Amanjot, Kamalini seal thriller for MI after Harmanpreet fifty
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South Africa won by 107 runs
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Match drawn (Kerala won on 1st innings)
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Vidarbha won by 80 runs
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U.S.A. won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
MI Women won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
Perry’s 81 and Wareham’s three wickets weren’t enough for RCB
Amanjot Kaur embraces G Kamalini after Mumbai Indians clinched a last-over thriller • BCCI
Mumbai Indians 170 for 6 (Harmanpreet 50, Sciver-Brunt 42, Wareham 3-21) beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru 167 for 7 (Perry 81, Ghosh 28, Amanjot 3-22) by four wickets
Win the toss, field first, win the match. This has been the story of all seven games in WPL 2025 so far. Mumbai Indians (MI) were the latest benefactors of winning the toss as they beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by four wickets in the first game of the Bengaluru leg.
Bowling first, MI restricted RCB to 167 for 7 despite a pristine 81 off 43 balls by Ellyse Perry. Then they had the joint-best powerplay of the season, cruising to 66 for 2. Harmanpreet Kaur’s half-century kept MI in a comfortable position until Georgia Wareham dismissed her and S Sajana off successive balls in the 18th over. Amanjot Kaur took over from there and, with 22 needed from 12 balls, hit Kanika Ahuja for two sixes. That brought it down to run-a-ball in the final over. Still, it came down to two needed from two balls before G Kamalini smashed Ekta Bisht through covers to seal the game.
Mandhana vs Ismail – a short story
Shabnim Ismail is the fastest bowler in women’s cricket and it showed immediately. Opening the bowling for MI, Ismail hurried Smriti Mandhana with a bouncer, the RCB captain’s mistimed pull falling short of mid-on. However, Mandhana took just one delivery to adjust to the pace and the bounce of the pitch. Two balls later, when Ismail hurled another short ball, Mandhana quickly got into the position and pulled it over square leg for four.
It made Ismail switch to around the wicket. For the last ball of the over, she went short again, this time trying to cramp the batter. Mandhana unfurled another four with a pull.
Nat Sciver-Brunt, who opened the bowling from the other end, does not have Ismail’s pace. That allowed Mandhana to use her feet and launch a straight six.
In her next over, Ismail erred in her line, and Mandhana duly cut her to the point boundary twice in three balls. But Ismail had the last laugh. She went short again, angling the ball on this occasion. Mandhana must have been feeling invincible by then. She attempted another pull. But this one took the top edge and Yastika Bhatia settled under it behind the stumps.
Quick wickets leave RCB in trouble
Perry opened her account with a first-ball four, flicking a full delivery from Ismail over square leg. In the next over, she freed her arms and hit Sciver-Brunt over long-on. But MI pulled things back with three quick wickets. Danni Wyatt-Hodge miscued an upper cut against Sciver-Brunt to short third; Raghvi Bist hit Hayley Matthews into the hands of deep midwicket; and Kanika Ahuja chopped Sanskriti Gupta onto her stumps. After nine overs, RCB were 62 for 4.
Perry pristine
RCB did not hit a single boundary from overs six to nine. Perry ended the drought in the tenth when she dispatched Matthews for four. She found support from Richa Ghosh, who smashed a six in the same over. The pair combined to pocket five more fours in the next three overs. By the time Amanjot bowled Ghosh for 28 off 25, the partnership had reached 50 in 38 deliveries.
From there on, Perry carried RCB almost singlehandedly. She hit Amelia Kerr inside out over extra cover to bring her fifty off 30 balls. Two balls later, she jumped out of her crease to deposit Kerr over long-on. In the next over, Matthews paid the price for bowling too short as Perry picked up two more fours. Perry eventually fell to Amanjot on the penultimate ball of the innings but not before hitting the bowler for back-to-back fours.
Matthews, Sciver-Brunt give MI flying start
MI started their chase in an attacking manner, with Bhatia hitting Renuka Singh for two fours in the opening over. Even though Kim Garth trapped Bhatia for 8, there was no respite for RCB. Sciver-Brunt hit two fours off the first two balls she faced to keep the runs flowing. She took it a notch higher in Garth’s next over with three fours.
Matthews joined with back-to-back fours off Wareham. Ekta Bisht, who came in for the sixth over was not spared either. Sciver-Brunt started with a hat-trick of fours and Matthews chipped in with one. The only solace for Bisht was that she had Matthews lbw with her last ball.
Harmanpreet takes over
Garth provided RCB with some relief when she castled Sciver-Brunt for 42 off 21 balls in the eighth over. Two overs later, Wareham bowled a maiden in which she also had Kerr slicing to backward point.
Harmanpreet had had a slow start and was on 10 off ten balls after the tenth over. But she put the chase back on track with two fours off VJ Joshitha. MI needed 54 in the last six overs but Harmanpreet was well set by then. She hit Ahuja for successive fours, slog-swept Bisht into the stands, and picked up two more fours of Renuka to make MI firm favourites.
Wareham’s twin strikes, Amanjot’s twin sixes
With 24 required from three overs and Harmanpreet batting on 50 off 36, the match looked all but lost for RCB. But in an attempt to cut Wareham, Harmanpreet edged the ball to Ghosh. Sajana lasted just one ball, Wareham’s slider trapping her lbw. Moreover, MI could score only two off the Wareham over.
Full report to follow
Hemant Brar is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo
Over 20 • MI-W 170/6
Perry’s 81 and Wareham’s three wickets weren’t enough for RCB
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Mandhana vs Ismail – a short story
Quick wickets leave RCB in trouble
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Matthews, Sciver-Brunt give MI flying start
Harmanpreet takes over
Wareham’s twin strikes, Amanjot’s twin sixes
Amanjot, Kamalini seal thriller for MI after Harmanpreet fifty
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Women’s Premier League
| Player Name | R | B | |
|---|---|---|---|
| lbw | 8 | 8 | |
| lbw | 15 | 10 | |
| bowled | 42 | 21 | |
| caught | 50 | 38 | |
| caught | 2 | 6 | |
| not out | 34 | 27 | |
| lbw | 0 | 1 | |
| not out | 11 | 8 | |
| Extras | (w 8) | ||
| Total | 170(6 wkts; 19.5 ovs) | ||
| Player Name | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 8.75 | |
| 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 7.5 | |
| 4 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 5.25 | |
| 3.5 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 9.65 | |
| 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 9.5 | |
| 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 14 |
| Wkt | Runs | Players | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 9 | Hayley Matthews | Yastika Bhatia |
| 2nd | 57 | Hayley Matthews | Nat Sciver-Brunt |
| 3rd | 8 | Harmanpreet Kaur | Nat Sciver-Brunt |
| 4th | 8 | Harmanpreet Kaur | Amelia Kerr |
| 5th | 62 | Harmanpreet Kaur | Amanjot Kaur |
| 6th | 0 | Sajeevan Sajana | Amanjot Kaur |
| 7th | 26 | Amanjot Kaur | G Kamalini |
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCB-W | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.835 |
| MI-W | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.610 |
| DC-W | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.544 |
| GG-W | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.525 |
| UPW-W | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.495 |
Sciver-Brunt’s Mumbai end RCB’s winning start to WPL
Nat Sciver-Brunt’s Mumbai Indians claimed thrilling a four-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru to end the defending champions’ perfect start to the WPL.
The England all-rounder made a superb 42 from 21 balls as Mumbai chased down RCB’s 167-7 with a ball to spare.
Ellyse Perry had led the way for RCB with a brilliant 81 from 43 balls, while Amanjot Kaur was the pick of the Mumbai bowlers with 3-22.
Despite Sciver-Brunt’s quickfire knock, Mumbai found themselves in trouble at 82-4 in the chase before a 60-run partnership between Amanjot and captain Harmanpreet Kaur swung the game back in their favour.
Harmanpreet made it to her half-century but just when Mumbai appeared to have the game won, Australia leg-spinner Georgia Wareham dismissed the India star and then had Sajeevan Sajana lbw next ball to put it back in the balance.
However, with Mumbai needing 22 from the last two overs, Amanjot smashed two sixes in the 19th to take it down to six from six balls.
It went to the fifth ball of the final over but 16-year-old G Kamalini found the boundary to secure Mumbai a win that moves them level on points with leaders RCB after three games.
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