There’s no stopping Mumbai Indians.
After a convincing win towards Gujarat Giants within the Women’s Premier League opener a few days in the past, the aspect stored the momentum going because it rode on Hayley Matthews’ all-round effort – a three-wicket haul, adopted by an unbeaten 77 off 38 deliveries – to drub Royal Challengers Bangalore by 9 wickets.
At the Brabourne Stadium on Monday, RCB gained the toss and opted to bat, however the resolution backfired as Matthews claimed three wickets (3 for 28) and spinner Saika Ishaque grabbed a few wickets (2 for 26) to limit it to 155.
Coming off a 60-run defeat towards Delhi Capitals in its final sport, RCB began off strongly with Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Devine forging a gap stand of 39. Mandhana hammered Isabelle Wong for 3 fours within the fourth over, earlier than Ishaque struck. Looking to clear the mid-wicket boundary, Devine was caught by Amanjot Kaur close to the rope, and two balls later, Disha Kasat was cleaned up by Ishaque.
And within the subsequent over, the sixth of the sport, Matthews eliminated Mandhana and Heather Knight off successive deliveries to show issues Mumbai’s approach. As RCB misplaced wickets at common intervals and was reeling at 71-5, the lower-order batters – Richa Ghosh (28 off 26), Kanika Ahuja (22 off 13) and debutant Shreyanka Patil (23 off 15) – stepped as much as information the crew to a aggressive whole.
In the eighth over, Ghosh survived a caught behind attraction off Nat Sciver-Brunt off a brief ball, however was concerned within the run-out of Ellyse Perry within the subsequent over. With Kanika and Patil’s cameos, RCB managed to succeed in the 150-run mark, although it was not less than 20-25 runs quick.
However, chasing a difficult whole, Mumbai Indians had a stroll within the park as not one of the RCB bowlers may make a mark. Making essentially the most of a batting floor, Matthews first solid a 45-run opening stand with Yastika Bhatia and after the latter was trapped leg earlier than by Preeti Bose, the West Indies ace stood agency and constructed a 114-run partnership with Nat-Sciver Brunt for the second wicket.
While Matthews’ introduced up her 50 in simply 26 balls, Brunt held fort on the different finish, with a gradual 55 off 29. While some shoddy fielding was on show by RCB, Matthews hit boundaries at will and made positive that she didn’t enable the opponent to bounce again. As the 2 guided the crew residence with 34 balls to spare, MI followers chanted ‘Mumbai, Mumbai’ to have a good time the crew’s second win on the trot.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com