The fourth match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) T20 concluded with Mumbai Indians Women finding a 9-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore Women after they chased down the 156 runs target in 14.2 overs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Women (RCBW) won the toss and elected to bat first in the match.
Batting first, Royal Challengers Bangalore Women made 155 runs losing all of their wickets in 18.4 overs. Richa Ghosh made the most 28 runs in 26 balls for the team followed by Smriti Mandhana and Shreyanka Patil with 23 runs each in 17 and 15 balls respectively.
Hayley Matthews took three wickets for Mumbai Indians Women while bowling in the match. Saika Ishaque and Amelia Kerr found two wickets each for the team. Nat Sciver-Brunt along with Pooja Vastrakar took a wicket each for the team. Mumbai Indians Women conceded 7 extras to Royal Challengers Bangalore Women while bowling.
Mumbai Indians Women started the second inning for the chase with Hayley Matthews and Yastika Bhatia. Yastika Bhatia played 19 deliveries for 23 runs and got lbw out by Preeti Bose. Hayley Matthews led the team to the win by playing a quick 38-ball 77* runs innings with Nat Sciver-Brunt guiding the team to the win from another end with 29-ball 55* runs.
Preeti Bose took a wicket for Royal Challengers Bangalore Women in the match. Royal Challengers Bangalore Women conceded 4 extras to Mumbai Indians Women while bowling.
This is the second win for Mumbai Indians Women while the loss for Royal Challengers Bangalore Women today is the second loss for the team in the league. MI Women top the points table with 4 points after their win over RCB Women today while RCB Women are at the fourth position of the points table.
