To promote women’s cricket in India, the BCCI had previously announced that women and girls would have free entry to all Women’s Premier League (WPL) matches. In addition, on the occasion of Women’s Day, there will be free entry for everyone at the Brabourne Stadium for the match between Gujarat Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore. This announcement was displayed on the scoreboard during the Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore match.
In the Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore match, the Mumbai Indians won by nine wickets after chasing a target of 156 runs with 34 balls to spare. Hayley Matthews picked up three wickets and also scored a brilliant 77 runs off 38 balls, while Nat Sciver-Brunt made 55 runs off 29 balls to contribute to the win.
Royal Challengers Bangalore opted to bat after winning the toss but were all out for 155 runs in 18.4 overs. The opening duo of skipper Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Devine got off to a quick start, adding 39 runs in 4.2 overs before Devine was dismissed by Saika Ishaque for 16 runs off 11 balls.
Disha Kasat failed to score, and then Mandhana was sent back by Hayley Matthews for 23 runs off 17 balls. Richa Ghosh contributed 28 runs off 26 balls, and useful cameos from Kanika Ahuja (22 off 13), Shreyanka Patil (23 off 15), and Megan Schutt (20 off 14) helped Royal Challengers Bangalore reach a total of 155 runs.
