- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.4 goes straight up, and Ismail breaks through! A hush around the Chinnaswamy and Mandhana, who looked a million dollars, has to walk back! Back of a length, angling across the batter outside off. Mandhana wants to swipe this across the line but the ball seems to hold just a smidgen, along with seaming away. Mandhana gets the timing all wrong and the ball skews up, easy enough for Bhatia to call and snaffle up. A massive moment in the game, and the crowd cannot believe what has just happened! 29/14.5 oh dear - what kind of a dismissal is that?! Banged in so short outside off that NSB might have nearly taken off her toe-nail with it. Wyatt-Hodge thinks this is a hit-me ball but never really gets on top of the bounce. Gets under it too much and skies it towards short third, where Matthews does the rest. Not the greatest ball NSB will ever bowl in her life, but it will do for now! 48/219.5 straight down Shabnim Ismail's throat, and an extraordinarily phenomenal innings comes to an end! The crowd gives a standing ovation, and there might be many sitting at home who would be doing something similar too! Back to the ball. This is in the slot on off and there to be hit. Perry tries to clear long on but cannot get the elevation she wants. Picks out Ismail and that could make a difference of a few runs to the total! 165/75.3 straight to Amelia Kerr, and the crowd is stunned into silence again! Slowed up on a length on off. Bist hares down the track and thinks she can nail this over cow corner. Does not get to the pitch of the ball, though, and has to drag it from in front. Cannot generate the requisite power and Kerr has the simplest of jobs at deep mid wicket. RCB have lost three in quick succession now! 51/37.2 chopped on now! Ahuja bites the dust, and Gupta is elated! Back of a length, angling into the batter and following Ahuja outside leg. She tries to dab it fine but because she has backed away so much, she ends up diverting it onto the stumps. Ahuja is a picture of disappointment; Gupta and the Mumbai Indians, anything but! 57/413.4 off stump has been knocked out of the ground! Back of a length, pitching on off and skidding on. Ghosh gives herself room, trying to access that region behind point but fails to cover the line. Plays all around it and sees her off stump in a mess soon after. You could hear a pin drop at the Chinnaswamy right now, and the only audible sound is that of Amanjot roaring in delight! 107/515.4 Wareham perishes, and RCB lurch further into trouble! Full and wide outside off, tempting Wareham to throw her hands at it. She obliges but cannot keep her stroke down. Slices it and picks out Gupta to absolute perfection at point. And Amanjot, just like that, has two in two overs! 119/6Extras3 (lb 1, w 2)TOTAL167/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8.35)Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Smriti Mandhana, 2.4 ov), 2-48 (Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 4.5 ov), 3-51 (Raghvi Bist, 5.3 ov), 4-57 (Kanika Ahuja, 7.2 ov), 5-107 (Richa Ghosh, 13.4 ov), 6-119 (Georgia Wareham, 15.4 ov), 7-165 (Ellyse Perry, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB S Ismail 4 0 36 1 9 12 7 0 0 0 Nat Sciver-Brunt 4 0 40 1 10 6 3 2 2 0 HK Matthews 4 0 37 1 9.25 7 4 1 0 0 AC Kerr 4 0 28 0 7 10 3 1 0 0 S Gupta 1 0 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 AB Kaur 3 0 22 3 7.33 7 3 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.3 massive lbw shout, and the finger goes up! Reviewed straightaway by Bhatia, though! Length ball that starts on middle and off and curves back in devilishly. Bhatia seems to fall over and then seems to play all around it, getting beaten on the outside. Rapped on the back leg but the promptness of the review suggests she might have hit it. Well well. The bat is nowhere near the ball. Pitching in line too, impact is in line as well and the ball, Ball Tracking reckons, would have clipped the outside of off stump. Umpire's Call, and Bhatia storms off incredibly frustrated. RCB will not mind one bit, though - they have the early wicket they would have been after! 9/15.6 vociferous lbw appeal, not given by umpire Vrinda Rathi! Bisht is convinced and RCB have gone upstairs! Zipped in very full and this seems to finish on off stump. Matthews misses her flick and gets rapped on the boot. Seemed pretty adjacent in real-time but we go on to replays to see what the real deal is. The bat has made contact with the ground and not the ball, which explains the two noises. Onto Ball Tracking now, and Ball Tracking reckons the ball is missing leg stump. And off stump. Because it is thundering into middle stump! The crowd finds its voice and Bisht finally has something to smile about! 66/27.2 stumps rattled, and Garth is RCB's guardian angel tonight! This is fuller and slanting into middle and off. NSB plants her front foot and swings for the hills. Loses track of the ball, perhaps swings too early and gets beaten on the inside. The ball breezes past and then crashes into the stumps, sending thousands clad in red and black into absolute raptures. This is a massive moment in the game! 74/317.2 Wareham goes up, Ghosh goes up and the finger goes up! And guess what, the crowd goes up too - and this game turns again! Fizzed in on a back of a length just outside off. The cut shot has served Harmanpreet so well tonight but this time, it leads to her undoing. Too close to be playing that stroke and all she manages is a feather, which Ghosh gobbles up superbly. Right then! 144/59.1 sliced terribly, and Wareham rips this game open further! Dangles the carrot outside off and Kerr bites. She goes chasing after it but is nowhere close to the pitch of the ball. Swishes at it anyway and spoons it towards backward point. Bisht makes no mistake and this chase, all of a sudden, is threatening to flat-line! 82/417.3 two in two, and the Wareham-named Wizard from Oz is doing it for RCB here! Beautifully-disguised googly that pitches on a full length on off and rips back in. Sajana has no clue about the variation and plays down the wrong line to get pinned on the back leg. Seemed pretty straight but Sajana has taken this upstairs because, well, why not. No bat involved. The bat is nowhere close, in fact. Ball Tracking comes up and...it reckons the ball would have smashed into the top of middle stump. Shreyanka Patil, one of RCB's stars in the first two seasons, is happy, as are the thousands at the ground. RCB are right back in this game and how! 144/6Extras8 (w 8)TOTAL170/6 (19.5 Overs, RR: 8.57)Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Yastika Bhatia, 1.3 ov), 2-66 (Hayley Matthews, 5.6 ov), 3-74 (Nat Sciver-Brunt, 7.2 ov), 4-82 (Amelia Kerr, 9.1 ov), 5-144 (Harmanpreet Kaur, 17.2 ov), 6-144 (Sajeevan Sajana, 17.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Renuka Singh 4 0 35 0 8.75 11 6 0 2 0 KJ Garth 4 0 30 2 7.5 13 6 0 1 0 G Wareham 4 1 21 3 5.25 14 3 0 1 0 E Bisht 3.5 0 37 1 9.65 8 5 1 0 0 VJ Joshitha 2 0 19 0 9.5 6 3 0 4 0 KS Ahuja 2 0 28 0 14 1 2 2 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Mumbai Indians 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
21 February 2025 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Mumbai Indians Women 2, Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 54 runs, 3 wickets)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women - 62/4 in 9.0 overs (EA Perry 17, RM Ghosh 4)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women: 100 runs in 12.4 overs (76 balls), Extras 2
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (EA Perry 22, RM Ghosh 28, Ex 0)
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women - 119/6 in 15.4 overs (EA Perry 44)
- EA Perry: 50 off 30 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women: 150 runs in 18.4 overs (112 balls), Extras 3
- Innings Break: Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women - 167/7 in 20.0 overs (KJ Garth 8, E Bisht 2)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 66 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 1.3: Review by Mumbai Indians Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - VG Rathi, Batter - YH Bhatia (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Mumbai Indians Women: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 24 balls (HK Matthews 10, Nat Sciver-Brunt 40, Ex 2)
- Strategic Timeout: Mumbai Indians Women - 66/2 in 6.0 overs (Nat Sciver-Brunt 41)
- Over 5.6: Review by Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - VG Rathi, Batter - HK Matthews (Upheld)
- Over 6.6: Review by Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AS Guha, Batter - H Kaur (Struck down)
- Mumbai Indians Women: 100 runs in 11.4 overs (70 balls), Extras 8
- Strategic Timeout: Mumbai Indians Women - 114/4 in 14.0 overs (H Kaur 24, AB Kaur 15)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (H Kaur 31, AB Kaur 18, Ex 3)
- H Kaur: 50 off 36 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Over 17.3: Review by Mumbai Indians Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - VG Rathi, Batter - S Sajana (Struck down)
- Mumbai Indians Women: 150 runs in 18.1 overs (109 balls), Extras 8
- Slow over-rate Penalty: Overs 19.1 - 20.0 (extra fielder inside the circle)
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