃣1⃣ helps #RCB set a ???? of 1⃣6⃣8⃣.
Can #MI break #RCB's winning form? ????
Scorecard ▶ https://t.co/WIQXj6JCt2 #TATAWPL | #RCBvMI pic.twitter.com/ULMpLscgkY
Mumbai Indians had a bad start. Yastika Bhatia was out LBW in the second over. She scored 8 runs off 8 balls. Mumbai got the second blow at the score of 66. Hayley Matthews was out LBW at the score of 15. After this, Nat Sciver-Brunt handled the innings and scored 42 runs off 21 balls. During this, 9 fours came off her bat.
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Amelia Kerr's bat did not work and she scored only 2 runs. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored a half-century. Kaur scored 50 runs in 38 balls with the help of 8 fours and 1 six. Sajeevan Sajna's account did not open. Amanjot Kaur remained unbeaten after scoring 34 runs in 27 balls. G Kamalini scored 11 runs not out. She gave Mumbai the victory by hitting a four. Georgia Wareham took 3 wickets. Kim Garth took 2 wickets.
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