MATCH NO – 9th MATCH
SERIES – Women’s Premier Leagues – 2024
DATE – 02nd March, 2024
TIME – 07:30 PM IST
VENUE – M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
INTRODUCTION
Women’s Premier League is one of the most popular T20 leagues in Women’s cricket. This league started last year. In this league many big stars like Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet kaur, Harleen Deol, Shafali Varma, Meg Lanning, Alyssa Healy, Ellyse Perry, Sophia Devine, Sophie Ecceleston, Deepti Sharma, Shabnam Ismail, Annabeal Sutherland, Renuka Singh, Tahlia McGrath, etc play for many frenchies.
This t20 format started from 2023 by Board of Cricket Council of India (BCCI), This is an Indian professional t20 league and biggest T20 league in Women;s Cricket.
Women’s Premier League 2024 has started from 23th February.Ninth match of Women;s Premier League league will be played between Defending Champion Mumbai Indians & Royal Challengers Bangalore.
MATCH PREVIEW
The Ninth match played between Mumbai Indian Women(MIW) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. In this Season also Mumbai Indians team performed superb like previous seasons and won both matches against Delhi Capitals & Gujarat Giants but they lost third match against UP Warriorz.Whereas Royal Challenger Bangalore team performed superb and won 2 matches and third match going on against Delhi Capitals.
Last time when both teams Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore played between each other the Royal Challengers Bangalore team scored 125 runs and Mumbai Indians chased this total and won the match by 4 wickets.
Defending Champion Mumbai Indians is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players. They have proven themselves in the last season with won 6 matches and lost only 2 matches out of 8 matches and won the trophy also. This season this team also continue their dominance and won both matches against Delhi Capitals & Gujarat Giants but they lost third match by 7 wickets against UP Warriorz.They have talented & aggressive batsmen like, Yastika Bhatia, Harmanpreet Kaur.They have good all-rounders also like, Hayle Matthews, Nat-Sciver Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Pooja Vastrakar. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Shabnim Ismail, Issy Wong, Saika Ishaque adding depth and experience to their bowling line-up.
Royal Challengers Bangalore is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players. They had not proven themselves in the last season with won only 2 matches and lost 6 matches out of 8 matches and fourth position in point table.But this season this team start well and won the match by both matches against UP Warriorz & Gujarat Giants. They have talented & aggressive batsmen like,Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Sabbhineni Meghana.They have good all-rounders also like,Ellyse Perry, Sophie Devine, Sophie Molineux, Wareham, Shreyanka Patil. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Sobana Asha, Renuka Singh, Shreyanka Patil, Kate Cross adding depth and experience to their bowling line-up.
Both teams boast of strong batting & bowling attacks, so the battle between the batsmen and bowlers will be crucial in deciding the outcome of the match.
Considering the form and capabilities of both teams, this match has the potential to be a close contest. It will be interesting to see how the teams strategize and adapt to the conditions. Fans can again expect an exciting and competitive match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
PITCH REPORT
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium is a cricket stadium located in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. It is known for its lively pitches and high-scoring matches, particularly in limited-overs cricket, due to its true bounce and short boundaries.This Venue is the first time it will host the Women;s Premier league matches from this season.
Here’s a typical pitch report for M. Chinnaswamy Stadium:
- 1. Bounce and Carry: The pitches at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium often offer good bounce and carry for the bowlers, which makes it conducive to fast bowling. Seamers can extract movement off the surface, especially in the early stages of the match.
- 2. Batting-Friendly: Despite offering assistance to bowlers, the pitches in Bangalore are generally batting-friendly. Batsmen can play their shots freely and score runs quickly due to the true bounce and even pace of the wicket.
- 3. Short Boundaries: One notable characteristic of M. Chinnaswamy Stadium is its relatively short boundaries, especially square of the wicket. This makes it easier for batsmen to clear the ropes and score boundaries, leading to high-scoring contests.
- 4. Spinners’ Role: While seamers may enjoy some assistance, spinners also have a role to play, particularly as the match progresses. The pitch tends to slow down as the game goes on, allowing spinners to vary their pace and extract turns.
- 5. Weather Conditions: Weather conditions in Bangalore, such as humidity, can also influence the behaviour of the pitch. Generally, matches played under clear skies and dry conditions tend to favor batsmen more, while overcast conditions might assist the seam bowlers.
Overall, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium is known for producing entertaining and high-scoring matches, with something in it for both batsmen and bowlers. It’s a venue where fans can expect exciting cricketing action, particularly in limited-overs formats like T20 and One-Day Internationals.
GROUND STATS (WPL)
| TOTAL MATCH | 07 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 170+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 03 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 04 |
| NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 120 | 02 |
| BETWEEN 120 TO 139 | 01 |
| BETWEEN 140 TO 169 | 02 |
| ABOVE SCORE 170 | 02 |
BOWLERS STATS ON M. CHINNASWAMY STADIUM (WPL)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 07
PACER WICKETS – 44
SPINNER WICKETS – 42.
NOTE-:PITCH REPORT WILL BE UPDATED AFTER 7TH MATCH 8TH MATCH UPW VS GGW.
MIW TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Defending Champion Mumbai Indians team performed superb in the previous season. Continuing their dominance in this season also and won both matches but they lost the third match by 7 wickets.
- Last match played between Mumbai Indians & Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians team successfully chased125 runs and won the match by 4 wickets.
- Harmanpreet Kaur has scored 101 runs in 2 innings with a 101+average in this season of Women Premier League.
- Yastika Bhatia has scored 90 runs in 3 innings with a 30+average in this season of Women Premier League.
- Amelia Kerr has scored 78 runs in & taken 7 wickets in 3 innings in this season of Women Premier League.
- Nat Scover Brunt has scored 60 runs & taken 3 wickets in 3 innings in this season of Women Premier League.
- Hayle Matthews has scored 62 runs & taken 1 wicket in 3 innings in this season of Women Premier League.
- Shabnim Ismail has taken 4 wickets in 2 innings in this season of Women’s Premier League.
- In the last match against UP Warriorz, the Mumbai team failed to defend 163 runs and lost the match by 7 wickets in just 16 overs.
- Hayley Matthews scored 55 runs in the previous match against UP Warriorz.
- Nat-Sciver Brunt has scored 19 runs & Amelia Kerr scored 23 runs and taken 1 wicket in the previous match against UP Warriorz.
- Issy Wong took 2 wickets in the previous match against UP Warriorz.
- Shabnam Ismail & Harmanpreet Kaur may be back in the team for this match against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
- Both teams played 2 matches and Mumbai Indians team won both matches against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
SQUADS
Batting – Yastika Bhatia (wk), Priyanka Bala (wk).
Bowling – Shabnim Ismail, Issy Wong, Shaika Ishaque, Fatima Jaffer, Jintimani Kalita, S. Sajana, Keerthan Balakrishanan.
All Rounder – Hayle Matthews, Humaira Kazi, Harmanpreet Kau ©, Nat-Sciver Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, Chloe Tryon, Pooja Vastrakar, Amandeep kaur.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Yastika Bhatia (wk), Hayle Matthews, Nat-Sciver Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur ©, Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, S Sajana, Issy Wong/Shabnaim Ismail, Saika Ishaque.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Yastika Bhatia | 26r, 7r, 57r, 6r, 14r. |
| Hayle Matthews | 55+0W, 7+1W, 0+0W, 17+2W, 14+0W. |
| Nat-Sciver Brunt | 19+0W, 22+1W, 19+2W, 59+1W, 1W. |
| Harmanpreet Kaur | 46r, 55r, 3r, 6r, 3r. |
| Amelia Kerr | 23+1W, 31+4W, 24+2W, 35+0W, 48+2W. |
| Amanjot Kaur | 0r, 0r, 3r, 17+0W, 4+1W. |
| Pooja Vastrakar | 18+0W, 0W, 0W, 2W, 1W. |
| S Sajana | 0W, 0W, 0W. |
| Issy Wong | 2W, 0W, 0W, 0W, 0W. |
| Shabnaim Ismail | 3W, 1W, 1W, 2W, 1W. |
| Sathyamoorthy Keertan | 0W, 0W. |
| Saika ishaque | 0W, 0W, 0W, 0W, 3W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON M. CHINNASWAMY (WPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Yastika Bhatia | 3 INNINGS – 90 RUNS. |
| Hayle Matthews | 3 INNINGS – 62 RUNS – 1 WICKET. |
| Nat-Sciver Brunt | 3 INNINGS – 60 RUNS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Harmanpreet Kaur | 2 INNINGS – 101 RUNS. |
| Amelia Kerr | 3 INNINGS – 78 RUNS – 7 WICKETS. |
| Amanjot Kaur | 3 INNINGS – 3 RUNS. |
| Pooja Vastrakar | 3 INNINGS – 20 RUNS – 0 WICKET. |
| S Sajana | 1 INNING – 6 RUNS. |
| Issy Wong | 1 INNING – 2 WICKETS. |
| Shabnaim Ismail | 2 INNINGS – 4 WICKETS. |
| Sathyamoorthy Keertan | 2 INNINGS – 0 WICKET. |
| Saika ishaque | 3 INNINGS – 0 WICKET. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS RCBW (WPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS RCBW |
| Yastika Bhatia | 30r, 23r. |
| Hayle Matthews | 24+0W, 77+3W. |
| Nat-Sciver Brunt | 13+2W, 55+1W. |
| Harmanpreet Kaur | 2r. |
| Amelia Kerr | 31+3W, 2W. |
| Amanjot Kaur | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Pooja Vastrakar | 19r, 1W. |
| S Sajana | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Issy Wong | 2W, 0W. |
| Shabnaim Ismail | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Sathyamoorthy Keertan | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Saika ishaque | 1W, 2W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS RCBW (WPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS RCBW |
| Yastika Bhatia | 2 INNINGS – 53 RUNS. |
| Hayle Matthews | 2 INNINGS – 101 RUNS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Nat-Sciver Brunt | 2 INNINGS – 68 RUNS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Harmanpreet Kaur | 1 INNING – 2 RUNS. |
| Amelia Kerr | 2 INNINGS – 31 RUNS – 5 WICKETS. |
| Amanjot Kaur | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Pooja Vastrakar | 1 INNINGS – 19 RUNS – 0 WICKET. |
| S Sajana | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Issy Wong | 2 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Shabnaim Ismail | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Sathyamoorthy Keertan | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Saika ishaque | 2 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS. |
RCBW TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Royal Challengers Bangalore team started this season very well and won both matches against UP Warriorz & Gujarat Giants.
- Last match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore & Mumbai Indians, RCB team scored 125 runs and failed to defend it and lost the match by 4 wickets.
- Smriti Mandhan has scored 130 runs in 3 innings in this season of Women Premier League.
- Sabbhineni Meghana has scored 125 runs in 3 innings in this season of Women Premier League.
- Richa Ghosh has scored 81 runs in 2 innings in this season of Women Premier League.
- Sophie Molineux has taken 4 wickets in 3 innings in this season of Women’s Premier league.
- Asha Sobhana has taken 5 wickets in 3 innings in this season of Women’s Premier league.
- Georgia Wareham has taken 2 wickets in 3 innings in this season of Women’s Premier league.
- In the last match against Delhi Capitals RCB team failed to chase a massive score of 194 runs and lost the match by runs.
- Smriti Mandhana Scored 74 runs in the last match against Delhi Capitals
- Sophie Devine has scored 23 runs & also took 2 wickets in the last match against Delhi Capitals.
- Nadine de Klerk has taken 2 wickets & Shreyanka Patil taken 1 wicket in the previous match against Delhi Capitals.
- Both teams played 2 matches and Royal Challengers Bangalore team lost both matches against Mumbai Indians.
SQUADS
Batting – Disha Kasat, Smriti Mandhana ©, Shabbhineni Meghana, Richa Ghosh (wk), Indrani Roy (wk).
Bowling – Simran Bahadur, Ekta Bisht, Kate Cross, Renuka Singh, Shraddha Pokharkar, Sobhana Asha.
All Rounder – Ellyse Perry, Sophie Devine, Shubha Satheesh, Shreyanka Patil, Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Smriti Mandhana ©, Sophie Devine, Shabbhineni Meghana, Richa Ghosh(wk), Nadine de Klerk, Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham, Shreyanka Patil, Sobhana Asha, Simran Bahadur, Renuka Singh.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Smriti Mandhana | 74r, 43r, 13r, 29r, 23r. |
| Sophie Devine | 23+2W, 6r, 1+0W, 5+1W, 11+1W. |
| Shabbhineni Meghana | 36r, 36r, 53r, 31r, 16r. |
| Richa Ghosh | 19r, 62r, 34r, 23r, 19r. |
| Nadine de Klerk | 1+2W, 5+2W, 20+1W, 14+2W, 18+1W. |
| Sophie Molineux | 0W, 3W, 9+1W, 33+0W, 34+2W. |
| Georgia Wareham | 0W, 1W, 1W, 0W, 0W. |
| Shreyanka Patil | 1W, 0W, 8+0W, 0W, 1W. |
| Asha Sobhana | 0W, 0W, 5W, 1W, 0W. |
| Simran Bahadur | 0W, 0W, 0W, 2W, 2W. |
| Renuka Singh | 0W, 2W, 0W, 0W, 0W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON M. CHINNASWAMY (WPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Smriti Mandhana | 3 INNINGS – 130 RUNS. |
| Sophie Devine | 3 INNINGS – 30 RUNS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Shabbhineni Meghana | 3 INNINGS – 125 RUNS. |
| Richa Ghosh | 2 INNINGS – 81 RUNS. |
| Nadine de Klerk | 1 INNING – 1 RUN – 2 WICKETS. |
| Sophie Molineux | 3 INNINGS – 9 RUNS – 4 WICKET. |
| Georgia Wareham | 3 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Shreyanka Patil | 3 INNINGS – 1 WICKET. |
| Asha Sobhana | 3 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS. |
| Simran Bahadur | NOT BOWL YET. |
| Renuka Singh | 3 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS MIW (WPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS MIW |
| Smriti Mandhana | 24r, 23r. |
| Sophie Devine | 0r, 16+0W. |
| Shabbhineni Meghana | 16r, 2r. |
| Richa Ghosh | 29r, 28r. |
| Nadine de Klerk | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Sophie Molineux | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Georgia Wareham | 8+1W. |
| Shreyanka Patil | 4+1W, 23+0W. |
| Asha Sobhana | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Simran Bahadur | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Renuka Singh | 0W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS MIW (WPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS MIW |
| Smriti Mandhana | 2 INNINGS – 47 RUNS. |
| Sophie Devine | 2 INNINGS – 16 RUNS – 0 WICKET. |
| Shabbhineni Meghana | 2 INNINGS – 18 RUNS. |
| Richa Ghosh | 2 INNINGS – 57 RUNS. |
| Nadine de Klerk | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Sophie Molineux | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Georgia Wareham | 1 INNING – 8 RUNS – 1 WICKET. |
| Shreyanka Patil | 2 INNINGS – 27 RUNS – 1 WICKET. |
| Asha Sobhana | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Simran Bahadur | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Renuka Singh | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 02
- MIW WIN – 02
- RCBW WIN – 00
- NO RESULT – 00
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – R. Ghosh, Y. Bhatia.
BATSMEN – S. Mandhana, H. Kaur, S. Meghana.
ALL-ROUNDERS – H. Matthews, N. Sciver, A. Kerr, S. Devine, S. Molineux.
BOWLERS – S. Ismail/I. Wong.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – R. Ghosh, Y. Bhatia.
BATSMEN – S. Mandhana, H. Kaur/N dee Klerk, S. Meghana.
ALL-ROUNDERS – H. Matthews, N. Sciver, A. Kerr, S. Devine, S. Molineux, N de Klerk.
BOWLERS – I. Wong.
BACK-UPS – R. Singh, G. Wareham.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – A. Kerr, N. Sciver.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – H.Matthews, S. Molineux.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
MUMBAI INDIANS MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.