After having a horrendous marketing campaign within the inaugural version of the Girls Premier League (WPL), Royal Challengers Bangalore girls (RCB-W) have a made staggering comeback within the ongoing second version. The Smriti Mandhana-led facet certified for the playoffs on Tuesday (twelfth March).
Royal Challengers Bangalore girls (RCB-W) booked a berth within the playoffs after their win over Mumbai Indians on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. The Smriti Mandhana-led RCB-W produced a powerful effort with bat and ball within the must-win encounter and dominated the sport.
RCB-W gained the toss and opted to area first. Ellyse Perry stole the limelight with the ball for the crew as he produced a match-winning effort with the ball. After going wicketless for six video games, she made positive she made up for that within the must-win encounter for the crew on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
Ellyse Perry picked 6 wickets and altered the course of the sport. Initially, Mumbai Indians had been within the recreation as Hayley Matthews (26) and S Sajana (30) added 43 runs for the opening partnership. However the opening wicket triggered the collapse as Mumbai got here beneath quite a lot of strain.
Ellyse Perry registered the very best figures within the WPL and returned with figures of 6/15. Due to her valiant effort with the ball, Royal Challengers Bangalore bundled out Mumbai Indians for simply 113 runs and wrapped up the innings in 19 overs.
In the course of the chase, RCB-W had been off to a shaky begin. They misplaced three fast wickets and had been left tottering at 39/3. It was then when Ellyse Perry but once more stood tall for her crew and performed a powerful innings together with Wealthy Ghosh.
Ellyse Perry (40*) and Richa Ghosh (36*) added 76 runs collectively and powered RCB-W to the win in 15 overs. With the win, they grew to become the third crew within the Girls’s Premier League to qualify for the playoffs alongside Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians.
Glad everybody stepped up within the essential match – Smriti Mandhana on RCB-W’s win
Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Smriti Mandhana opened up in regards to the win and revealed how she lifted her crew up after a 1-run loss within the final recreation. Whereas highlighting the significance of the sport towards Mumbai Indians, she lauded the efforts of Ellyse Perry. Talking to broadcasters, she acknowledged:
“The final match dropping by one run just isn’t preferrred, the entire dialog was that 1 run doesn’t make us a foul crew. We had truly performed some good cricket this season and simply wanted to maintain our heads excessive. They did have a great begin, however there was little calmness with the group at the moment from the time we had our assembly and it was an excellent spell (from Perry) to observe.
“At the moment’s match was crucial for us to get going, we needed to return out and play good cricket and for Perry to return again and take these 6 wickets, wow that was some sight to observe. We didn’t concentrate on different groups and different equations, we simply needed to win and glad everybody stepped up within the essential match,” she concluded.
