Smriti Mandhana-led Royal Challengers Bangalore ended their losing streak against Harmanpreet Kaur's Mumbai Indians with a dominant seven-wicket win in their last league stage game which also secured them a playoff qualification.
In-form Indian batter Jemimah Rodrigues smashed 58 off just 36 balls and English youngster Alice Capsey scored 48 to help Delhi Capitals post 181/5 batting first against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Arun Jaitley Stadium.
The caravan of Women's Premier League (WPL) now moves to Delhi with the remaining matches set to be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians will lock horns to kick off the Delhi leg of the tournament.
Smriti Mandhana and Ellyse Perry notched up a 95-run stand as they led RCB with the bat in a terrific win over UP Warriorz at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. RCB have returned to the winning ways and ended the Bengaluru leg of the tournament on a high note.
The women's domestic circuit in India witnesses white-ball tournaments in both the One-day and the T20 format but is devoid of a red-ball tournament. However, with India playing red-ball cricket internationally at regular intervals against top-notch sides, a red-ball tournament is needed.
Opener Shafali Verma smashed 50 off just 31 balls and in-form English all-rounder Alice Capsey added crucial 46 runs to help Delhi Capitals post 194 while batting first against Royal Challengers Bangalore at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Smriti Mandhana was playing her first game in the Women's Premier League as RCB captain at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium and the crowd did make her feel at home with a loud cheer during toss that she couldn't even hear herself. RCB won their opening game by two runs against UP Warriorz.
Opening batter Sabbhineni Meghana scored 53 off 44 balls and the youngster Richa Ghosh smashed 62 off just 37 balls to help Royal Challengers Bangalore post 157/6 against UP Warriorz in the second match of the WPL 2024.
The Australia-South Africa women's ODI series had a positive effect on the Indian vice-captain Smriti Mandhana as the left-handed opening batter rose a couple of places to No. 4 in ICC ODI rankings for women. Mandhana last played an ODI against Australia at the start of the year.
Young pacer from West Bengal Titas Sadhu bowled her best T20I spell by taking four wickets and then fifties from openers Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana proved enough to help India chase down 141 runs at Dr Dy Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai.
Smriti Mandhana was unwell and hence didn't feature in the first ODI against Australia at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday, December 28.
After winning the Test against England, the Indian women's cricket team continued their performance against Australia at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium as they had the visitors bowled out for 219 on Day 1 and then scored 98 runs for the loss of just one wicket. India will be keen to get a massive lead.
Young Indian spinners Shreyanka Patil and Saika Ishaque took three wickets each to bowl out England women on just 126 runs while bowling first. Smriti Mandhana ended her poor form with a brilliant knock to help India chase the target in 19 overs.
Charlie Dean, Lauren Bell and Sophie Ecclestone shone at Wankhede Stadium to bowl out India women on just 80 runs in 16.2 overs. Jemimah Rodrigues top-scored with 30 runs as India recorded their lowest-ever T20I total against England.
"The WPL was received well by the fans in the opening year, and it is the right time to take it to different cities. Bengaluru always has a good audience for women’s cricket, and it has now grown because of the RCB women’s team," a BCCI source said.
Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian women's cricket team will be hosting a strong English side in the first game of the three-match series at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday. England have won 7 of their 9 T20I games in India and are favourites going into the series opener.
After winning gold at the Asian Games in September, India Women led by Harmanpreet Kaur are finally taking the field starting with the three-match T20I series against England. The series opener is set to be played on December 6 (Wednesday) at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai.
The Indian women's cricket team will be finally in action after more than two months as the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side locks horns against England in a three-match T20I series at Wankhede Stadium. There are some new faces in the side and will be interesting to see how they come up in these matches.
Australian spin all-rounder smashed an unbeaten 136 runs off just 59 balls with the help of 12 fours and 11 sixes at a strike rate of 230.50 against Perth Scorchers to break Ashleigh Gardner and Smriti Mandhana's record for the highest score in the tournament history.
Asian Games 2023 Highlights: Team India continued their good run in the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou as the contingent clinched six medals on Day 2 on Monday, September 25 including two Gold - one in women's cricket and the other in men's 10m rifle shooting.
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