RCB Vs UPW WPL 2024 Highlights: Meghna and Richa laid the foundation of victory by scoring half-centuries, Asha took five wickets against UP
RCB Vs UPW WPL 2024 Highlights: RCB won the second match of the Women’s Premier League against UP by two runs. Sobhana Asha took five wickets in this match.
The second match of the Women’s Premier League was played on Saturday between Royal Challengers Bangalore and UP Warriors at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. In this match, RCB defeated UP by two runs.
Chasing the target of 158 runs, the team led by Alyssa Healy could score 155 runs after losing seven wickets in 20 overs. RCB’s Sobhana proved to be a period of hope for UP. 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. For this lethal performance he was named Player of the Match.
RCB set the target of 158 runs to UP
RCB Vs UPW WPL 2024 Highlights: In this match of Women’s Premier League, UP won the toss and invited RCB to bat first. The Smriti Mandhana-led team scored 157 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs, thanks to Richa Ghosh’s 62 runs and Sabbineni Meghna’s 53 runs. Against UP, Sophie Devine scored one run, captain Mandhana scored 13 runs and Alice Perry scored eight runs.
At the same time, Georgia Wareham returned to the pavilion without opening the account. Apart from this, Sophie Molineux scored nine runs and Shreyanka Patil scored eight runs. Both remained unbeaten. Rajeshwari Gaakwad took two wickets for UP. Meanwhile, Deepti, Ecclestone, McGrath and Harris got one success each.
Sobhana Asha becomes Kaal for Alice Healy’s team
Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs UP Warriorz: UP Warriors, which set out to chase the target of 158 runs given by RCB, did not have a very good start. Captain and wicketkeeper batsman Alyssa Healy returned to the pavilion after scoring just five runs. At the same time, in the ninth over, RCB’s Sobhana Asha took two wickets for UP in three balls. He dismissed Vrinda (18) and McGrath (22).
Asha proved to be a disaster for the team in this match. He took three wickets in the 17th over. The fast bowler sent Grace Harris (38), Shweta Sehrawat (31) and Kiran Navgir (one) to the pavilion. Poonam Khemnar scored 14 runs in this match. Whereas, Deepti Sharma remained unbeaten after scoring 13 runs and Sophie Ecclestone remained unbeaten after scoring one run.