MI vs RCB live highlights: Bangalore beat Mumbai by 5 runs, reach maiden final

Smriti Mandhanaled Royal Challengers Bangalore RCB will lock horns against Harmanpreet Kaurs Mumbai Indians MI in the Eliminator match of the WPL 2024 at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on FridayThe Bengalurubased franchise won just two matches in their previous five games and ended the league in third place on the WPL 2024 standings with 8 points Mandhanas side played eight league games and won four matches in the second season of the tournamentOn the other hand Mumbai ended the league in second place with 10 points after winning 5 of 8 matches In their previous five matches Harmanpreets side won three gamesRCB are coming into this game after sealing a sevenwicket win over Mumbai on March 12 The previous win will surely boost the RCBs confidence before they face off again in the eliminatorRCB started the tournament with good form and won two consecutive matches However they lost a moment from the third game and lost to Delhi Capitals and MI in their third and fourth match of the WPL 2024 Throughout the ongoing season Mandhanas side failed to maintain momentumAlso ReadMumbairsquos might against Bangalorersquos brillianceAt the same time the Mumbaibased franchise also failed to keep momentum in the WPL 2024 They kicked off the second season of WPL with a win against Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Giants in the opening two matches of the tournament But later conceded defeat against UP Warriorz DC and RCBIn WPL 2024 the two sides faced each other two times In the first encounter MI won by 7 wickets on March 02 Meanwhile in the second game RCB took their revenge and sealed a victory by 7 wicketsRecapping the previous RCB vs MI match Ellyse Perrys historic firstever sixwicket haul in the WPL helped RCB qualify for playoffs after beating defending champions MI by seven wickets at DelhiThe winner of the upcoming eliminator match of WPL 2024 will play against Delhi Capitals DC in the finals on SundayWPL 2024 Playoff MI vs RCB live updates Predicted squadsMumbai Indians Hayley Matthews S Sajana Nat SciverBrunt Harmanpreet Kaur C Amelia Kerr Amanjot Kaur Pooja Vastrakar Humaira Kazi Priyanka Bala Wk Shabnim Ismail Saika Ishaque Chloe Tryon Fatima Jaffer Keerthana Balakrishnan Issy Wong Yastika Bhatia Jintimani Kalita Amandeep KaurRoyal Challengers Bangalore Smriti Mandhana C Sophie Molineux Ellyse Perry Sophie Devine Richa Ghosh Wk Georgia Wareham Disha Kasat Shreyanka Patil Asha Sobhana Shraddha Pokharkar Renuka Thakur Singh Simran Bahadur Indrani Roy Shubha Satheesh Nadine de Klerk Sabbhineni Meghana Kate Cross Ekta BishtWPL 2024 Playoff MI vs RCB live updates Dream11 predictionCaptain Ellyse PerryVicecaptain Nat SciverBruntWicketkeeper Richa GhoshBatters Smriti Mandhana Harmanpreet Kaur Sajeevan SajanaAllrounders Ellyse Perry Sophie Devine Nat SciverBrunt Amelia KerrBowlers Shreyanka Patil Asha Shobana Shabnim IsmailWPL 2024 Playoff MI vs RCB live updates Toss updateRCB captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and opted to bat first against Mumbai1010 PM 1195 16Molineux is in for the penultimate over of the innings and slows down the pace and Sajana seems to be out Goes upstairs and she is given out1000 PM 693 11Wareham continues for her second over and traps and cleans up Nat SciverBrunt to get RCB back in the contest950 PM 502 8Wareham is into the attack in the first over after the powerplay SciverBrunt looks to go for a quick paddle sweep but settles for an edge past the keeper for a boundary940 PM 311 5Dangerous Matthews goes on the back foot and manages a boundary towards the point region Patil gets Matthews who wanted to hit over the midwicket ropes but in vain925 PM 90 2Patil comes into the attack for RCB Just three runs come off this over and RCB will need more of these if they are to take the game deep910 PM 1356 20Shreyanka Patil launched a straight shot to Sajeevan Sajana but dropped in the end Ishaque is hit for a maximum on the last ball of the innings849 PM 1356 19Saika Ishaque returns for the last over Dangerous Perry attempts to hit a boundary but gets caught by SciverBrunt on the very next ball A brilliant innings comes to an end833 PM 1025 17Sophie Molineux joins forces with Perry Natalie SciverBrunt hits back with the perfect reply Perry launches boundary attacks and the hits Shabnim down the dround for a giant four She reaches her second fifty this season821 PM 494 12Another bites the dust Richa Ghosh finds Natalie SciverBrunt in the deep Hayley Matthews with a second wicket810 PM 473 9Perry steps out and drives Ishaque back past the bowler for an excellent boundary New batter Richa Ghosh doesnt hold herself back for hitting a maximum802 PM 233 5Saika Ishaque is handed the ball Disha Kasat doesnot look comfortable with the bat out in the middle and falls to the pressure as Pooja Vastrakar takes the catch756 PM 202 23Ellyse Perry in the middle and Nat SciverBrunt is the new bowler for MI Mandhana tries to take it high up in the air but finds Ismail in the deep750 PM 201 2Hayley Matthews gives the first breakthrough Devine walks back to a delivery from Matthews on the last ball of the over737 PM 140 1Mandhana pulls MIs Shabnim Ismail for a boundary Sophie Devine glances a full ball off her pads for another boundary in the same over