WPL2024: Mumbai Indians top table after dominant win over Royal Challengers Bangalore

This was the defending champions’ third victory against Royal Challengers Bangalore in three matches.

Mar 2, 2024 - 23:00

WPL2024: Mumbai Indians top table after dominant win over Royal Challengers Bangalore

It was an all-round victory for Mumbai Indians as the defending champions beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by seven wickets in the Women’s Premier League at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday.

Natalie Sciver-Brunt won the toss and decided to bowl first, standing in place of regular captain Harmanpreet Kaur once more who missed out due to an injury.

The Mumbai captain and Pooja Vastrakar picked up two wickets each with Issy Wong and Saika Ishaque the other bowlers to take one scalp each. The Bangalore batting didn’t fire as well as they would have liked, finishing with 131/5 in 20 overs.

Ellyse Perry was the top scorer with 44 off 38 balls, Sophie Molineux (12 off 14) and Georgia Wareham (27 off 20) also contributing down the order.

Meanwhile, Hayley Matthews and Yastika Bhatia got the chase off to a flier with both Renuka Singh Thakur and Molineux conceding nine and 12 runs off their first overs respectively. Bhatia also ended up hitting the first six of the match, with the Bangalore batters unable to get the ball over the line.

The 45-run opening partnership was ultimately broken when Sophie Devine got Bhatia to edge a wide delivery to Richa Ghosh for 31 off 15 balls.

Although Bangalore...