RCB-W vs MI-W highlights, WPL 2024: Mumbai Indians beats Royal Challengers Bangalore by seven wickets

Kerr finishes it off in style! Half-tracker by Wareham and cuts it for four to finish the chase with 29 balls to spare. A seven-wicket win for Mumbai Indians. Amelia Kerr remains unbeaten on 40 off 24 balls. 

Perry is back. Two runs off three balls. Short ball and Vastrakar pulls it for four. Eight runs from the over. Only three more runs left. 

Wareham comes back. OUT! Nat attempts a reverse sweep but ends up hitting it straight to backward point! MI three down. Good jump there by Molineux to take that catch. 

Nat Sciver-Brunt c Molineux b Wareham 27

Pooja Vastrakar at the crease. Five runs off the over. 

Molineux is back. Nat shuffles across and sweeps fine for four! Mumbai has been brilliant in this runchase. 16 runs needed in the next seven overs. 

Asha Sobhana is welcomed with a boundary on the first ball. Kerr late cuts to get another four. 12 runs from the over. 

Ellyse Perry into the attack. Four dot balls to begin with. Terrific over. Just two runs off the over. 

Kerr hits another boundary this time off Shreyanka! Mumbai in complete control of the chase. And ends the over with another four! Outstanding batting this. 

Simran Bahadur into the attack. Kerr clips the ball towards midwicket for four! And another four. This time short and Kerr slaps it towards midwicket for another boundary. 

Shreyanka into the attack. Starts with three dot balls. OUT! Mathews hits it straight to cover fielder. Wanted to hit over the fielder, couldn’t find the elevation or power. MI two down. 

Hayley Matthews c Mandhana b Patil 26

Amelia Kerr is the new batter in. Nat ends the over with a four! Steered the ball past point. 

Mathews welcomes Wareham with a HUGE SIX over midwicket! Half-tracker asking to be hit. Nine runs off the over. 

Devine for her second with a slip in place. Nat finds a gap between cover point and point and gets a boundary! Brilliant timing. Mathews launches a full ball but a terrific fielding in the deep keeps the ball inside the play and stops a six. 

Molineux for her second over. Nice start to the over, just a single on first three balls. But Nat finds a boundary on the fourth ball! Perfectly timed switch hit, fine of the fine leg fielder. Two singles to end the over. 

Sophie Devine into the attack. Width for Yastika and she slashes it over short third for four. Punches it past covers for four! What a beautiful shot that. OUT! Yastika once again for a slash, this time gets an edge to the keeper. First wicket for RCB. 

Yastika Bhatia c Ghosh b Devine 31

Nat Sciver-Brunt at the crease. 

Overpitch by Renuka and Mathews smashes it over mid-off for a four on the first ball! Shot of authority. Renuka comes round the wicket, half-tracker and Yastika pulls it for a SIX towards midwicket!! A single on the next ball. Width and Mathews punches it over covers for another boundary!

Molineux to bowl the second over. Starts off with a dot to Yastika. SIX! Half-tracker and Yastika pulls it over midwicket for a maximum. First six of the match. Width and Yastika smacks it past point for a four on the next ball. Followed by two singles. 12 runs off the over. 

Yastika Bhatia and Hayley Mathews at the crease. Renuka Singh with the new ball. Oh what a start by Yastika! Full ball and Yastika smacks it straight down the ground for four. Yastika goes hard, gets a thick outside edge towards deep third for a single. Now Mathews gets off the mark with a four on the first ball! Length ball pulled between the gap of midwicket and mid-on. A dot to finish. 

Kerr to bowl the final over. Shreyanka reverse sweeps the first ball for four!! Shreyanka once again attempts a ramp shot but this time can’t time it well. Dot. A quick single on the third ball gets Perry back on strike. Perry doesn’t time well but the batters take a quick single. Another reverse by Shreyanka but only a single. A dot to end the innings! Good over. Perry unbeaten on 44. 

Nat to bowl the penultimate over. Double on the first ball and that brings up the fifty-run partnership between the two. Two dot balls. OUT! Wareham is gone. Slogged the fifth ball towards leg side and gets caught in the deep. Good innings though. 

Georgia Wareham c Kerr b Nat Sciver-Brunt 27

Shreyanka at the crease. Takes a single on the first ball. 

Mathews for her final over. Four runs in the first three balls. Not enough boundaries coming for RCB at the moment. Short ball and Wareham pulls it towards square leg to finish the over with a four. 

Vastrakar is back for her third over now. Two singles on the first two balls. Follows it up with dot balls! Excellent over so far. A single on the fifth. Can she finish well? Yes she can. Only four runs off the over. 

Mathews is back. Two singles and a dot ball on the first three balls. RCB has crossed the 100-run mark. Wareham finishes the over with a four! 

Wong for her third over. Three singles on the first three balls. Flicked and gets a double on the fourth ball. Short ball and Perry finishes the over with a boundary! 

Kerr is back. Singles on the first two balls followed by a dot. Perry gets width and cuts it past backward point for four! Half-tracker and Perry finishes the over with another boundary. 

Pooja is back. OUT! Molineux is gone!! Tried to cut an off-stump ball, misses it and the stump is uprooted. RCB is five down now. 

Sophie Molineux b Vastrakar 12

Wareham in at seven. Opens faces off the bat, slight misfield at point and she takes a double on the first ball. Now gets width and cuts it past point for four! Seven runs off the over. 

Mathews is back. Molineux takes a single on the first ball. Good over so far by Mathews, just three runs coming in the first five balls. A quick single on the last ball. 

Nat for her third over. Perry drives towards covers and a terrific effort in the field by Pooja saves a certain boundary. Molineux cuts past short third and gets a double. Short ball and Perry pulls it towards backward square leg for four! 12 runs off the over. 

Keerthana into the attack now. Perry gets a half-tracker and pulls it towards square leg for four. Molinuex then ends the over with a another boundary. Swept through midwicket. 

Pooja Vastrakar into the attack. OUT! Richa Ghosh hits the ball straight to the fielder at covers! Full ball, in the slot, powerful shot but can’t find the gap. RCB four down. 

Richa Ghosh c Sajana b Vastrakar 7

Sophie Molineux at the crease now. Gets off the mark with a single on the third ball. Three runs and a wicket in that over. 

Amelia Kerr into the attack. Starts off with two dot balls. Tight over. Just two singles off it. 

Wong is back. Two new batters at the crease - Perry and Richa Ghosh. Overpitch and Richa smashes it past mid-off for four! Powerful hit. Takes a single on the next ball. An LBW appeal, umpire isn’t interested but Mumbai has reviewed. Wickets missing and Perry survives. 

Ishaque continues. Terrific fielding at mid-off saves a boundary. Ellyse Perry is the new batter in. Devine attempts a slog sweep, misses it, gets hit on the pad and is given LBW! After a brief discussion, she reviews. Three reds and Devine falls too! RCB three down. A single on the last ball. PowerPlay done. 

Nat is back. Back of the length and Meghana hits it over mid-on. Not enough power to reach the boundary though, she gets a double. Another short ball and Meghana slaps it straight to get two more runs. Too short this time by Nat and umpire calls it a wide. Short again, Meghana goes for a pull, gets a leading edge and is caught at fine leg! RCB two down! But wait, umpires are checking for the second bouncer here. Given out officially. 

Saika Ishaque with her left arm spin now. Meghana takes a quick single on the second ball. Devine gets a full toss and smacks it towards covers for four. A boundary and three singles in that over. 

Issy Wong with her right arm seam into the attack. Half-tracker, Devine pulls but only manages to get a single. Wong comes around the wicket for Mandhana, swings it into the left hander, and Mandhana is beaten. OUT! Mandhana departs! Once again, Mandhana isn’t able to manage to time the ball, gets a leading edge as she tries to slog it towards leg side and is caught at covers. 

Smriti Mandhana c Nat Sciver-Brunt b Wong 9

Meghana gets an overpitch ball first up and she flicks it towards midwicket for four on the first ball! A single to end the over. 

Hayley Mathews with her off spin in the second over. Devine charges down the track and hits towards long on. Good fielding in the deep keeps it just a single. Mandhana attempts a drive, gets a thick outside edge which goes just past the first slip, who gets a hand on the ball but was too far from her. Mathews overpitches and Mandhana beautifully drives past covers for four. A dot to end the over. 

Nat Sciver-Brunt to bowl the first over. Smriti takes a double on the first ball towards fine leg. Follows it up with three dot balls. Short ball and Smriti pulls towards square leg for a single. Sophie Devine gets a wide down the leg on the first ball she faces. Nat bowls a similar delivery and another wide. Devine guides the ball towards deep third to end the over. 

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women: Smriti Mandhana(c), Sophie Devine, Sabbhineni Meghana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh(w), Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham, Shreyanka Patil, Simran Bahadur, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh 

Mumbai Indians Women: Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia(w), Nat Sciver-Brunt(c), Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Issy Wong, S Sajana, Amanjot Kaur, Humaira Kazi, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Saika Ishaque

Mumbai Indians won the toss and opt to bowl first. 

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