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    Women's Premier League 2024

    Royal Challengers Bangalore Women vs UP Warriorz 2nd T20 | WPL 2024

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    The Womenโ€™s Premier League (WPL) 2024: Royal Challengers Bangalore Women vs UP Warriorz 2nd T20 RCB Woman registered their winning knock in their first game of WPL 2024 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. All the crowd cherished it. Batting first, the RCB woman made 157 runs for 8 and was able to restrict the UP Warriorz woman to 155 runs,

    Royal Challengers Bangalore Women Batted First:

    Having UP Warriorz Woman Won the toss and elected to bowl first, Royal Challengers Bangalore woman started their innings with openers S Devine and captain Smriti Mandhana; the first over was tightly contested, yielding just three runs, but Mandhana quickly shifted gears in the second over, hammering a six and a four, signaling her intent to accelerate the innings. However, the UP Warriors struck back with Grace Harris dismissing Devine for just 1 run off five balls, a crucial early breakthrough. Mandhana didn’t last long, falling to McGrath for 13 runs off 11 balls, leaving RCB Women at 36 for two within the powerplay.

    As the team looked to rebuild, Ellyse Perry joined the action but was quickly sent back by Saima Thakor, caught for 8 runs off 7 balls. This brought Meghana and Richa Ghosh to the crease, who together mounted a counter-attack, stitching together a vital partnership of 71 runs for the fourth wicket. Meghana played a crucial knock, scoring 53 runs off 44 balls before being dismissed by Gayakwad.

    At 125/4, the RCB Women were in a precarious position, but the situation worsened when Wareham was dismissed for a duck, leaving the team at 125/5 with just three overs remaining. Molineux stepped in, aiming to push the score further, and was supported by Richa Ghosh, who made an impressive fifty in 17.1 overs. However, Ghosh’s attempt to accelerate led to her dismissal for 62 runs off 37 balls, caught by Deepthi Sharma.

    In the final moments of the innings, Shreyanka Patil delivered a much-needed flourish, smashing a six over deep mid-wicket to conclude the innings at 157/6.Will the Score will be Enough for the UP warriorz in a ground like M .Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru ..? we will found out it 2nd Innings

    UP Warriorz Woman Chasing 157 on the Board

    UP Warriorz Woman need to chase 157 runs in there 20 over’s, UP warriorz captain Alyssa Healy and Vrinda Dinesh opened there innings, Molineux made the quick knock by getting UP warriorz captain Alyssa Healy wicket for early dismissal for just 5 runs Healy has missed a straight delivery ball hits the middle and off stumps. The crowd are very cherished

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    Tahlia McGrath then stepped in, joining forces with Vrinda Dinesh to build a 38-run partnership for the second wicket; Vrinda Dinesh lost her wicket to Asha Sobhana, UP Warriorz woman now 48 for 2. However, Tahlia McGrath immediately lost her wicket in the next ball bowled by Asha Sobhana, leading to 49 for 3. The two quick wickets for Asha Sobhana set the tone for the RCB woman, and two new batters (Grace Harris and Shweta Sehrawat) are at the crease of the 9th Over of the Innings

    Grace Harris and Shweta Sehrawat made the crucial knock for the 4th wicket. They were unstoppable at one point. They are close to chasing the 157 targets, 14th over went for 16runs, and the 15th over went for 14 runs, followed by the 16thover for 10runs thus, by making 40runs in the last 3overs they are in a comfortable position to chase the total. Down, comfortably, until the break came in the hands of Asha Sobhana, once again caught by the RCB woman captain Smriti Mandhana. The crucial partnership of the innings was broken with 77 runs; Shweta Sehrawat made 35 runs off 25 balls with 1 six and 2 fours

    Grace Harris is still at the crease, and hopes are still alive for UP Warriorz women for the run chase. They needed 32 runs in their last four overs, but in the same over, Asha Sobhana picked up her 4th wicket of the Innings, and that too the Big Fish Grace Harris; she destroyed the UP warriorz hope and destroyed the middle order batsman in just an over, so for the last 3overs Up warriorz needed 30 runs.

    With Poonam Khemnar coming to crease knocked two back to back fours in the 17th over of Shreyanka Patil, Deepti Sharma joined her with a sweeping cover 4, thus leading 14runs of the 17th over with 3 four’s

    Now UP Warriorz woman needs just 16 runs off 12 balls. Wareham got the Poonam Khemnar wicket and waited for a wicket for the RCB woman as the game shifted toward the UP Warriorz woman. Ecclestone gave just 5runs of the 19th over.

    11 runs are needed for the last over, and the UP Warriors are now 147-7; Molineux has taken the final over to the bowl. She made her first four balls to two singles and two dot balls. Now, UP Warriors need to make nine runs off the last 2balls; the next ball went for four, just like the previous game thriller. Does the last ball go for SIX ..?

    Not this time Molineux holds her nerve. It was a low full-toss that dipped on Deepti Sharma’s drives to mid-wicket for two runs. Thus, RCB women won their first match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.

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