Mumbai Indians 170 for 6 (Harmanpreet 50, Sciver-Brunt 42, Wareham 3-21) Beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru 167 for 7 (Perry 81, Ghosh 28, Amanjot 3-22) by four WICKETS
Win the raffle, the field first, wins the game. This has been the history of the seven games in WPL 2025 so far. The Mumbai Indians (MI) were the last benefactors of winning the launch, since they beat the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by four WICKETS in the first game of Bengaluru’s leg.
Mandhana vs ismail: a short story
He made Ismail change around the wickt. For the last ball of the end, he fell short again, this time trying to calm the batter. Mandhana deployed another four with a pull.
In her next over, Ismail was wrong in her line, and Mandhana cut her to the punctual limit twice in three balls. But Ismail had the last laugh. He fell short again, tilting the ball on this occasion. Mandhana must have felt invincible by then. She tried another pull. But this took the upper edge and Yastika Bhatia settled under the stumps.
Rapid wicks leave RCB in trouble
Perry opened his account with a four -ball four, throwing a complete delivery of Ismail on the square leg. In the next, she released her arms and hit Sciver-Brunt for a long time. But my withdrew things with three fast wickts. Danni Wyatt-Hodge mixed a higher cut against Sciver-Brunt to the short third; Raghvi Bist hit Hayley Matthews in the hands of Deep Midwickt; And Kanika Ahuja cut Sanskrit to Gupta in her stumps. After nine overs, RCB were 62 for 4.
Perry Pristine
RCB did not reach a single OVS limit six to nine. Perry finished drought in the tenth when he sent Matthews for four. He found the support of Richa Ghosh, who broke a six in the same. The couple combined to pocket five four in the next three overs. When Amanjot played Ghosh for 25 of 25, 25, the association had reached 50 in 38 deliveries.
From there, Perry wore RCB almost without help. He hit Amelia Kerr on the back of an additional cover to bring her fifty -30 balls. Two balls later, jumped from his fold to deposit Kerr for a long time. In the next, Matthews paid the price for bowling too short when Perry picked up two four. Perry finally fell to Amanjot in the penultimate ball of the entries, but not before hitting the bowling player for four four.
Matthews, Sciver-Brunt gives my flying start
My began his persecution in an attacker, with Bhatia hitting Renuka Singh for two four in the opening. Although Kim Garth caught Bhatia by 8, there was no respite for RCB. Sciver-Brunt hit two of the first two balls he faced to keep the races flowing. She took a higher level in the Garth next one with three four four.
Matthews joined Fours consecutive in Wareham. Ekta Bisht, who entered for the sixth was not saved either. Sciver-Brunt started with a four-trick from four and Matthews intervened with one. The only comfort for Bisht was that Matthews LBW had with his last ball.
Harmanpreet takes over
Garth provided RCB with some relief when he threw SCIVER-BRUNT for 42 of 21 balls in the eighth. Two overs later, Wareham threw a maiden where he also had Kerr cutting back.
Harmanpreet had had a slow start and was in 10 out of ten balls after the tenth. But she put the persecution again with two four VJ Joshitha. I needed 54 in the last six overs, but Harmanpreet was well established by then. He hit Ahuja for four successive, Bisht-Swept Bisht in the stands, and picked up two four four more from Renuka to make me the favorites of me.
Wareham’s twin strikes, Amanjot’s six twins
With 24 required of three overs and Harmanpreet hitting 50 of 36 years, the game seemed almost lost for RCB. But in an attempt to cut Wareham, Harmanpreet beat Ghosh. Sajana lasted only one ball, Wareham’s slider caught his LBW. In addition, I could write only two of the Wareham.
Nervelés Amanjot, Kamalini ends the game
It was anyone’s game at that time. But Amanjot, who had been playing Harmanpreet’s second violin until then, took a step forward. He was in 20 of 22 balls when his Punjab teammate, Ahuja, started on the 19th. Amanjot went down the First Ball floor and clarified a lot. Ahuja granted only four in the next four balls, but Amanjot cleared Long-on once again in the final ball.
The IM not only required only six in the final final, but that the slow RCB rate also meant that there was a minor flyer in the garden. Bisht did everything possible, throwing the ball with the goalkeeper to go back for the first two deliveries. But Kamalini kept her fresh and took her side to victory with a spare ball.
Hemant Brar is a spncricinfo sub -editor
