New Delhi. Smriti Mandhana’s team Royal Challengers Bangalore Women has won the second consecutive match in WPL 2024. Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Gujarat Giants Women by 8 wickets on Tuesday. Smriti Mandhana’s team won the match with 45 balls remaining. With this victory, Royal Challengers Bangalore has reached the first position in the points table of Women’s Premier League with 4 points.
Captain Smriti Mandhana batted brilliantly for Royal Challengers Bangalore Women team while chasing the target of 108 runs. Opener Mandhana scored 43 runs in just 27 balls, which included 8 fours and a six. That means out of Smriti Mandhana’s 43 runs, 38 runs came only from boundaries.
Rohit’s scolding paid off, the star batsman canceled his rest and entered the match, the other one will also return to the ground on March 2.
Captain Smriti Mandhana got good support from Sabneni Meghna at the other end. After the early dismissal of opener Sophie Devine (6), Meghna, who came at number three, scored 36 runs in 28 balls. Mandhana and Meghna made a partnership of 40 runs for the second wicket. After the second wicket fell at 72 runs, Smriti Mandhana and Ellyse Perry (23) took their team to the target. Royal Challengers Bangalore Women won this match in just 12.3 overs.
Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore Women captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and decided to field first. Medium pacer Renuka Singh proved the captain’s decision right by taking two wickets in quick succession for Gujarat Giants Women. Renuka Singh dismissed Gujarat Giants captain Beth Mooney (8) and P. Lichfield (5).
After Renuka Singh, Sophie Molyneux took charge. After getting Veda Krishnamurthy (9) caught by Wareham, he also got Harleen Deol (22) run out. With this, the score of Gujarat Giants became 50 runs for 4 wickets in 11 overs. D Hemlata somehow took Gujarat Giants Women beyond 100 runs by playing an inning of 31 runs in 25 balls. Sneh Rana also contributed 12 runs.
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Tags: Royal Challengers Bangalore, smriti mandhana, Women’s Premier League
FIRST PUBLISHED: February 27, 2024, 23:03 IST