A comeback is always greater than a setback, and if it takes you to the finals, it becomes even more special. After two consecutive defeats, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru went through the finals, defeating UP Warriorz with Grace Harris’s blistering innings of 75 runs, helping the challengers to win with 41 balls to spare.
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The Women’s Premiere league is currently in its decisive phase. After winning all five of their games, RCB went off track in the last two matches, which put their direct spot in the finals in question. Batting first, UP Warriorz scored 143 runs in 20 overs. Lanning and Deepti Sharma took the game deep but failed to get pass of magic figure of 160 runs. Inform RCB used the advantage fully. RCB’s opening pair stood tall in front of UP Warriorz bowling as Smriti hammered 54 runs with a strike rate of 200, while Harris smashed 75 runs in just 37 balls and helped RCB to secure their spot in the finals.
Eliminator race wide open
As the playoff race is intensifying, two teams are yet to secure their spot for the decisive eliminator. With only two matches left in the league phase, three teams are actually running in the race. Delhi Capitals lost their last match against GG, which pushed them to fourth position. Not only that, but they also have a very poor net run rate, which might not go in their favour.
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While coming into the last phase, MI has fumbled a bit, which created a problem for them as they are scheduled to play the last match of the league on Friday evening, they will surely look forward to surging their points. This will be a decisive match for both GG and MI. If Delhi Capitals win their last match against UP Warriorz and Mumbai defeats Gujarat on Friday evening, then all three teams will be standing with the same points, and the net run rate and the mathematics will play a key role, where MI only has a positive run rate, and GG has a worse net run rate than Delhi Capitals. If the net run rate comes into play, the scenario will become more exciting.
