Royal Challengers Bangalore Women Vs Mumbai Indians Women Match 19 21 March 2023

19th T20 • Dr DY Patil Sports Academy • Mumbai

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women

125/9 (20)

Mumbai Indians Women

129/6 (16.3)

MUM-W won by 4 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Player of the Match Amelia Kerr

31(27)

3/22

Player of the Series Hayley Matthews

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women

MUM-W

Info

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women

125/9 (20)

Batters

Smriti Mandhana

(C)

96.00

c Bhatia b Kerr

Sophie Devine

0.00

runout (Bhatia / Kerr)

Ellyse Perry

76.32

lbw b Sciver

Heather Knight

92.31

c Wong b Kerr

Kanika Ahuja

92.31

st Bhatia b Kerr

Richa Ghosh

223.08

c Kerr b Wong

Shreyanka Patil

133.33

b Sciver

Megan Schutt

40.00

lbw b Ishaque

Disha Kasat

40.00

b Wong

Sobhana Asha

133.33

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 3)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 6.25)

125/9

Did not Bat

Preeti Bose

Bowlers

EXT

6.00

4.50

6.50

5.50

7.75

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Sophie Devine

runout (Bhatia / Kerr)

1-1

0.3

Smriti Mandhana

c Bhatia b Kerr

2-33

6.4

Heather Knight

c Wong b Kerr

3-59

10.6

Kanika Ahuja

st Bhatia b Kerr

4-78

14.4

Ellyse Perry

lbw b Sciver

5-91

16.1

Shreyanka Patil

b Sciver

6-95

16.4

Megan Schutt

lbw b Ishaque

7-108

17.5

Richa Ghosh

c Kerr b Wong

8-119

19.1

Disha Kasat

b Wong

9-125

19.6

Mumbai Indians Women

129/6 (16.3)

Batters

Hayley Matthews

141.18

c Mandhana b Schutt

Yastika Bhatia

115.38

c Mandhana b Patil

Natalie Sciver

185.71

c Ghosh b Asha

Harmanpreet Kaur

(C)

40.00

b Perry

Amelia Kerr *

114.81

Not out

Pooja Vastrakar

105.56

c Mandhana b Ahuja

Issy Wong

0.00

c Mandhana b Ahuja

Amanjot Kaur

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 2, W: 8)

TOTAL

(16.3 Ov, RR: 7.74)

129/6

Did not Bat

Humaira Kazi, Jintimani Kalita, Saika Ishaque

Bowlers

EXT

4.75

17.00

8.67

9.00

8.00

5.50

5.00

0.3

18.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Yastika Bhatia

c Mandhana b Patil

1-53

5.6

Hayley Matthews

c Mandhana b Schutt

2-62

7.1

Natalie Sciver

c Ghosh b Asha

3-72

8.4

Harmanpreet Kaur

b Perry

4-73

9.1

Pooja Vastrakar

c Mandhana b Ahuja

5-120

15.5

Issy Wong

c Mandhana b Ahuja

6-120

15.6

Match Info

Date & Time

21 Mar, 03:30 PM IST

Venue

Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai

Match

19th T20,

Women's Premier League

Umpires

Madanagopal Kuppuraj (India), N Janani (India), Ranjeev Sharma (India, TV)

Referee

Anupa Narvekar (India)

Toss

Mumbai Indians Women elected to bowl

1 4 2 1 0 1

Over 14

Runs: 9

1 1 1 2 1 1

Over 15

Runs: 7

1 1wd 1 1 1 W W

Over 16

Runs: 5

4 0 0 4wd

Over 17

Runs: 8

All Overs

Player of the Match Amelia Kerr

31(27)

3/22

Player of the Series Hayley Matthews

Commentary

So, that is it from myself, Karthik Raj and my co-commentator, Pradeep. Do switch over to the all-important final WPL league game between Delhi Capitals and UP Warriorz which will determine who finishes on top of the table. MI will be hoping for a UP win as that will take them directly to the final. Apart from WPL too, there are several other matches going on including the two ODIs (SA vs WI, ZIM vs NED) and ECL fixtures. So, enjoy all of those. Until next time, it is a warm good-bye!

Amelia Kerr, Player of the Match: Nice to get the win after last night where we didn't perform well. Shows the character of our team. Just pleasing to get the win before heading to the finals. Nice to contribute where I can and it went my way today. When I first got here first, I thought an economy of ten will be fine (Laughs). The pleasing thing was our Powerplay where Yastika and Hayley got us off to a great start. Unfortunately, we lost some quick wickets but we just wanted to get over the line from there. Pooja came in and showed her experience and there was no run-rate pressure too!

Harmanpreet Kaur: Winning is always important to get the momentum. When you lose, you have negativity around but our team was pretty positive. In the last two games, we were not able to do what we discussed during the team meetings. But, today we executed whatever we discussed and those things helped us. (Whether MI went for the NRR boost) First, winning the game was important. Otherwise, such things can pressure on the side. Before I got dismissed, the plan was to chase it in less than 15 overs. Amelia is always looking to do well for the team. She is also really important for the team! (Whether they will have an eye on the Delhi-Lucknow game) We will definitely go back and watch that game!

Time for the Post-match Presentation!

Smriti Mandhana (Royal Challengers Bangalore captain): We tried to fight till the 13th and 14th over, they needed a few in the end and Kanika bowled pretty well and we had a chat whoever goes for a boundary will come and bowl, I had to come on bowl in the end. One of those days as a fielder, catches follow you and happy that I was able to cling on to those four games but we were little below par today. No doubt we had a great team, balanced side as well but the way we started wasn't good in the first four or five games. I take the blame on myself, failed to give starts but sometimes franchise cricket, things don't go your way. Will work harder and come back strong next season. We have found amazing young skills in terms of Shreyanka and Kanika, they have showed to be fearless with the bat, bowl or on the field.

MATCH OVER!

Mumbai Indians win by four wickets!

RCB 125/9 (20)
MI 124/6 (16.3)

Amelia Kerr 31* (27) | Yastika Bhatia 30 (26)

Kanika Ahuja 2-5 | Megan Schutt 1-19

So, five wides and it is and MI win. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side finally register a four-wicket win as they reach the top of the points table. 126 was never going to be enough to defend for RCB and the opening duo of Yastika Bhatia and Hayley Matthews got off to a good start albeit with a lot of luck on their side. Hayley, in particular, reviewed an LBW decision off the very first delivery while she was also caught off a no-ball courtesy Sophie Devine's bowling.

The 53-run partnership was eventually broken by Shreyanka Patil as she had Yastika caught at mid-on in the sixth over. A few balls later, Megan Schutt got rid of Hayley while Nat Sciver-Brunt and Harmanpreet Kaur also didn't last for long. At 73-4, the pair of Amelia Kerr and Pooja Vastrakar had to rebuild and they did so pretty comfortably. With just one hit away, Kanika Ahuja dismissed Pooja Vastrakar and Issy Wong but it was too late by then for RCB. Kerr remained composed and took MI over the winning line with 21 balls to spare.

This victory has put MI at the top of the points table for now. However, if Delhi Capitals win the final league game against UP Warriorz, then MI will have to play the Eliminator!

16.4 Smriti Mandhana to Amelia Kerr, FIVE WIDE! THAT'S IT! Mumbai win and Royal Challengers Bangalore finish the season with another loss. Short and turning long way into Kerr, strays another one down the leg-side and that races away down to fine-leg fence.

16.3 Smriti Mandhana to Amelia Kerr, length delivery outside the off-stump. Kerr sits on one knee and smacked it but finds the fielder at covers again.

16.2 Smriti Mandhana to Amelia Kerr, keeps it short on the off-stump. Kerr stood tall and slapped it to cover fielder for no run.

16.1 Smriti Mandhana to Amelia Kerr, FOUR! Half-tracker to begin with, short and turning way down the leg-side. Kerr says thank you very much and clobbered it to fine-leg, goes bounce into the fence for a boundary.

Amanjot Kaur, RHB, is into the middle

Oh! Issy Wong is gone for a duck and Kanika Ahuja gets another WPL wicket! Amazingly, that's Smriti Mandhana's fourth catch of the innings!

overs

120 /6 score

1wd

runs

Issy Wong *

0 (1)

Amelia Kerr

27 (24)

Kanika Ahuja

2 /5

15.6 Kanika Ahuja to Issy Wong, OUT! STRAIGHT TO MANDHANA AT EXTRA-COVER AGAIN AND TAKEN! Kanika has two in two as Mumbai lose another. Mumbai in a rush to finish things off have lost two wickets now. Short and skids on the batter as Wong skips down the track to swing across the line. Miscued it straight to Mandhana who takes a sitter.

Issy Wong c Smriti Mandhana b Kanika Ahuja 0 (1b) (4*0 6*0)

Issy Wong, RHB, is into the middle

We will have the Strategic Time-Out now! There isn't much to discuss strategically now but that is how it is! Mumbai only need six runs to get with 25 balls remaining!

Terrific catch from Smriti Mandhana and Kanika Ahuja gets her first-ever WPL wicket!

15.5 Kanika Ahuja to Pooja Vastrakar, OUT! MANDHANA PULLS OFF A BLINDER! That went miles up in the air but Mandhana at extra-cover kept her eyes on the ball, it came swirling down but she manages to cling on, brilliant catch. Vastrakar skips down the track to finish things off but skied it and perishes.

Pooja Vastrakar c Smriti Mandhana b Kanika Ahuja 19 (18b) (4*2 6*0)

15.4 Kanika Ahuja to Amelia Kerr, skips down the track for the length delivery. Kerr clips it down to long-on for a single.

15.3 Kanika Ahuja to Pooja Vastrakar, DROPPED! That was hit very hard by Vastrakar, came straight at Kanika who fails to cling on. She skips down the track for the length delivery and smacked it straight back at the bowler. That's got to sting!