Smriti Mandhana Slams Fourth WPL fifty during the 2025 season clash between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians played on March 11 at Mumbai.
Her fifty comes off 35 deliveries which included 6 fours and three sixes. In 25 WPL matches, she scored 593 runs which includes 3 fifties at an average of 23.72 at a strike rate of 127.52.
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.
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. By the end of 10 overs, RCB Women scored 87 runs for a wicket.
Speaking at the toss, MI Women Captain Harmanapreet Kaur said, “We gonna bowl first. Chasing is a better option. The last game is an example. Every match we have shown the hunger. It is an important match.”
Meanwhile, RCB Women captain Smriti Mandhana said, “We would have fielded first. If put up a good total, you can do well. The way we started off at the start of the tournament. The injuries didn’t help.”
“We wanted to play our brand of cricket but we couldn’t do that. The way Rana batted. She was fantastic. Renuka had a great season. Perry has batted well. We have three changes.”
MI Women Playing 11: Hayley Matthews, Amelia Kerr, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Amanjot Kaur, Yastika Bhatia(w), Sajeevan Sajana, G Kamalini, Sanskriti Gupta, Shabnim Ismail, Parunika Sisodia
RCB Women Playing 11: Sabbhineni Meghana, Smriti Mandhana(c), Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh(w), Kanika Ahuja, Georgia Wareham, Heather Graham, Sneh Rana, Kim Garth, Prema Rawat, Joshitha VJ
