MI vs RCB-WPL: Mumbai Beat RCB by Nine Wickets, Smriti Mandhana’s Team Lost for the Second Consecutive Match

In the Women’s Premier League, Mumbai Indians, captained by Harmanpreet Kaur, have won their second consecutive match. In the fourth match of the tournament, Mumbai defeated RCB by a margin of nine wickets. This is RCB’s second consecutive defeat and Smriti Mandhana’s team could be in trouble now.

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In this match, RCB won the toss and batting first scored 155 runs in 18.4 overs. Richa Ghosh played the highest innings of 28 runs. At the same time, Healy Mathews took three wickets for Mumbai. In response, Mumbai scored 159 runs losing one wicket in 14.2 overs and won the match. Healy Mathews also did wonders with the bat and scored 77 not out. At the same time, Nat Shiver played an unbeaten inning of 55 runs.

Mumbai Indians Wrapped up RCB for 155 Runs

Smriti Mandhana, electing to bat first after winning the toss, got RCB off to a brisk start along with Sophie Devine (16). With the batting of both, it seemed that RCB was going to do something big, but Saika Ishaq bowled first Devine and two balls later, Disha Kasat, to bring Mumbai back. The drama was yet to come. In the next over, Hayley Mathews dismissed Mandhana (23) and Heather Knight in two consecutive balls to reduce RCB’s score to 43 for four. RCB lost four wickets inside eight balls. He scored 47 runs for four wickets in the powerplay.

Richa-Kanika Crossed 100

Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry (13) combined with Richa Ghosh to take the score to 71, but here Perry was unfortunately run out. After this Kanika Ahuja of Patiala not only scored 22 runs in 13 balls but also brought the score to 105 with Richa. Here he was dismissed by Pooja Vastrakar. Kanika hit a six and three fours.

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Shreyanka-Megan Added Important 34 Runs

All the hopes of RCB rested on Richa Ghosh. She had scored 28 runs with the help of one six and three fours, but here Hayley Mathews got her caught by Nat Shiver at the boundary as soon as she came on the attack. After falling seven wickets for 112 runs in 13.3 overs, RCB’s innings seemed to be shrinking soon, but Shreyanka Patil took RCB to a respectable score by hitting four fours. She added 34 runs with Megan Shutt (20). Shreyanka got out after scoring 23 runs in 14 balls.

Good Start for Mumbai

Chasing 156, the pair of Renuka and Healy Mathews got Mumbai off to a flying start. Both added 45 runs for the first wicket. Yastika Bhatia was dismissed for 23, but Mathews remained grounded. He also completed his half-century in 26 balls and shared a half-century partnership with Nat Shiver to take Mumbai’s score past 100 runs. Mumbai had scored 110 runs for one wicket in 11 overs and the victory of this team was decided here. After this, Shivar also completed his half-century in 28 balls and confirmed Mumbai’s victory.

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Shiver and Mathews Won the Match

Healy Mathews and Nat Shiver shared a century partnership for the second wicket to win the match for Mumbai. Mathews scored an unbeaten 77 off 38 balls with the help of 13 fours and a six. At the same time, Nat Shiver scored an unbeaten 55 in 29 balls with the help of nine fours and a six. Priti Bose took the only wicket for Bangalore.

RCB bowlers Were Ineffective

RCB bowlers were ineffective in this match. From Renuka to Megan Schutt and Ellyse Perry, runs were fiercely looted. RCB bowlers had no answer against the pair of Mathews and Shiver. Apart from this, RCB bowlers wasted a lot of runs by bowling directionless. To make a comeback in the coming times, RCB will have to improve their batting, bowling and fielding a lot.