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Best performances - Batsmen

G Voll
G Voll
99(56) 17x4 - 1x6
Control %77%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 21 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
10 0 16 18 9 2 12 32
RM Ghosh
RM Ghosh
69(33) 6x4 - 5x6
Control %87%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 12 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
0 0 8 9 19 6 7 20

Best performances - Bowlers

S Ecclestone
S Ecclestone
O4
M0
R25
W3
Eco6.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
DB Sharma
O4
M0
R50
W3
Eco12.5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50

Match days

08 March 2025 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

UP Warriorz Women 2, Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women 0

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: S Sudarshanan

That's all we have for you from Lucknow tonight. The WPL 2025 caravan moves to Mumbai for the last four matches. That will happen after a day's break - for the men's Champions Trophy final. Do join us for the rest of the tournament. For tonight, on behalf of Thilak and Shashank, I, Sudarshanan, am bidding you goodbye! Ciao, folks!

10:57pm What a game. What a finish. RCB were down and out. But Rana's unfetted swing gave them a glimmer of hope. It turned into disappointment. It was Ghosh's brilliance first and then Rana's cameo that kept RCB in the hunt. Otherwise, 226 was always a tall mountain to climb. The highest aggregate in a WPL game ends in both the sides getting knocked out and confirming the teams that qualify to the playoffs - DC, GG, MI. Once the bowlers gave away 225, the highest total in the WPL thanks to Voll's 99 not out, RCB were fighting a losing battle. That they managed to get this close would mean they could look back at it as a season of what-ifs.

Smriti Mandhana, RCB captain: "They batted positively from the first ball. Last game of the season they come out in a different mood. We pulled off quite well in the last three-four overs. But credit to Voll. The way we started, we thought it is going to be a good season. Last five games, we couldn't live up to expectations we had from ourselves. Played good cricket in patches. Lost a lot of moments in games that cost us. Bit loss to lose out top three wicket-takers from last season. Replacements were good, the way we started, thought we could take the momentum. You think something, happens differently in franchise cricket. The way Richa batted today, really happy for Rana - had a tough few years, but did well as a replacement."

Grace Harris passes the Orange Cap to Ellyse Perry before having a word with the broadcaster: "We saved our best for the last. Great to experience UP crowds and UP in general. Love my time in India. Don't know if I get a chance next year, but will be happy to come back. We just came out and identified that we struggled with our middle order. Weren't able to keep up after losing wickets. Voll was outstanding, joy to watch. After wickets, batted well and kept attacking. A good surface to do it on. We didn't have the middle order collapse we had for the last seven games. Batted on two-three different wickets. Against MI felt it was not a flat deck. Tonight it was sliding on. If you win the toss, you bowl first because dew does come in. Not different from what you expect from India, but much better crowd. The wicket was flatter and was true for the batters. The other night it was a good wicket but made an even contest. Invaluable. Fantastic experience for international and domestic players to experience subcontinent players. Have learnt a lot over the competition about Deepti Sharma's game in particular. Vital for the women's game in world cricket. UP Warriorz do well where we give local players a good crack to showcase their skills by often batting them in key positions. Vital to make sure women's cricket thrive."

Deepti Sharma, UPW captain: "T20 game always is close. We were thinking that we had to be on our toes. It is a team effort, everyone clicked. These conditions I have encountered before. If we scored runs, they could also score. But I focused on my stock balls and variations. The aim was to provide breakthroughs. We have been talking that we are getting starts but the middle order was not clicking. Today everyone showed characters. Voll hit back to back fifties, Grace and Kiran also contributed. When you win, everything looks positive but I am happy with the team. As a captain, I am disappointed we are not qualifying. We played the way we always wanted to today. Women's Day has been memorable for us, hope we get this pink colour from next season."

Georgia Voll, Player of the Match: "Been cool. Getting here just a week ago, a lot has happened. Great experience, great to know the girls. Prepared it like any other game. Had one session using the wickets before. Been a great experience to come out and help the team put good totals. Got a win today after a disappointing season. Probably think bat at where you could have found the extra run or two. Overall happy to get above 200 and defend it. Have been sitting in those positions in the last couple of games, nothing came my way."

19.3
W
Voll to Garth, OUT, Cannot find the gap because Khemnar does brilliantly well with a full-stretch dive! And that creates a run-out that ENDS RCB'S CAMPAIGN IN WPL 2025! Drilled through the off side, she gets around from cover-point to her right, parries it to her right, from where Deepti throws it calmly to Voll to do the rest. Renuka was down in search of a run and was comfortably short of the crease

Renuka Singh run out 1 (3m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100

13 off 4

19.2
1
Voll to Renuka Singh, 1 run, Very full on off, squeezed towards cover for a quick run
19.1
1
Voll to Garth, 1 run, Length ball outside off, she can only hit it down to long-on

15 off 6, Garth on strike, Voll into the attack

END OF OVER:
19 | 28 Runs 1 Wkt | RCB-W: 211/9 (15 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 11.10, RRR: 15.00)

  • Kim Garth2 (2b)
  • Deepti Sharma4-0-50-3
  • Sophie Ecclestone4-0-25-3
18.6
W
Sharma to Rana, OUT, Swings hard and finds the fielder! You cannot script this! Deepti stares Rana off the field, celebrations not even in her mind. Once again Rana charges down and swings hard at a length ball, finds a calm Khemnar at deep square leg. Throws her head back in disappointment and walks back for 26 off 6, high intent in EVERY single ball she faced

S Rana c Khemnar b Sharma 26 (8m 6b 2x4 3x6) SR: 433.33

Habeeb: "UP and RCB are known for Thrillers!!!"

18.5
6
Sharma to Rana, SIX, BELTS AWAY OVER DEEP MIDWICKET! Once again Rana charges down as soon as Deepti lets the ball go, swings herself off her feet and sends the ball soaring. 28 off the over already, RCB dugout jumping in joy now. THESE ARE THE MOST RUNS IN AN OVER IN THE WPL

Free hit for Rana ji. Did she need an official one? 21 off 8, field cannot change

18.5
5nb
Sharma to Rana, (no ball) FOUR, And Rana continues her carefree swing of the bat. Charges down, waits for a second to delay her shot and whips it through midwicket, beating the fielder in the deep to her right. And Deepti has overstepped

Stops after getting to her bowling crease and spots Garth walking out of the crease. Does not run her out but has a quiet word with the umpire

Deepti taking time to get her field right, over the wicket now

RCB Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st29S MeghanaS Mandhana
2nd14EA PerryS Meghana
3rd33EA PerryRaghvi Bist
4th4RM GhoshRaghvi Bist
5th27RM GhoshKS Ahuja
6th64G WarehamRM Ghosh
7th11G WarehamCE Dean
8th1KJ GarthG Wareham
9th28KJ GarthS Rana
10th2KJ GarthRenuka Singh