Royal Challengers Bangalore chose to bat vs Mumbai Indians
Royal Challengers Bangalore elected to bat in the eliminator of the 2024 WPL, against Mumbai Indians in Delhi.
RCB captain Smriti Mandhana wanted runs on board upfront since it “might start keeping low in the second innings.” They remain unchanged from the XI that played their last group game against Mumbai a couple of days back.
“We had nice runs on the board in the powerplay,” Harmanpreet spoke of their last outing against RCB that Mumbai lost by seven wickets. “But we didn’t continue after that. Our batting was good in patches. We have learned a lot from the previous game and hope we can do well.
The game will be played on pitch No. 3. The square boundaries measured 63m and 46m, and the fine-leg boundary was 50m.
All matches between these two sides in WPL have been won by the team that has chased. But in Delhi, teams batting first have won six of the nine times prior to this game.
Mumbai Indians: 1 Hayley Matthews, 2 Yastika Bhatia (wk), 3 Nat Sciver-Brunt, 4 Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), 5 Amelia Kerr, 6 Amanjot Kaur, 7 Pooja Vastrakar, 8 S Sajana, 9 Humaira Kazi, 10 Shabnim Ismail, 11 Saika Ishaque
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 1 Smriti Mandhana (capt), 2 Sophie Molineux, 3 Ellyse Perry, 4 Sophie Devine, 5 Richa Ghosh (wk), 6 Georgia Wareham, 7 Disha Kasat, 8 Shreyanka Patil, 9 Asha Sobhana, 10 Shradda Pokharkar, 11 Renuka Singh
Srinidhi Ramanujam is a sub-editor with ESPNcricinfo
Source: ESPN Crickinfo