Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women Squad: Smriti Mandhana(c), Danielle Wyatt-Hodge, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh(w), Raghvi Bist, Kanika Ahuja, Georgia Wareham, Kim Garth, Ekta Bisht, Joshitha VJ, Renuka Singh Thakur, Sneh Rana, Sabbhineni Meghana, Nuzhat Parween, Heather Graham, Charlotte Dean, Jagravi Pawar, Prema Rawat
Mumbai Indians Women Squad: Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia(w), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Amelia Kerr, Sajeevan Sajana, G Kamalini, Amanjot Kaur, Sanskriti Gupta, Shabnim Ismail, Parunika Sisodia, Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Saika Ishaque, Jintimani Kalita, Amandeep Kaur, Akshita Maheshwari
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The Royal Challengers Bengaluru Vs Mumbai Indians, WPL 2025 Match 7 will get underway at 7:30 pm IST. The toss is scheduled for 7:00 pm.
Probable XI: Smriti Mandhana (c), Danielle Wyatt-Hodge, Ellyse Perry, Raghvi Bist, Richa Ghosh (wk), Kanika Ahuja, Georgia Wareham, Kim Garth, Ekta Bisht, Joshitha VJ, Renuka Thakur
Probable XI: Yastika Bhatia (wk), Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), G Kamalini, Amelia Kerr, Sajeevan Sajana, Amanjot Kaur, Sanskriti Gupta, Shabnim Ismail, Parunika Sisodia
Mumbai Indians' skipper Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and has inserted Royal Challengers Bengaluru to bat first at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana(c), Danielle Wyatt-Hodge, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh(w), Raghvi Bist, Kanika Ahuja, Georgia Wareham, Kim Garth, Ekta Bisht, Joshitha VJ, Renuka Singh Thakur
Mumbai Indians Women (Playing XI): Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia(w), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Amelia Kerr, Sajeevan Sajana, G Kamalini, Amanjot Kaur, Sanskriti Gupta, Shabnim Ismail, Parunika Sisodia
And we are underway at the M Chinnaswamy. Listen to the noise, unbelievable atmosphere. Shabnim Ismail is bowling some thunderbolts, but RCB are up for the challenge. Smriti Mandhana looks in good touch and is batting beautifully.
And that Mandhana party is over, and it was sensational while it lasted. It was a brilliant 26, timing the ball like a dream, but Shabnim Ismail has the last laugh. Ellyse Perry now joins Danni Wyatt-Hodge in the middle.
Mumbai have been brilliant in the last three overs and are back in the game. How the tide has turned in just three overs. Can RCB recover from three blows in the powerplay? They will have to bank on Perry and Ghosh to take them to a good total.
Mumbai continue to put pressure on RCB by consistently picking wickets. Royal Challengers Bengaluru are four down in their den at the Chinnaswamy and will need a big partnership to compensate for the wickets. Harmanpreet Kaur will be a happy skipper after the first nine overs.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru have started their rebuild with Ellyse Perry and Richa Ghosh taking the attack to the opposition. Concerning times for Harmanpreet Kaur and Mumbai Indians.
Mumbai fight back as Amanjot picks up Richa Ghosh. RCB are in trouble here. They have lost half of their side with five overs left. Perry and Wareham are out there in the middle and the hosts will hope to reach at least 170.
Ellyse Perry is an absolute star. The Australian superstar is single handedly taking RCB to a competitve total and the crowd at Chinnaswamy are absolutely buzzing. Scenes in Bengaluru!
An Ellyse Perry special takes RCB to 167/7 in 20 overs. Will that be enough at the M Chinnaswamy? Only time will tell. However, RCB will be disappointed with the team total after the electric start they got. Harmanpreet Kaur will be the happier of the two captains.
We are back underway with the chase and Mumbai Indians are off to a very good start with Yasthika Bhatia taking the attack to Renuka Singh. Renuka was a little wayward and pays the price.
Kim Garth removed Yasthika Bhatia but the Mumbai Indians have recovered quickly thanks to Nat Sciver-Brunt's attacking intent. On the other hand, Hayley Matthews has just managed to face three balls.
Kim Garth is back into the attack and has struck big for Royal Challengers Bengaluru!! The Chinnaswamy is absolutely buzzing as Mumbai Indians lose Nat Sciver-Brunt!
This game clearly hangs in the balance. It can swing anyone's way with Mumbai needing xx with four wickets in hand in nine overs. Smriti Mandhana has some headache but Harmanpreet's wicket will change the momentum. Can they get the crucial breakthrough?
And that's the strategic time-out. Amanjot and Harmanpreet have kept Mumbai Indians in the hunt and at a ground like M Chinnaswamy, 54 from the last six should be MI's game to lose. Can RCB bowl a rabbit out of the hat?
Harmanpreet Kaur is nailing this chase to perfection, and all the pressure is on Royal Challengers Bengaluru now with three overs to go. Deft touch, open the phase, gap finding, supreme batting! Mumbai Indians on top.
Georgia Wareham, you are a star!! Two wickets in the over and Royal Challengers Bengaluru are in front. Down to the wire. What a game to kick-off the Bengaluru leg!!
What a win!!! Kamilini the hero!! What a finish under pressure. Outstanding game all around. The chasing trend remains this season. There was not much dew as Amanjot held one end till the end to take her side home after Harmanpreet Kaur's fifty.
"Can't say one turning point but really proud of the way the girls fought back, we have 2 days and we will think about what went wrong. The first time we batted first in the tournament so we won't be really critical about things today. For us it is important to stay positive in the next two days."
"Ball was coming on pretty well, the outfield is definitely quicker and it had a little bit for the spinners as well. We started well in the powerplay and they started well in the powerplay, but after Hayley got out we thought we had a chance and made it tough in the middle overs and we always felt that we were in the game."
"We wanted to play good cricket and we knew that crowd is going to play a big role, so we wanted to stay together. We wanted to chase becuase of the dew. They all know their roles very well and they know when they are going to bowl depending on the match-ups."
"I just told her (Amanjot) that that was the last over (18th over) for the main bowler and there are no experienced bowlers after that. I knew she is a good player, but does not have that much experience in these situations, so credit to her."
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