Mumbai Indians cruised to their second consecutive win within the Women’s Premier League on Monday with a complete nine-wicket victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), who succumbed to their second defeat in as many days. Chasing 156, an all-round present from Hayley Matthews helped Mumbai Indians to consolidate their place on the high of the WPL factors desk. The West Indian picked up three wickets and accomplished a fantastic all-round present by scoring a 38-ball 77. Mumbai Indians, who received the primary recreation by 143 runs in opposition to Gujarat Giants, now have 4 factors from two matches with a internet run fee (NRR) of 5.185.

Matthews but once more solid a defining partnership with England’s Nat Sciver-Brunt, with the 2 right-handed batters hammering the RCB bowlers everywhere in the park to placed on an unbeaten 114-run stand for the second wicket.

If Matthews produced an all-round present to assist Mumbai Indians to their second win, the uncapped Saika Ishaque additionally impressed as soon as once more, grabbing two wickets and taking her tally within the event to 6.

Nat Sciver-Brunt, who could not get a very good begin within the opening recreation, made up for the frustration on Monday by cracking an unbeaten 55 off 29 balls, studded with 10 fours and a six.

‘Player of the Match’ Matthews appeared to have picked up from the place she had left off on the DY Patil Stadium the opposite night time, enjoying her strokes with energy, precision and command.

Matthews hammered 13 boundaries and a six in her 38-ball unbeaten 77, which got here after she had returned very good bowling figures of 4-0-28-3.

She accounted for RCB skipper Smriti Mandhana, Heather Knight and Richa Ghosh.

Matthews may need taken her fourth wicket in her closing over however Renuka Thakur thwacked the ball actual laborious for the bowler too take the return catch.

The solely breakthrough for RCB got here within the fifth over when Preeti Bose trapped Yastika Bhatia in entrance of the wickets for a well-made 23 off 19 balls.

The Mumbai wicketkeeper-batter, who seemed out of types within the first match, broke the shackles with an unconventional shot that bought her the primary 4 of the innings, and she or he did nicely to assist forge a 45-run first-wicket stand.

Sciver-Brunt took a liking for Shreyanka Patil within the eighth over, clobbering three boundaries to place Mumbai Indians in virtually a run-a-ball state of affairs from thereon. Sciver-Brunt and Matthews took on Patil as soon as once more, this time within the thirteenth over, with three fours and a six getting them 20 runs.

Earlier, RCB fought again with helpful contributions from their decrease order as they recovered from a batting collapse to succeed in 155 in 18.4 overs.

After a vivid begin offered by captain Smriti Mandhana (23 off 17 balls, 5 fours), RCB misplaced 4 wickets in eight balls to slide from 39/0 to 43/4 between the fourth and the fifth over.

The injury was attributable to Saika Ishaque and Hayley Matthews, who together with New Zealand’s Amelia Kerr shared seven wickets between them.

But credit score to RCB batters — Richa Ghosh (28), Kanika Ahuja (22), debutant Shreyanka Patil (23) and Megan Schutt (20) — who not solely bought some much-needed runs but additionally took the workforce’s complete past 150, which seemed troublesome at one stage.

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