WPL 2024, RCB vs Warriorz LIVE: The Women’s Premier League (WPL) is well and truly underway. The tournament opener was quiet a thriller with the first match of the competition going down to the last ball. Eventually it was the defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) who beat the last year’s runners-up Delhi Capitals (DC) to kick off what promises an exciting edition of the tournament.
In match number 2, it will be Royal Challengers Bangalore (RC) who will take on UP Warriorz at their home venue-the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. While Bangalore had a disastrous run last year and only managed to win 2 out of their 8 matches, Warriorz made it to the Playoffs but were knocked out by eventual champions MI in the Eliminator. Both teams, however, would want to start afresh with a win.
All in all it promises to be an thrilling affair as there are heavyweight players on both the sides with the likes of Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry in the Bangalore camp and Alyssa Healy, Deepti Sharma and Sophie Ecclestone in the other. The management would have a tough job, in the words of Healy herself at the pre-match press conference, to decide the Playing 11. Stay Tuned For Toss and Team News as we inch closer to the start of play at 19:00 hours (IST).
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Smriti Mandhana (captain), Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Sabbhineni Meghana, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Shreyanka Patil, Sobhana Asha, Simran Bahadur, Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross, Renuka Thakur Singh, Disha Kasat, Nadine de Klerk, Ekta Bisht, Sophie Molineux, Indrani Roy, Shubha Satheesh, Shraddha Pokharkar
UP Warriorz: Alyssa Healy (wicketkeeper/captain), Shweta Sehrawat, Kiran Navgire, Vrinda Dinesh, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Parshavi Chopra, Gouher Sultana, Chamari Athapaththu, Saima Thakor, Laxmi Yadav, Danielle Wyatt, Soppadhandi Yashasri, Poonam Khemnar
