Bengaluru
The team of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), excited by the consecutive victory in the match, will want to hold a hat -trick of victory in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) by continuing the victory campaign against Mumbai Indians at their home ground here on Friday. RCB has performed brilliantly in the tournament so far. He had achieved a target of more than 200 runs against Gujarat joints in the first match and after that also defeated Delhi Capitals easily.
Smriti Mandhana -led team has four points and holds the top in the points table. No other team has won all their matches in the tournament yet. The RCB team is sure to get immense support from the audience at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. In this match, everyone’s eyes will remain on Mandhana, who played a stormy innings of 81 runs off 47 balls in the last match against Delhi.
Mandhana, the vice-captain of the Indian team, is currently in excellent form and Mumbai bowlers will have to make extra efforts to curb them. Apart from Mandhana from RCB, Elis Perry, Raghavi Bisht, Richa Ghosh and Yuva Kanika Ahuja have also performed well. However, RCB will be a bit worried about its bowling department as his bowlers have not yet done the expected performance.
The Mumbai team is very strong and it will not be easy to defeat it. In the last match against Delhi Capitals, Nate Cyrie-Brant batting (80 runs in 59 balls) and their 73-run partnership with Harmanpreet, the team lost and now Harmanpreet Kaur-led team had a strong comeback Will be committed to.
The team is as follows:
Mumbai Indians: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Yastika Bhatia (wicketkeeper), Nadin D Clarke, Sanskriti, Sika Ishaq, Shabnim Ismail, Jistimani Kalita, G. Kamalini, Amandeep Kaur, Amanjot Kaur, Satyamurthy Kirtan, Ameliya Keer, Akshitha Maheshwari, Hele Mathews, Sajan Sajna, Nat Cyver-Brant, Parunika Sisodia, Chlo Triton.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Smriti Mandhana (Captain), Kanika Ahuja, Ekta Bisht, Charlie Dean, Kim Garth, Richa Ghosh, Heather Graham, VJ Joshita, Sabbineni Meghna, Nuzhat Parveen, Jagravi Pawar, Alisse Perry, Raghavi Bist, Sneh Rana, Prema Rawat, Renuka Singh , Georgia Wareham, Danny Wyt-Hodes.