11/03Result
20th Match (N), Women's Premier League at Mumbai, Mar 11 2025
RCB Women won by 11 runs
Player of the Match
Sneh Rana
Sneh RanaRoyal Challengers Bengaluru Women
11/03Result
20th Match (N), Women's Premier League at Mumbai, Mar 11 2025
RCB Women won by 11 runs
Player of the Match
Sneh Rana
Sneh RanaRoyal Challengers Bengaluru Women

END OF OVER:
20 | 21 Runs | RCB-W: 199/3 | RR: 9.95

  • Georgia Wareham31 (10b)
  • Ellyse Perry49 (38b)
  • Amelia Kerr3-0-47-1
  • Amanjot Kaur4-0-27-0

Shubham chimes in further, saying that Wareham's 31 off 10 balls (having a strike rate of 310) is the highest for any batter ever in the WPL (minimum ten balls faced). And it is also the second fastest partnership in WPL between Perry and Wareham today (46* from 16 balls) with a minimum cut-off of ten balls.

Here is Namooh Shah with an amazing stat. Most runs by a team in the death overs(17-20) in WPL:

68 runs UPW vs GG, DY Patil 2023

67 runs UPW vs DC, Bengaluru 2025

65 runs RCB vs MI, today

65 runs MI vs GG, Delhi 2024

61 runs DC vs RCB, Bengaluru 2024

8:59pm Wow, what a final few overs. For RCB that is. 70 came off the final five, with Ghosh and Wareham front and centre of that carnage. Both struck the ball to different parts, asked Mumbai questions and the hosts simply had no answers. Credit to Perry as well for keeping things ticking and for finding the fence when required. Prior to that, it was the Mandhana show, with the skipper registering her second fifty of the season to build a solid foundation and put RCB on course, alongside Meghana, who got the ball rolling early.

Mumbai, for large parts, seemed to be doing enough defensively, but towards the end, they lost the plot completely. They dropped a fair few chances too, which could be put down to fatigue or just poor concentration. Amanjot, apart from the last over, was their best bowler, with Matthews, Ismail and Kerr all being uncharacteristically expensive. They now have a big chase on their hands, although with the firepower they have, they will feel they can make a decent fist of it. Join us in a bit for the chase!

Ellyse Perry, also the Orange Cap holder now: Nice to post a really good, competitive total. Not sure I contributed too much apart from running a few singles (smiles). Really good start from the openers and then for Richa and Wolfie (Wareham) to play the way they did. It is a pretty good surface. The slower deliveries held up a fraction and it was nibbling a bit when the seam was presented. When you post 200 (199), it is, all in all, a good surface. She (Ghosh) works so hard on our game, she is a natural striker of the ball. Nice to have her in the side and stay at the other end and watch her access different parts of the ground is so impressive. She is a legend. (On Wareham) It is always lovely to play with her. She has played some integral innings for us with Australia. Such a good finisher, accesses different areas. We have a strong Aussie contingent, and nice to have them (in the squad this season).

19.6
6
Kerr to Wareham, SIX, Wareham finishes off the innings in style and RCB ransack 199 off their 20 overs, and Wareham ends with a marvellous 10-ball 31! This is in the slot again outside off. Wareham gauges the length early, clears her front leg and smears it over wide long on. Clean ball-striking, and this has lifted RCB from a par total to maybe an above-par one!
19.5
4
Kerr to Wareham, FOUR, this is awesome batting, and Wareham is tearing Mumbai Indians to shreds! Floated up full just outside off. Wareham unfurls the reverse and slaps it over short third!
19.4
2
Kerr to Wareham, 2 runs, angled in fullish on middle and leg. Wareham skips down the track and mows it towards deep backward square leg. Perry is intent on the second and Wareham scrambles back
19.3
4
Kerr to Wareham, FOUR, falls short of deep mid wicket, and then squirms into the fence! Slower on a length outside off. Wareham gets down on one knee and swipes it towards deep mid wicket. Amanjot prioritizes the catch and then cannot prevent the four once the ball bounces in front of her!
19.2
1
Kerr to Perry, 1 run, a little more outside off. Perry jabs it towards cover point and pinches a single
19.1
4
Kerr to Perry, FOUR, and the Mumbai Indians drop another chance - what is happening here?! Shortish on middle and leg. Perry hops back for the pull and shanks it. Swirls towards Sajana at deep backward square leg, who comes racing in and then makes a meal of it. Was a tougher chance but one you'd expect her to at least get a good hand to

Kerr to bowl the 20th

END OF OVER:
19 | 18 Runs | RCB-W: 178/3 | RR: 9.36

  • Georgia Wareham15 (6b)
  • Ellyse Perry44 (36b)
  • Amanjot Kaur4-0-27-0
  • Hayley Matthews4-0-37-2
18.6
4
AB Kaur to Wareham, FOUR, Wareham finishes the over with a boundary, and Amanjot, who conceded only nine in her first three, sees her figures triple in an over! Back of a length outside off. Wareham knows that mid off is up and backs away to pop it over the fielder in the ring. Excellent batting!
18.5
1
AB Kaur to Perry, 1 run, length outside off. Perry taps it into the off side and saunters across to the other end
18.4
4
AB Kaur to Perry, FOUR, what a shot! Full and offering width outside off, and that is all Perry needs. She gives herself room, gets her hands through the ball and crrrrrrrrrruunnnnnnnchhhhesssss it past extra cover!
18.3
4
AB Kaur to Perry, FOUR, oh dear - calamity for the Mumbai Indians! Juicy full toss on the stumps. Perry laces it but arrows it straight to Sciver-Brunt at deep mid wicket. She does not have to move at all but at the last moment, the ball comes right out of the lights. She loses track of it and the ball squirms off her hands and into the fence. NSB is not happy!
18.2
1
AB Kaur to Wareham, 1 run, back of a length on middle and leg. Wareham opens up her stance and hoicks it towards deep mid wicket

Sweeper goes out on the off-side. Long on, deep mid wicket and deep backward square leg the other fielders on the fence

18.1
4
AB Kaur to Wareham, FOUR, Wareham on the move! Dug into the track outside off. Wareham gives herself room early and flays it over the off-side ring. Smart batting!

Amanjot to bowl the 19th. She has given away just nine runs so far

END OF OVER:
18 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | RCB-W: 160/3 | RR: 8.88

  • Georgia Wareham6 (3b)
  • Ellyse Perry35 (33b)
  • Hayley Matthews4-0-37-2
  • Shabnim Ismail4-0-41-0
17.6
1
Matthews to Wareham, 1 run, slower on a length on middle and leg. Wareham gets down on one knee and hoicks it towards deep backward square leg
17.5
4
Matthews to Wareham, FOUR, short and put away! Dragged down outside leg stump. Wareham picks it early, gets inside the line and smashes it past short fine leg!

Matthews (37), by the way, has moved ahead of Ecclestone to become the leading wicket-taker in WPL history

17.4
1
Matthews to Perry, 1 run, slowish on a length on leg stump. Perry skips down the track and works it into the on side. Just a single, though

Around the wicket to Perry

DS: "This is the first time RCB have fielded all 6 of their OS players in a WPL season. Dane van Niekerk and Kate Cross did not get games at all in 2023 and 24 respectively. "

17.3
1
Matthews to Wareham, 1 run, length on off. Wareham presses half forward and bunts it towards deep mid wicket

Wareham walks in

17.2
W
Matthews to Ghosh, OUT, Matthews induces the miscue and Sciver-Brunt does the job! The crowd finds its voice and there is suddenly a sea of blue flags in the stands! Really bold bowling this. Tossed up even more outside off and it drops on the batter devilishly. By then, Ghosh is committed to the lofted stroke down the ground, meaning she chalks it completely because of being beaten in the air. Sciver-Brunt settles under it at long on and does the rest. Excellent cameo, though, and RCB are well within sight of 180!

RM Ghosh c Nat Sciver-Brunt b Matthews 36 (26m 22b 5x4 1x6) SR: 163.63

17.1
4
Matthews to Ghosh, FOUR, Ghosh is on fire, and on the charge! And she does not spare Matthews either! Tossed up on a length outside off. Ghosh gets into position for the reverse and slams it over short third!

END OF OVER:
17 | 15 Runs | RCB-W: 149/2 | RR: 8.76

  • Richa Ghosh32 (20b)
  • Ellyse Perry34 (32b)
  • Shabnim Ismail4-0-41-0
  • Hayley Matthews3-0-26-1
16.6
1
Ismail to Ghosh, 1 run, slower ball on a length outside off. Ghosh plants her front foot and drags it towards deep mid wicket. That was bowled at 97.1kph
16.5
4
Ismail to Ghosh, FOUR, more innovation, and more runs! Off-cutter banged into the track outside off. Ghosh sets up for the scoop and after waiting for the ball, laps it cleanly over the keeper's head!
16.4
0
Ismail to Ghosh, no run, hard length, angling into off stump. Ghosh hops up onto her toes and drops it into the off side
16.3
6
Ismail to Ghosh, SIX, fetch that, says Richa Ghosh! Ismail misses the yorker and bowls it right in the slot just outside off. Ghosh winds up, shows the maker's name and mauls it over the bowler's head. Holds the pose too!
16.2
4
Ismail to Ghosh, FOUR, how has she gotten that there?! Pushed in on a length on middle and leg. Ghosh shapes up for the reverse-scoop and somehow, gets it over short fine leg instead. Might have been off one of the edges and that loops over the fielder for four!

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MI Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st27HK MatthewsAC Kerr
2nd11Nat Sciver-BruntAC Kerr
3rd40H KaurNat Sciver-Brunt
4th51Nat Sciver-BruntAB Kaur
5th5YH BhatiaAB Kaur
6th6S SajanaAB Kaur
7th12S SajanaG Kamalini
8th15S SajanaS Gupta
9th21S IsmailS Sajana
10th0S IsmailPS Sisodia