Having featured in back-to-back video games on the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Indians could have only a day to mirror and reset earlier than turning up once more at this venue for the high-voltage Eliminator against Gujarat Giants on Thursday. It is a consequence of the host dropping to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by 11 runs within the final league sport of the Women’s Premier League right here on Tuesday.
With MI ending second, table-topper Delhi Capitals has entered its third successive final.
Responding to RCB’s 199 for three, constructed on noteworthy contributions by Smriti Mandhana (53, 37b, 6×4, 3×6) and Ellyse Perry (49 n.o., 38b, 5×4, 1×6), MI was rocked by Sneh Rana’s twin blows inside the primary six overs. The 2023 champion completed on 188 for 9.
Nat Sciver-Brunt’s knock of 69 saved the MI followers, surprisingly drowned out by chants pledging assist for RCB, until Perry struck within the fifteenth over. The medium-pacer had been muscled for a 4 and 6 by Sciver-Brunt off the earlier two balls, however she ultimately had the MI star miscuing a slower ball and providing a catch that the Australian accomplished herself.
When it was RCB’s flip to bat, S. Meghana helped the workforce collect a head of steam with a contribution of 26 in a gap stand of 41. Once she was dismissed, Mandhana and Perry let three overs go by quietly earlier than laying into Kerr with 22 runs off her opening six deliveries. That would come with two maximums by Mandhana — a slog-sweep in the direction of deep midwicket swiftly adopted by a free-flowing extension of the arms to ship a crazy leg-break exterior off-stump over long-off.
MI didn’t assist itself with some sloppy fielding. While Perry predictably made Harmanpreet Kaur & Co. pay for their laxity within the outfield, Georgia Wareham additionally blazed her manner to an unbeaten 31 off 10 deliveries proper on the finish.
The scores: RCB 199/3 in 20 overs (Mandhana 53, Perry 49 n.o., Richa Ghosh 36, Wareham 31 n.o., Hayley Matthews 2/37) bt MI 188/9 in 20 overs (Sciver-Brunt 69, Sneh Rana 3/26, Kim Garth 2/33, Perry 2/53).
Toss: MI.
Thursday’s Eliminator: Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Giants, 7:30 p.m.
Published – March 11, 2025 11:35 pm IST
