WPL 2023: Amelia Kerr powers Mumbai Indians to four-wicket win over Bangalore

Mumbai Indians on Tuesday reclaimed the top spot in the points table with a fourwicket victory against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Womens Premier League riding on Amelia Kerrs allround heroicsChasing a modest 126 to win here at the DY Patil Stadium Mumbai Indians stuttered post a fiery start and also failed to knock off the target in 113 overs a condition that would have helped them improve net run rate over Delhi CapitalsMumbai Indians eventually finished at 129 for 6 in 163 oversRCB however signed off from the competition with their sixth loss in eight league matchesAllrounder Kerr was at top of her game with figures of 40223 and an unbeaten 31 from 27 balls 4x4s to take Mumbai Indians over the lineAlso Read IPL 2023 MIs SWOT Analysis Strengths Weakness amp Matchwinners Of The SquadKerr added 47 runs for the fifth wicket with Pooja Vastrakar 19 to revive Mumbai Indians who were rocked twice in quick successionAmelia Kerr finishes the job for mipaltan as they seal a 4wicket win over RCB in their final game of the league stage Scorecard httpstcoBQoiFCRPhDTATAWPL RCBvMI pictwittercomZpYP4JyTjUmdash Womens Premier League WPL wplt20 March 21 2023Sobhana Asha halted Nat SciverBrunts charge by dismissing her for 13 while captain Harmanpreet Kaur 2 fell for her first singledigit score in the competitionKanika Ahuja claimed two wickets in one over to finish as the pick among the bowlers for RCBAt the start the opening pair of Hayley Matthews 24 from 17 balls 2x4s 1x6s and Yastika Bhatia 30 off 26 balls 6x4s laid the foundation with a 53run standDelhi Capitals will face UP Warriorz in the final league game later in the day at the Brabourne Stadium post which the WPL points table would be finalisedWhile the team finishing at the top will get a direct entry into Sundays final the second and thirdplaced teams will battle in the eliminator on Friday to fill up the second slot of the summit clashEarlier Kerr snapped three wickets as Mumbai Indians produced a disciplined effort to restrict RCB to 125 for nineKerr 322 validated MI captain Harmanpreet Kaurs decision to bowl first taking full advantage of a spinfriendly track while Matthews 40180 and Saika Ishaque 130 were also on the moneyBoth Kerr and Ishaque joined Sophie Ecclestone of the UP Warriorz for most wickets 13 in WPLMumbai made an early breakthrough when a horrible mixup between Devine 0 and Smriti Mandhana culminated in the former being run outMandhana continued to drive herself back into form hitting a few exciting shots to make 24 from 25 balls with three fours and a six before her innings was ended by Kerr off a mistimed strokeEllyse Perry 29 from 28 balls 3x4s took time to settle down and opened up only in the 10th over hitting Ishaque for consecutive fours At the halfway stage RCB were 56 for 2Heather Knight perished for 12 in the 11th over with Kerr bagging her second wicket and the slide continued for RCB with the Kiwi spinner striking again getting Kanika Ahuja 12 stumped by Yastika BhatiaNat SciverBrunt returned for her final over to finish at 40242 dismissing Perry and Shreyanka Patil 4 to mark yet another poor show for RCB with the bat Isabelle Wong 226 also chipped in removing Richa Ghosh and Disha Kasat in the last overGhosh cracked three fours and two sixes to make 29 off 13 balls with her innings helping RCB move past the 100run markThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever