Mumbai Indians Women Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Women Eliminator 15 March 2024

Eliminator • Arun Jaitley Stadium • Delhi

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women

135/6 (20)

Mumbai Indians Women

130/6 (20)

RCB W won by 5 runs

Info

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Mini Games

Date & Time

15 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

Match

Eliminator,

Women's Premier League

Umpires

Gayathri Venugopalan (India), Parashar Joshi (India), Pashchim Pathak (India, TV)

Referee

Varsha Nagre (India)

Toss

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women elected to bat

Pitch Report

PitchFlat Track Pitch

Pace BowlingSwing Favourable

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingSlow Spin

1st Innings

144Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

120.32Avg SR

2nd Innings

135Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

123.7Avg SR

Weather Update

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

MUM-W

3- 1

BLR-W

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Mumbai Indians Women

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Smriti Mandhana

BLR-W . BAT

259 Runs

8 Matches

Ellyse Perry

BLR-W . ALL

246 Runs

7 Matches

Harmanpreet Kaur

MUM-W . BAT

235 Runs

6 Matches

Top Bowlers

Sobhana Asha

BLR-W . BOWL

9 Wkts

8 Matches

Shabnim Ismail

MUM-W . BOWL

8 Wkts

6 Matches

Natalie Sciver

MUM-W . ALL

8 Wkts

8 Matches

Player of the Match Ellyse Perry

66(50)

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women

MUM-W

Info

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women

135/6 (20)

Batters

Smriti Mandhana

142.86

c Ismail b Sciver

Sophie Devine

142.86

b Matthews

Ellyse Perry

132.00

c Sciver b Ishaque

Disha Kasat

0.00

c Vastrakar b Ishaque

Richa Ghosh

73.68

c Sciver b Matthews

Sophie Molineux

64.71

b Sciver

Georgia Wareham

180.00

Not out

Shreyanka Patil

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 0)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 6.75)

135/6

Did not Bat

Sobhana Asha, Shradda Pokharkar, Renuka Thakur

Bowlers

EXT

Shabnim Ismail

7.50

Hayley Matthews

4.50

Natalie Sciver

4.50

Saika Ishaque

9.00

Pooja Vastrakar

7.00

Amelia Kerr

9.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Sophie Devine

b Matthews

1-20

1.6

Smriti Mandhana

c Ismail b Sciver

2-20

2.2

Disha Kasat

c Vastrakar b Ishaque

3-23

3.4

Richa Ghosh

c Sciver b Matthews

4-49

9.1

Sophie Molineux

b Sciver

5-84

14.6

Ellyse Perry

c Sciver b Ishaque

6-126

19.2

Mumbai Indians Women

130/6 (20)

Batters

Yastika Bhatia

70.37

b Perry

Hayley Matthews

107.14

c Wareham b Patil

Natalie Sciver

135.29

b Wareham

Harmanpreet Kaur

110.00

c Devine b Patil

Amelia Kerr

108.00

Not out

Sajeevan Sajana

33.33

st Ghosh b Molineux

Pooja Vastrakar

100.00

st Ghosh b Asha

Amanjot Kaur

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 4, NB: 1, W: 2)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 6.5)

130/6

Did not Bat

Humaira Kazi, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque

Bowlers

EXT

Renuka Thakur

6.00

Shreyanka Patil

4.00

Sophie Devine

9.00

Ellyse Perry

7.25

Sophie Molineux

4.00

Georgia Wareham

9.25

Sobhana Asha

6.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Hayley Matthews

c Wareham b Patil

1-27

3.5

Yastika Bhatia

b Perry

2-50

7.6

Natalie Sciver

b Wareham

3-68

10.4

Harmanpreet Kaur

c Devine b Patil

4-120

17.6

Sajeevan Sajana

st Ghosh b Molineux

5-123

18.5

Pooja Vastrakar

st Ghosh b Asha

6-128

19.4

Match Info

Date & Time

15 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

Match

Eliminator,

Women's Premier League

Umpires

Gayathri Venugopalan (India), Parashar Joshi (India), Pashchim Pathak (India, TV)

Referee

Varsha Nagre (India)

Toss

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women elected to bat

4 2 0 1 1 4

Over 17

Runs: 12

0 1 1 1 1 W

Over 18

Runs: 4

1 0 1 1 W 1

Over 19

Runs: 4

1 1 2 W 1 1

Over 20

Runs: 6

All Overs

Player of the Match Ellyse Perry

66(50)

Commentary

Phew! This was some game, wasn't it friends! Now, it's time for the Final! The WPL Final for 2024! It will be the Royal Challengers Bangalore Women taking on the home team, the Delhi Capitals Women. Who will come out on top? All we know, is that you have to join us for it! Because we will give you every bit of the coverage you need for the mega-clash. Sunday evening is the time and hopefully, one of the best games in women's T20 cricket is getting lined up your way! For now, this is the pair of Soorya and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda!

The fans of the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise can once again start to believe! Their women have made it through to the WPL Final now! It was, in no way, an easy game for them. They could have batter better, they could have bowled better, they could even have fielder better. But, they did the right things at the right time and that is all that matters in a crunch game! Against a high-quality team, they got the job done! So, congratulations to them for this superb effort!

Ellyse Perry has been adjudged the Player of the Match! Here is what she has to say.

Ellyse Perry: (On the second innings) There were some awesome performances from out spinners, they were absolutely brilliant! We stayed calm against such a good batting line-up, and that worked. (On what changed for the team this time round) We have come a long way from last year, surely. We have gelled really well with one another and made this unit a really well-knit one. (On the batting effort) The old adage of runs on the board in a big game did come true here. (On her own important contributions) I am happy to contribute on a more regular basis with both bat and ball! Hope to do the same in the final now!

Smriti Mandhana (Royal Challengers Bangalore Women captain): (First thoughts) Of course, what a match! The feeling hasn't sunk in! We thought we were 20 runs short, but, 130-odd is a total that can get trickier than one thinks and the way we bowled, specially that final over from Asha, was brilliant! (On her bowlers) Sophie Molineux's 19th over and Shreyanka's overall bowling made a lot of things possible for us. (On Ellyse Perry) Ellyse Perry is a legend, I don't need to say much about here, her performances speak for themselves! (On the final coming up) Winning the toss was great, but after 20/3, we were not all that sure to be honest. But now, one more day of good training is all that's left!

It is time for the post-match presentation!

Georgia Wareham (Royal Challengers Bangalore): (How did she do that?) I'm actually not really sure. We fought really hard until the end. Every time it got close we came together and said let's keep fighting hard and take it to the end. I wasn't sure what was going to happen. It worked for us at the end of the day. (Chat at the halfway mark) Smriti was one of the leaders and Pez as well. Just shared their experience and we tried not to get too hard into the moment. It was just about keeping a level head for us. (On her last ball six) Sometimes they work out, sometimes they don't. Luckily for me it did. Not sure about that (if she'd call herself an all-rounder). Just happy to take my chance with the bat whenever I get an opportunity. She's so experienced - she dug us out of a hole with the bat and the other day with the ball. Lucky for us she's playing for RCB. It's so loud but it's really great to hear the RCB chants cheering for us, yelling out Perry and Smriti's names.

Harmanpreet Kaur (Mumbai Indians captain): I think we bowled really well to restrict them below 140. Batting was also good but unfortunately in the last 12 balls we didn't bat well. In twelve balls we just needed one boundary and we could not get that. That's what this game teaches you - how to deal with pressure and you learn from that. I think when we lost my wicket, our batters could not close it out. I think that was the turning point. (On the lesser experienced players stepping up this season) We saw SS (Sajana) doing well this tournament. She can hit the ball really hard. Good to see the players coming through and doing well. We fought really hard. This season was a little up and down for us. Last season we did really well. We've learnt a lot from this season and hopefully we prepare really well and come back hard.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women win by 5 runs and progress to the Women's Premier League, 2024, Final!

Ellyse Perry 66 (50) | Shreyanka Patil - 2/16 (4)
Harmanpreet Kaur 33 (30) | Natalie Sciver-Brunt - 2/18 (4)

Yes, you've read it right friends! RCB Women are in the Final! After such a roller-coaster of a season, they have toppled the defending champions and moved through to the summit clash!

They are pumped, they are elated, they are relieved and they cannot believe it! Why not? Why not? This was a superb effort tonight, first to come back with bat in hand and then, to put the squeeze on the MI batting right towards the end!

First up, Shreyanka Patil! She bowled four overs with a lot of wile and guile and lowered her pace significantly! She gave away only 16 runs in her four overs and managed to pick up 2 key wickets, including the one of the opposition skipper Harmanpreet Kaur!

Ellyse Perry did give away 29 runs with the ball but picked up the key wicket of Yastika Bhatia at an important time to get the RCB back in the game when MI were off to a decent enough start after putting 50 runs on the board for the loss of only 1 wickets.

Sophie Molineux took 1 wicket and gave away 16 runs. One of the most quiet spells that slipped under the radar but a highly significant one under pressure! Her lengths were spot on to the different batters who batted against her.

The fielding on the whole stepped when it mattered the most but on certain occasions, were questionable! There were misfields, there were drop catches and there were some frustrating moments. But, as we said, the work was top-class when it mattered the most!

And of course, Sobhana Asha! She bowled the last over of the innings, which was only her second of the innings. All eyes were on her. RCB had Renuka Thakur and Sophie Devine to go to but it was her who they chose. And, she bowled an over of high-quality leg-spin to defend the runs against the likes of Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar and Amanjot Kaur! Simply, magnificent!

MI definitely had their moments. They were supposed to get over the line after some fine batting efforts, but, when the pressure told, they made one mistake after another and let the game slip.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women are in the Final of the WPL! The defending champions have been knocked out! And the experienced Sobhana Asha delivered when it mattered the most!

overs

130 /6 score

runs

Amelia Kerr *

27 (25)

Amanjot Kaur

1 (1)

Sobhana Asha

1 /13

19.6 Sobhana Asha to Amelia Kerr, ASHA HAS DONE IT! RCB ARE INTO THE FINAL! STUNNING SCENES AT THE KOTLA! The players storm onto the ground and thousands of RCB fans in the stands are thrilled to bits. This has been one heck of a defense in the last few overs by the spinners! And it ends with Asha tossing it up wide of off stump on a full length as Kerr steps out and swings hard as she must. The leading edge flies short of short third and a lone run will not do for MI. Euphoria and joy for the women in red and blue! Royal Challengers Bangalore advance to the final of WPL 2024 and will play Delhi Capitals on Sunday!

Right, so 7 runs are needed off 1 ball. A six is a must for MI! Richa is standing slightly further back now.

19.5 Sobhana Asha to Amanjot Kaur, OHH! Short and turning away outside the tramline. Amanjot shuffles across and adjusts to open the face as she goes after it. Hits the splice and rolls to short third instead for a single. Super Over, anyone?

Amanjot Kaur, RHB, is at the crease.

MI need 8 runs off 2 deliveries. Time for a six now? But Asha bowls a beauty under immense pressure! Well done to her and Amelia Kerr at the non-striker's end will be able to do nothing about things from here in all likelihood.

19.4 Sobhana Asha to Pooja Vastrakar, STUMPED BY A MILE! The crowd erupts! Turns away sharply off a length on the off stump as Asha gives it a lot of air. Vastrakar advances down the track again and swings across the line without connecting at all as the ball beats the bat comfortably before Ghosh collects the ball, removes the ball and throws the ball in the air. Another umpire referral but Ghosh was confident from the outset. No bat involved.

Once again, the replays confirm that Ghosh was quick to remove the bails with Vastrakar grounding her bat well short of the crease on her follow through with the swing. How has this game turned on its head? OUT!

Pooja Vastrakar st Richa Ghosh b Sobhana Asha 4 (4b, 0x4, 0x6)

19.3 Sobhana Asha to Pooja Vastrakar, dips in very full at the stumps. Vastrakar uses her feet and shovels it out off the toe-end to deep mid-wicket. Perry runs in but the batters race back for the second

Well well, 10 runs are required off 4 balls!

19.2 Sobhana Asha to Amelia Kerr, steps out as Asha tosses it up on a length outside the off stump. Kerr flat-bats it down the ground to long off for a lone run. Boundary needed here...

MI need 11 runs off 5 balls!

19.1 Sobhana Asha to Pooja Vastrakar, OOH! Tossed up full outside the off stump as Vastrakar skips down the track. She pushes at it as the ball turns away to take the edge and roll to short third for one

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