WPL 2024; RCB vs UPW, 2nd Match: RCB won the second match of Women’s Premier League by two runs, Sobhana Asha became the call for UP Warriors.
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WPL 2024, RCB vs UPW, 2nd Match: Today the second match of the Women’s Premier League is being played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and UP Warriors. This match is being held at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. UP Warriors won the toss and decided to bowl first. There will be a tremendous competition in this match between the two teams. RCB would like to make a big score against UP Warriors on their home ground. Both the teams had faced each other twice in the previous edition of the league. In the first match, the UP team had given a crushing defeat to Smriti Mandhana’s team. At the same time, for the second time, RCB took revenge from UP and gave them a huge blow. Today once again both the teams will compete against each other to register victory.
The 2023 season was very bad for RCB. The team stood fourth among five teams. Under Mandhana’s leadership, Bangalore had won only two out of eight matches. Last season, RCB had lost its first five consecutive matches. Last season was bad for captain Mandhana also. She could score only 149 runs at an average of 18.62. His best score was 37 runs.
Whereas, if we talk about UP Warriors, the last season was a mixed bag for them. The team stood third in the points table after the group stage. They won four out of eight matches and lost the same number of matches. Under the captaincy of Healy, the UP team reached the eliminator, where they were defeated by Mumbai Indians by 72 runs. Tahila McGrath was the highest scorer for the team. He had scored 302 runs in eight innings. These include four half-centuries. At the same time, Grace Harris showed amazing performance with both ball and bat. Sophie Ecclestone took 16 wickets in bowling.
RCB won by two runs
In the second match of the Women’s Premier League, RCB defeated UP Warriors by two runs. Sobhana proved to be a ray of hope for Alyssa Healy’s team. He took five wickets in this match. With this she became the first Indian bowler to take a five-wicket haul in the second season of WPL. Chasing the target of 158 runs, the UP team could score 155 runs after losing seven wickets in 20 overs.
Playing 11 of both the teams:-
UP Warriors: Alyssa Healy (wk/captain), Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia McGrath, Deepti Sharma, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Kiran Navgire, Vrinda Dinesh, Poonam Khemnar, Shweta Sehrawat, Grace Harris, Saima Thakur
Royal Challengers Bangalore : Smriti Mandhana (captain), Sophie Devine, Sabbineni Meghna, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh (w), Sophie Molyneux, Georgia Wareham, Shreyanka Patil, Simran Bahadur, Shobhana Asha, Renuka Thakur Singh.
RCB 157/6 (20) Royal Challengers Bangalore Women won by 2 runs
UPW 155/7 (20)
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