MIW Vs RCBW WPL 2023 Match Report and Highlights: The performance of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team in the first season of the Women’s Premier League was very disappointing. This team could not recover from this even in the last match and could not take a victorious farewell.
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Mumbai: Mumbai Indians, captained by Harmanpreet Kaur, defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 4 wickets in their last match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) on Tuesday. Bangalore batted first but this team could not score big and played the entire 20 overs. After that only 125 runs could be scored. Mumbai achieved this target by losing six wickets in 16.3 overs. With this win, Mumbai has secured the first position in the points table, but after the second match to be held today, it can also snatch this position, if Delhi Capitals wins their match against UP Warriors.
The Bangalore team was already out of the playoff race. The challenge for Bangalore, captained by Smriti Mandhana, was to end the league with a win, but this team did not succeed in this either. Bangalore won only two out of eight matches and had to face defeat in six.
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Mumbai’s top order shines
Mumbai had a target of 126 runs. The pair of Yastika Bhatia and Hayley Mathews gave her a solid start and added 53 runs for the first wicket. Bhatia got out after scoring 30 runs in 26 balls with the help of six fours. After that, Mumbai also lost the wicket of Mathews on a total score of 62. After this, Mumbai lost two wickets quickly. On a total score of 72, Net Siver was dismissed after scoring 13 runs. Harmanpreet Kaur also returned to the pavilion after one run. He scored only two runs. Amelie Kar scored an unbeaten 31 to give Mumbai the victory.
Bangalore batting flop
Bangalore’s batting could not work in this match. Sophie Devine returned to the pavilion on the third ball of the first over. She got run out. After this Captain Mandhana was sent to the pavilion by Emily Kar. Mandhana scored 24 runs in 25 balls with the help of three fours and a six. Heather Knight could not take her innings beyond 12 runs. Kanika Ahuja was also able to score 12 runs.
The team had high hopes from Alice Parry but she was batting slow and then she got out. Nate Siever took his wicket on a total score of 91. He scored only 29 runs in 38 balls. He hit three fours in this innings. In the end, Richa Ghosh tried to score fast. He scored 29 runs in 13 balls with the help of three fours and two sixes. She was dismissed on the first ball of the last over. Disha Cassat returned to the pavilion on the last ball of the last over.
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