The Match 09 of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 took place between Royal Challengers Bangalore Women and Mumbai Indians at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The contest saw domination from Mumbai, who registered a comfortable win by 7 wickets.
Pooja Vastrakar, Nat Sciver-Brunt sizzle with the ball
Opting to bowl first after winning the toss, Mumbai Indians displayed a stellar bowling performance to restrict Royal Challengers Bangalore to 131/6 in their allotted 20 overs.
For the Challengers, Ellyse Perry was the standout performer with the bat, scoring a crucial 44 runs off 38 deliveries, supported by Georgia Wareham‘s brisk 27 off 20 balls. However, the rest of the batting lineup struggled to capitalize on their starts, with no other player managing to make a significant contribution.
Pooja Vastrakar and Nat Sciver-Brunt were the tremendous performers with the ball. Vastrakar bagged two wickets while conceding 14 runs in 3 overs. Similarly, Sciver-Brunt picked up a couple as well for 27 runs in his quota of 4 overs.
Batters leads Mumbai Indians to a convincing win
In response, Mumbai Indians chased down the target with ease, reaching 133/3 in just 15.1 overs, clinching victory by 7 wickets. Yastika Bhatia set the tone for the innings with a blistering 31 off 15 balls, while contributions from Hayley Matthews, Natalie Sciver, and Amelia Kerr ensured Mumbai Indians Women reached the target comfortably.
Despite some spirited bowling efforts from Royal Challengers Bangalore, including a wicket each from Sophie Devine, Georgia Wareham, and Shreyanka Patil, Mumbai Indians’ batting firepower proved too much to handle.
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Here is how Twitter reacted:
MUMBAI INDIANS – THE TABLE TOPPERS IN WPL 2024. 🔥
– The dominance of MI franchise. pic.twitter.com/SA18iSkedh
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 2, 2024
The record for chasing teams in the WPL now reads won 22, lost 9.
The average winning 1st innings total required across the two seasons has been 187, with just one team so far managing to successfully defend a total under 150.#WPL
— hypocaust (@_hypocaust) March 2, 2024
Mumbai Indians defeated RCB.
– 2nd consecutive defeat for RCB now…!!! pic.twitter.com/pq44e4usZG
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 2, 2024
The Mumbai Indians are back to winning ways! 💙
And with that victory, they move to the 🔝 of the table 👏👏
Scorecard 💻📱https://t.co/VqyJ4Y545d#TATAWPL | #RCBvMI | @mipaltan pic.twitter.com/SuUWM8b89P
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) March 2, 2024
What a Batting By Mumbai Indian
RCB is in Danger As Always 😂😭#MIvRCB— Laavy_dhillon🪯 (@lavvy_dhillon) March 2, 2024
Haarcb has 4 points. 2 points from a last ball win and another 2 points against a filler team GG 😁. #RCBvMI #MIvRCB #WPL2024
— Shashank (@Shashank97says) March 2, 2024
This is just bullying at this point of time #MIvRCB pic.twitter.com/1qP8SGbWwW
— Amit Dubey (@AmitHellboyz143) March 2, 2024
Yastika bhatia is looking in red hot form!! Playing some wonderful knocks this season!! #AaliRe #yastikabhatia #MumbaiIndians #Cricket #CricketTwitter #TATAWPL #WPL2024 #wpl #ONEFAMILY #Trending #RCB #LUFC #mivrcb #sport #JioCinema #harmanpreetkaur #smritimandhana pic.twitter.com/g2yP1qhXRx
— manass (@dehatiladka07) March 2, 2024
Nat Sciver did a fantastic job at captaincy today. #MIvRCB
— ✨️🦋QueenB🦋✨️ (@divine_art3mis) March 2, 2024
Fighting knock from Perry but MI on top with a target of 132 👍#MIvRCB #WPL2024 pic.twitter.com/D1kCEQ8Yqu
— Shreyas Srinivasan (@ShreyasS_) March 2, 2024
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This article was first published at WomenCricket.com, a Cricket Times company.
