Mumbai Indians vs RCB: Mumbai Indians defeated RCB by four wickets. With this, RCB’s victory streak in the last two matches in the Women’s Premier League 2025 came to a halt and RCB could not score a hat-trick of wins. Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet (Harmanpreet ) Kaur won the toss and decided to bowl first. After this, RCB team batted first and scored a respectable score of 167 runs. But thanks to Harmanpreet Kaur, Nat Sevier Brunt and Amanjot Kaur, Mumbai easily chased the target.
Harmanpreet Kaur hit a half-century
Mumbai Indians did not have a good start. When Yastik Bhatia and Hayley Matthews could not show anything special. After this, Nat Sevier Brunt and Harmanpreet Kaur took the responsibility of scoring runs. Brunt scored 42 runs and captain Harmanpreet played a brilliant innings of 50 runs. Both shared a 57-run partnership for the second wicket. In the end, Amanjot Kaur scored crucial 34 runs. Harmanpreet and Amanjot shared a 62-run partnership for the fifth wicket. It was because of these players that Mumbai’s team was able to win the match.
Mandhana had an aggressive start
RCB did not have a good start and at one point its score was 57 runs for four wickets. After this, Ellyse Perry took the team to a good score by scoring 81 runs in just 43 balls with the help of 11 fours and two sixes. Richa Ghosh (28 off 25 balls) and captain Smriti Mandhana (26 off 13 balls) also made useful contributions from RCB’s side. Mandhana, who is in great form, started aggressively and hit four fours and a six in her innings. However, she could not stretch her innings long and as soon as she was out, RCB’s top order faltered. Medium fast bowler Amanjot was Mumbai’s most successful bowler. She took three wickets for 22 runs.
RCB team is at number one
In the points table of WPL 2025, RCB team has played three matches and has four points. Its net run rate is plus 0.835 and it occupies the first position. On the other hand, Mumbai Indians is at number two. Although it also has four points, but its net run rate is less than RCB. Mumbai’s net run rate is plus 0.610.