bowls it full and wide across the batter from around the stumps, Shreyanka has backed away too much to the leg side so can't reach this, through to the keeper. Gujarat Giants get off the mark, RCB firmly rooted to the bottom now with three losses.
GG Women vs RCB Women, 6th Match at Mumbai, WPL, Mar 08 2023 - Match Result
That's it from us today. Hope you all enjoyed our coverage. This is Srinidhi Ramanujam signing off on behalf of Shashank Kishore and our scorer K Vairavan. Take care and good night.
Dunkley, the Player of the match: "It was a bit touch and go at one point. Really proud of the girls out there for the win. I tried to hit the ball hard and hoped for the best. [On not playing the first game], didn't really mind. I'd love to play whenever given the chance. We thought 200 might just be enough on that wicket. A really close finish and happy with the win."
Rana, the Giants captain: "Feeling amazing. Great effort by girls feels proud, It will be fine. Defending here in CCI is never easy, I know it was a tough game, a high scoring game. We lived up to the game. [On giving Sutherland the death overs] We thought of giving her a few overs because she bowls good wide yorkers. I think we are a balanced team, we have good batters and we have a good combination of players. It's something we were looking for from the first win and now we have got it [the win]."
Deol: "Feels good to win. Wicket was good, batting was planned according to that. Backed my strengths and played. She [Rana] is a fighter, and will manage to get back on the field somehow. There was some bleeding in her fingers but she will be fine."
Mandhana, the RCB captain: "I think I'd say even in our bowling, we gave away 10-15 runs more than what we expected to. There were two three overs where we conceded a lot, and not 6-7 runs. We would have gotten better [with the target] otherwise. It's a good outfield, one end is really short, that did play with few of our bowlers' in mind, we are trying to work on it.
"A few positives. Shreyanka, the way she bowled and batted, she is a tough girl. And also Kanika's performance, they both have been good from the domestic circuit. "
11pm Relief for Giants. More misery for RCB. Where do they go from here? The bowling hasn't come to the party. There has been immense pressure on the batting unit as a result. Tonight, they made a good fist of it courtesy Sophie Devine and Heather Knight, but left themselves a little too much towards the back end. Having posted their first win, the Giants will hope Sneh Rana is fit and fine. She hurt her already bruised finger while bowling and can ill-afford another injury.
flicked into the gap at deep square again. Picked the bones out of it. This is short again, Shreyanka walks across to line herself up and pulls this imperiously when the ball arrives
down on one knee and wallops this short delivery to deep backward square leg. Massive six. Shreyanka in firm control as she walked across to get underneath the length. That confidence, just wow. Why didn't she come in a lot earlier, ahead of Kanika?
whips this full toss to deep square
RCB need four sixes to win
drilled down the ground, excellent effort by Sneh Rana to stop that at mid-off. Puts the body on the line to save runs for the team.
Shreyanka
paddled to short fine where Rana takes an excellent catch back-pedalling. Khemnar was looking to walk across and ramp but decided to abort it a tad late. By then the ball had already lobbed off the face of the bat. Don't think she was giving herself the best option in the first place.
How costly would RCB's decision to take a single off the last ball of the 18th prove to be? RCB needed Knight on strike. This is where game awareness is key. Kanika needed to stay away from taking a single. She didn't.
that is belted out of the ground at long-on. This was right in her slot and she swung that away for a maximum.
swept to deep square, singles won't do
squeezed to long-off
hit down to long-on
beaten as she tries to sweep this full delivery on off
perhaps the decision to take a single off that last ball was costly. Kanika had to chance her arm with every ball, steps out to slap that over cover but misses and sees Verma pull off a simple stumping.
RCB need 33 off 12
hit back down the ground for a single
walks across and wallops this sweep behind square. Picked it on the full and put that away effortlessly.
beaten as she attempts to back away and heave
attempts a reverse sweep, gets some glove on it, rolls to the off side and they'll take a run
full toss, swung away to deep square. How high was that? Not signalled a no-ball, so RCB are reviewing it for a waist-high no-ball. If it is a no-ball, RCB will have a free-hit. The side-on replays confirm this was well over the waist. The RCB chants in the crowd start seeing the replays, but the third umpire wants a look at ball tracking to reconfirm. Third umpire says it's a fair delivery as tracking said it was dipping. The third umpire also reasoned that if she was in her normal stance, it wouldn't have been over the waist.
walloped inside out and beats the infield to the wide long-off fence. Kanika with a brave shot that pays off
carnage! Knight's single-handedly keeping RCB hopes alive. This is a full toss angled into the pads and she flicks it superbly into the gap at square leg. That is a big over, RCB will need two more of those.
oh dear, looks like it slipped out of her hand and onto the strip next door.
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Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | |
Toss | Gujarat Giants Women, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2022/23 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-20.50 |
Match days | 8 March 2023 - night (20-over match) |
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Match Referee | |
Points | Gujarat Giants Women 2, Royal Challengers Bangalore Women 0 |