WPL 2023, RCB vs MI Highlights: Mumbai Indians beat Bangalore by four wickets, climb to pole position

Smriti Mandhana comes into the attack. A rare moment and she is welcomed with a four by Amelia Kerr. The batter plays two dots before Mandhana pitches it down the leg stumps, which results in five byes. 

With this Mumbai Indians complete the 126-run chase in 16.3 overs and win the contest by four wickets. Amelia Kerr returns unbeaten on 31 off 27 balls.

Kanika Ahuja strikes in consecutive balls as Issy Wong departs for a first ball duck. She also tries to play an attacking shot but ends up handing a simple catch to Smriti Mandhana. MI: 120/6 (16 overs)

Kanika Ahuja picks her first WPL wicket as Pooja Vastrakar is caught by Smriti Mandhana at long-off for 19(18). She goes for the big hits but only manages the elevation, not the distance. Mandhana holds on to the high catch as Mumbai lose their fifth wicket. MI: 120/5 (15.5 overs)

Preeti Bose concedes seven runs as MI reach 115-4 in 15 overs.

Megan Schutt is brought back into the attack and she is hit for a four by Amelia Kerr. Pre meditated as Kerr goes deep inside the crease and flicks the ball over the keeper for a boundary. 

Nine runs come off the over. MI: 108/4 (14 overs)

Preeti Bose comes into the attack and concedes just four runs. MI: 99/4 (13 overs)

Pooja Vastrakar hits Shreyanka Patil for a couple of boundaries. Both came off excellent cover drives. Meanwhile, Mumbai reach 95/4 in 12 overs.

Amelia Kerr reverse sweeps Asha Shobana for a boundary as six runs come off her over. MI: 85-4 (11 overs)

Nat Sciver-Brunt hits Asha Shobana for a six in the first ball but is caught-behind two balls later. It was slightly short, outside off, and it takes the edge off Sciver-Brunt's bat before settling in Richa Ghosh's gloves. Good keeping by Ghosh as Sciver-Brunt falls for 13 (7)

Ellyse Perry cleans up Harmanpreet Kaur in the next over. Bowls it full as Kaur looks to drive it. However, she gets an inside edge in the process, which then knocks the stumps. MI: 79/4 (10 overs)

Megan Schutt is reintroduced and she delivers straightaway. A flatter delivery, slightly wide and Hayley Matthews plays it straight towards Smriti Mandhana at cover. She falls for 24(17).

Two runs and a wicket come off the over. MI: 64/2 (8 overs)

Asha Shobana is introduced in the attack and she concedes just five runs until the fifth ball. Her final ball, which is short and wide, is pulled for a four by Nat Sciver-Brunt. MI: 62/1 (7 overs)

Shreyanka Patil continues from the other end and she is hit for a boundary in the first ball by Hayley Matthews. 

Patil then dismisses Yastika Bhatia in the final ball. Bhatia tries to play an attacking shot but her shot is caught brilliantly by Smriti Mandhana at mid-on. She falls for 30(26). RCB: 53/1 (6 overs)

Ellyse Perry comes into the attack and she is welcomed with a four by Yastika Bhatia in the second ball. Yastika hits the all-rounder for two more boundaries in the over as MI move to 46/0 after 5 overs.

Shreyanka Patil comes into the attack and she starts from over the wickets. Bowls three dots, before switching to round. She is then hit for two fours following her switch. MI: 34/0 (4 overs)

Another tight over by Megan Schutt as just a couple of singles come off it. MI: 25/0 (3 overs)

Hayley Matthew's fortune once again saves her. This time she was caught-behind but TV replay confirm Sophie Devine had overstepped. This was the second no-ball Sophie bowled in her over. 

15 runs come off it as MI reach 23/0 (2 overs)

Hayley Matthews and Yastika Bhatia start the run chase as Megan Schutt leads the attack for RCB.

She almost gets rid of Hayley Matthews in the first over but DRS comes to her rescue. TV replay confirms that the ball was missing the stump.

Yastika Bhatia then hits Schutt for a four, which was in the air and not very wide of the point fielder. Times it well and the ball races to the boundary towards the third man region. 

Six runs come off the over. MI: 6/0 (1 over)

Issy Wong comes to bowl the final over and she gets rid of Richa Ghosh in the first ball. Ghosh tries to clear the boundary but ends up giving a catch to Amelia Kerr at long-on. She falls for 29 (13). 

Kerr then goes on to produce a brilliant fielding effort later in the over as she saved a boundary off Asha Shobana's bat for her side. Dives and stops the ball just whenever everyone thought it was a four. Two runs come off it.

Wong then cleans up Disha Kasat for 2(5) to restrict RCB to 125/9 in 20 overs.

Amelia Kerr  comes to bowl the 19th over and Richa Ghosh is dropped at long-on in the second ball. Richa, who had already hit Kerr for a four in the first ball, gets another as 11 runs come off the over. RCB: 119-7 (19 overs)

Saika Ishaque comes into the attack and almost gets rid of Megan Schutt. She traps Schutt LBW in the first ball but DRS saves her. TV replay confirms the ball was missing the stumps.

A ball later Richa Ghosh hits the spinner for a huge six. The spinner pitches it wide but the power of Richa sends it beyond the fence towards long-on.

Saika Ishaque once again makes a LBW appeal against Megan Schutt. This time it is given not-out by the umpire and Mumbai go for a review. TV replay confirms it was out. She falls for 2(5). RCB: 108-7 (18 overs)

Nat Sciver-Brunt strikes as she traps Ellyse Perry LBW for 29(38). Perry shuffles across the crease and goes on her knees to play it on the on-side. However, she fails to make any connection and the ball hits her pads. Perry knows she is out, doesn't waste time referring it. 

Sciver-Brunt strikes again in the same over. This time bowls a yorker and beats Shreyanka Patil on her defence to knock the stumps. She falls for 4(3).

RCB: 100-6 (17 overs)

Richa Ghosh hits Issy Wong for a four and a six as 12 runs come off the over. RCB: 91/4 (16 overs)

Amelia Kerr strikes as Kanika Ahuja is stumped for 12(13). The batter charges down the wicket, but Kerr pitches it short, wide, and it spins away from the batter. Easy stumping for Yastika Bhatia. 

RCB: 79/4 (15 overs)

Saika Ishaque comes into the attack. She starts with a couple of dots, before Kanika Ahuja smashes her for a boundary. Pitches it full on middle and leg, Kanika goes down on her knees and slog sweeps it for a four towards the mid-wicket region. Seven runs come off the over. RCB: 76/3 (14 overs)

Kanika Ahuja and Ellyse Perry rotate the strike and gather seven runs from Nat Sciver-Brunt's third over. RCB: 69/3 (13 overs)

Hayley Matthews bowls a tight over as just three runs come off it. RCB: 62/3

Amelia Kerr strikes as Heather Knight is caught at long-on by Issy Wong. She departs for 12(13). It was a tossed up and Heather Knight went for the right shot. However, it goes straight to the fielder stationed there. 

RCB: 59/3 (11 overs)

Back-to-back fours by Ellyse Perry against Saika Ishaque as 12 runs come off the over. RCB reach 56/2 at the midway stage.

Issy Wong bowls a tight over and concedes three singles. RCB reach 44/2 after 9 overs.

Saika Ishaque is introduced in the attack and she starts with a four-run over. RCB: 41/2 (8 overs)

Amelia Kerr gets the second breakthrough for Mumbai Indians as she packs Smriti Mandhana for 24(25). Fails to pick the spin, and mistimes her pull, which ends up flying high in the air. Yastika Bhatia calls for it and takes it comfortably. 

Heather Knight is the new batter in. RCB: 37/2 (7 overs)

Smriti Mandhana now hits Hayley Matthews for a boundary as five runs come off the over. RCB accumulate 32/1 in the first six overs.

Nat Sciver-Brunt is rentroduced in the attack and she is hit for a SIX by Smriti Mandhana. Walks down the track and directs a length ball coming on middle and leg over mid-wicket fence.

She then gets an inside edge, which almost knocks the stumps. However, fortune once again goes in her favour as the ball rolls past the wicketkeeper for a boundary. RCB: 27/1 (5 overs)

Ellyse Perry joins the party as she hits Hayley Matthews for a FOUR. Comes down the track and lofts the tossed up delivery over covers for a boundary. 

RCB: 16/1 (4 overs)

Issy Wong comes into the attack. She starts with a couple of dots before Smriti Mandhana hits her for a four. Length, wide off the off stump, Mandhana opens her arms and beats the fielder inside the circle for a boundary, square off the wicket. RCB: 9/1 (3 overs)

Hayley Matthews comes to bowl from the other end and she almost packs Smriti Mandhana early. The batter tries to play it across the wicket and ended up getting a leading edge. Fortunate for her that it lands in the gap. 

RCB: 4/1 (2 overs)

A brilliant first over by Nat Sciver-Brunt as she concedes one single in the over. 

There was also a wicket in the form of run-out as Sophie Devine and Smriti Mandhana tries to sneak in a quick single. A good throw by Humaira Kazi towards the wicketkeeper's end as Devine falls short by few inches. She departs for 0. RCB: 1/1 (1 over) 

Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Devine walkout to bat in the middle. 

Nat Sciver-Brunt will lead the attack for Mumbai Indians.

Mumbai Indians: Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia(w), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Amelia Kerr, Issy Wong, Amanjot Kaur, Humaira Kazi, Dhara Gujjar, Jintimani Kalita, Saika Ishaque

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Smriti Mandhana(c), Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight, Richa Ghosh(w), Kanika Ahuja, Shreyanka Patil, Disha Kasat, Megan Schutt, Asha Shobana, Preeti Bose

Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur wins toss, opts to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore

Saika Ishaque and Hayley Matthews, who play for Mumbai Indians, are engaged in a neck-and-neck contest in the race for Purple Cap. Both spinners have 12-wicket each from seven games.

Sophie Ecclestone currently has the Purple Cap after scalping 13 wickets from the same number of matches. 

Sophie Devine scored a brilliant 99 in the previous encounter and is currently second in the list of leading run-scorers. 

She currently has 266 from seven encounters and another massive knock can probably help her seal the Orange Cap, which is currently being led by Delhi Capitals skipper Meg Lanning. 

Lanning is five runs ahead of Devine from the same number of matches. If Devine fails to get a big number and with Delhi Capitals already in the playoffs, the Orange Cap might go back to Lanning.

Smriti Mandhana's bat has kept quiet throughout the tournament. She scored 37 in the previous encounter against Gujarat, but it came off 31 deliveries. So she too would look to end the campaign on a high, maybe a 50-plus score.

Royal Challengers Bangalore head into the contest on the back of a commanding 8-wicket win over Gujarat Giants. Chasing a stiff 189, Sophie Devine smashed a blistering 99 off just 36 balls as RCB completed the target in just 15.3 overs.

Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, lost a crucial tie against Delhi Capitals considering the race to finish top. The team could only manage 109/8 batting first a total which Delhi chased down in 9 overs.

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