Womens Premier League 2024 (Feb 23- March 17)

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Gujarat post 126 and that feels heavily underpar here against top of table Delhi.

 

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There is a gap between these 2 sides and its showing fairly significantly.

 

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Mooneys decision to bat first in a game where it rained pre-game, was a bit unusual I thought.

 

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Delhi beat Gujarat by 7 wickets in the last regular season of the game.

Final standings:

 

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The Eliminator:

Mumbai Indians Women (Playing XI): Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia(w), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, S Sajana, Humaira Kazi, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana(c), Sophie Molineux, Ellyse Perry, Sophie Devine, Richa Ghosh(w), Georgia Wareham, Disha Kasat, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Shraddha Pokharkar, Renuka Thakur Singh



Royal Challengers Bangalore Women have won the toss and have opted to bat

 

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Bit of a strange decision since RCB bowled Mumbai out cheaply in their last game. (penultimate game of the tournament)

 

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RCB losing 3 wickets inside the first 4 overs.

 

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Wareham hits a 6 off the last ball of the innings and RCB post 135 in the Eliminator

 

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Wareham with a beauty to send Sciver-Brunt back and the game now is delicately poised

 

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Mumbai need 43 off 30 with 7 in hand.

Kerr and Kaur are still there . Finals pressure can do funny things.

 

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Mumbai are crumbling in front of our very own eyes!

 

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Equation now is Mumbai need 13 off 7 balls with 5 in hand.

Kerr is still there and RCB look the more happier side right now.

 

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Vastrakar can whack them , she is coming in at 7.

 

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Mumbai need 12 runs off the last over to beat RCB

11 for a super over.

 

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What a Friday night humdinger of cricket we have here. From Dandedong to Delaware to Detroit to Delhi , its all eyes here now.

 

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Kerr has to think at least 2 big hits from these last 5 balls.

 

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Can Mumbai clear the gates in these last 4 balls?

 

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RCB need 8 off 2 balls, with Vastrakar stumped. Oh boy, what a game of cricket this has been. RCB were totally in the doldrums with Kaur and Kerr there.

But they have had this inner belief this whole tournament.

 

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If Mumbai lose this they will be thinking 'this is the one that got away'.

 

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And there we have it folks, the Grand Final on Sunday will be between Bangalore and Delhi.


Mumbai bottled that chase. No other words to describe . And the bench reaction , shows their players in shock.

 

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Its the Grand Final:

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana(c), Sophie Devine, Sabbhineni Meghana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh(w), Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Shraddha Pokharkar, Renuka Thakur Singh

Delhi Capitals Women (Playing XI): Meg Lanning(c), Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Taniya Bhatia(w), Shikha Pandey, Minnu Mani

Delhi Capitals Women have won the toss and have opted to bat

 

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Shafali seeing them like a balloon.

 

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Molineux with 2 wickets in the same over and its game on again.

 

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3 wickets in 4 balls from Molineux. Shafali, Jemimah and Capsey all big names who have to go back to the shed.

 

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Dont bother appealing that Meg, that looked more plum than a postage stamp being stuck on an envelope with a hammer.