Mumbai Indians stormed again into the continuing Girls’s Premier League (WPL) after a loss towards the UP Warriorz with a thumping 7-wicket win towards the house staff Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday, March 2. The Mumbai staff proved to be too good with each bat and ball as after proscribing RCB to a low whole of simply 131 runs, the Girls in Blue chased it down with 29 balls remaining in a one-sided victory at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
RCB did not have so much to cheer about within the sport, aside from a fielding brilliance second as they had been subjected to their second consecutive loss. Shreyanka Patil, the younger all-rounder continued RCB’s moments of brilliance within the subject on the boundary two days after Georgia Wareham’s extraordinary soar and throw into the sector. On the ultimate ball of the powerplay of Sophie Devine’s over, MI’s Hayley Matthews struck a slower half-volley in the direction of long-on.
It appeared like going for a six earlier than Patil on the boundary flung herself and caught the ball earlier than realising very quickly that she was very near the boundary. Shortly, Patil launched the ball whereas being mid-air as she saved a sure six and restricted the MI batters to simply two runs. The video of her fielding effort has gone viral.
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Nevertheless, that was the one second to be joyous for the RCB aside from the three wickets within the subject as MI batters simply steamrolled the opposition. Yastika Bhatia started with a bang scoring 31 off simply 15 balls earlier than Hayley Matthews and Amelia Kerr took over. Kerr continued her smashing batting type for MI in WPL 2024 as she remained unbeaten on 40 off 24. Stand-in captain Nat-Sciver Brunt additionally performed a helpful little knock of 27 runs.
RCB will likely be subsequent up towards the UP Warriorz of their closing residence sport on the final day of the Bengaluru leg.
