Royal Challengers Bangalore have made it to the final of the Women's Premier League Season 2.
The team led by Smriti Mandhana defeated last year's champions Mumbai Indians by 5 runs. It's the first time Bangalore's team has reached the final of this tournament, where they will face Delhi Capitals on March 17.
In the final match played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Friday, Bangalore, after winning the toss, scored 135 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs while batting first. In response, Mumbai's team could only manage to score 130 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs.
Bangalore lost 2 wickets for 20 runs, Perry scored a fifty
Bangalore's team had a poor start when they came out to bat first. The team lost two wickets for 20 runs. Opener Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Devine scored 10-10 runs each before returning to the pavilion. In such a situation,
Alice Perry played a half-century innings of 66 runs, taking the team to a respectable score. Richa Ghosh scored 14 runs. The remaining batsmen couldn't perform well. Heli Mathews, Natalie Sciver-Brant, and Saika Ishak took 2 wickets each for Mumbai.
Mumbai's top order failed, captain couldn't play a big innings
Mumbai Indians' top order failed to chase the target of 136 runs. The team lost the first wicket for 27 runs.
Yastika Bhatia scored 19 and Heli Mathews scored 15 runs before getting out. In the middle order, Natalie Sciver-Brant scored 23, captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored 33, and Amelia Kerr remained unbeaten with 27 runs. These three couldn't play big innings. Shreyanka Patil took two wickets for Bangalore.
Mumbai's captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored 33 runs and got out.
Finally, both teams had their full squad.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Smriti Mandhana (captain), Ayesha Shobhana, Disha Kasat, Alice Perry, Nadine de Klerk, Indrani Roy, Shraddha Prabhakar, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyaka Patil, Sophie Devine, Georgia Wareham, Ekta Bisht, Kate Cross, Shubha Sathish, S Meghana, Simran Bahadur, and Sophie Molineux.