MI beat RCB by 4 wickets in WPL 2025.© BCCI
Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and Amanjot Kaur steered Mumbai Indians to an exciting four-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in a Ladies’s Premier League match in Bengaluru on Friday. Ellyse Perry struck a advantageous half-century to information RCB to a aggressive 167 for seven after being despatched in to bat. Perry made 81 off simply 43 balls with the assistance of 11 fours and two sixes to raise RCB after they have been stuttering at 57 for 4 at one time. Richa Ghosh (28 off 25) and skipper Smriti Mandhana (26 off 13 balls) additionally chipped in for RCB.
Medium pacer Amanjot was essentially the most profitable bowler for MI with figures of three/22.
Chasing a aggressive complete, MI’s Harmanpreet (50 off 38 balls, 8x4s, 1×6)), Nat Sciver-Brunt (42 off 21; 9x4s) and Amanjot (34 off 27; 2x4s, 2x6s) made helpful contributions to information the crew residence with only one ball remaining.
MI misplaced Yastika Bhatia early however Hayley Matthews and Sciver-Brunt shared 55 runs for the second wicket to take the 2023 WPL champions’ chase ahead.
Matthews made 15 off 10 balls earlier than being trapped in entrance of the wicket by left-arm bowler Ekta Bisht.
Sciver-Brunt made 42 off 21 balls earlier than she was cleaned up by Kim Garth.
Harmanpreet then joined forces with Amanjot after the dismissal of Amelia Kerr to take MI ahead.
The pair shared 52 runs for the fifth wicket to maintain MI within the hunt earlier than the previous sneaked a Georgia Wareham supply to Richa Ghosh behind the stumps.
Wareham then accounted for Sajeevan Sajana with the subsequent supply to make issues troublesome for MI.
Amanjot, nevertheless, was going nice weapons as she hit off-spinner Kanika Ahuja for 2 sixes within the penultimate over — one off the primary ball and later off the final supply — to convey down the equation to a run a ball within the ultimate over.
With Amanjot regular on one aspect, G Kamalini bought MI residence, hitting a boundary off Ekta Bisht handy MI their first win over the defending champions in three makes an attempt.
(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is printed from a syndicated feed.)
Subjects talked about on this article
