The Mumbai Indians slammed 45 runs in the powerplay in their mammoth run chase against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in WPL 2025 played on March 11.
They went on to lose the wickets of openers Hayley Matthews and Amelia Kerr during a 199-run chase at Brabourne. Sneh Rana dismissed Hayley Matthews in the fourth over who slammed 04 fours in her short innings.
However, Nat Sciver-Brunt and Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur are aiming to forge a partnership in the run chase.
She strikes once again in the first ball of the sixth over to send back Amelia Kerr for 9 runs. Earlier RCB played a valiant innings with stellar knocks from Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh and Georgia Wareham.
With RCB knocked out of the tournament, Mumbai Indians will be aiming for a win to get the top position in the WPL 2025 Points table and secure a spot in the finals.
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Batting first, Sabbhineni Meghana and Smriti Mandhana opened the attack while Shabnim Ismail opened the bowling attack.
Aiming for a fiery start, openers started aggressively but lost the wicket of power hitter Sabbhineni Meghana who hit 26 runs off 13 deliveries before being dismissed by Hayley Matthews in the 4th over.
Ellyse Perry joined Mandhana at the crease aiming to post a huge total at scoreboard. They went on to score 53 runs in a powerplay.
By the end of 10 overs, RCB Women scored 87 runs for a wicket. Smriti Mandhana went on to score 53 runs off 37 deliveries before being dismissed by Amelia Kerr.
Richa Ghosh who joined Perry at the crease made a stellar knock in the game. The Bengaluru has been making good partnership across wickets despite regular dismissal.
Ellyse Perry narrowly missed 49 runs off 38 deliveries which included 5 fours and 1 six. Georgia Wareham played an exceptional knock scoring 31 runs off 10 deliveries which included five fours and 1 six at an impressive strike rate of 310.00.
