| Royal Challengers Bangalore 135-6 (20 overs): Perry 66 (50); Sciver-Brunt 2-18 |
| Mumbai Indians 130-6 (20 overs): Harmanpreet 33 (30); Patil 2-16 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore win by 5 runs |
| Scorecard. |
Royal Challengers Bangalore reached the Girls’s Premier League ultimate with an exhilarating five-run win over defending champions Mumbai Indians in Delhi.
Mumbai have been cruising at 120-3 in pursuit of a 136 goal earlier than shedding three wickets for 10 runs.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur fell for 33 to spark the collapse, whereas leg-spinner Sobhana Asha efficiently defended 12 from the final over.
RCB will face Delhi Capitals in Sunday’s ultimate on the similar venue.
Mumbai have been in management for many of the match, decreasing RCB to 23-3 after they selected to bat first.
However Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry’s 66 from 50 balls led RCB’s restoration to publish 135-6, with worldwide team-mate Georgia Wareham’s last-ball six offering some late momentum and an important contribution given the eventual margin of victory.
It nonetheless seemed a below-par whole after Mumbai’s spectacular all-round bowling effort, with two wickets apiece for England’s Nat Sciver-Brunt, West Indies’ Hayley Matthews and India spinner Saika Ishaque.
Sciver-Brunt made 23 from 17 balls with the bat as Mumbai calmly chipped away at their goal however RCB’s bowlers fought nicely, making certain the run-rate remained below management all through.
Spinner Shreyanka Patil, 21, claimed the large wicket of Harmanpreet on the finish of the seventeenth over as she completed with figures of 2-16. Sophie Molineux then dismissed Sajeevan Sajana for one and Asha eliminated Pooja Vastrakar to all-but seal the victory.
New Zealand all-rounder Amelia Kerr completed unbeaten on 27, needing to hit a six from the final ball to take the sport to an excellent over just for Asha to carry her nerve.
Delhi Capitals progressed straight to the ultimate after ending prime of the group, which additionally they achieved in 2023, whereas will probably be RCB’s first showpiece after failing to achieve final yr’s knockouts.
Commentary of Sunday’s ultimate will probably be obtainable on the BBC Sport web site and app from 13:55 BST.
‘It feels unreal’ – response
Participant of the match Ellyse Perry on Sky Sports activities: “I am ecstatic to achieve the ultimate. It is at all times superb to win an in depth recreation like that and the way in which the spinners closed out the sport was improbable. The previous few matches have been good for me nevertheless it was a workforce effort in opposition to a really, superb workforce. Now we have come a great distance from final yr and we’re loving one another’s firm and protecting it easy on the sector.”
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Smriti Mandhana on Sky Sports activities: “It hasn’t sunk in but. We felt we have been 20 runs brief however I’m so pleased with the bowling and fielding effort. It feels unreal to achieve our first ultimate. At 23-3 I used to be pondering, what have we achieved? However cricket has taught me to at all times preserve going and also you by no means know what might occur.”
Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Sky Sports activities: “We bowled very well and we have been comfortable to maintain them to 140. We had 13 balls to attain 16 and we could not get the boundaries we wanted. Now we have to continue to learn below these strain moments.”