G Kamalini, 16 years, two WPL games old, and she produces this - a nerveless display under enormous pressure to stun thousands of RCB supporters, and to give MI their first win over the defending champions in three attempts! A magnificent game of cricket and it all came down to the wire, with the youngster finishing off the game like she was always meant to! Back to the ball. Bisht makes the mistake of offering width and that is just what Kamalini wants. She makes room for herself, gets her hands through the ball and crrrrrrrrrrrrunnnnnnnnnchhhhhessssssssss it through the off-side ring. Tears away in celebration soon after and she is a bundle of joy, as are those clad in the blue and gold. A last-gasp win to reiterate their pedigree, but a last-ball win that will sting for RCB, especially on their homecoming day and on an evening that they would have wanted to pan out very differently!
RCB Women vs MI Women, 7th Match at Bengaluru, WPL, Feb 21 2025 - Match Result
11:25pm And...breathe. Another splendid game of cricket that ebbed, flowed and ultimately shifted towards the Mumbai Indians. We hope you enjoyed our coverage as much as we loved bringing it to you. We will be back tomorrow with more action lined up, and until then, this is goodbye from Venkat Raghav and myself. Take care, folks!
Amanjot Kaur, Player of the Match: It feels very good (to win the match for the team). I knew that they might give an over to Kanika and against off-spinners, I have more options. I felt that if I stayed there, we could win the match. When she (Kamalini) came in, I knew I had to make her settle by taking singles and that I had to target the 19th over if we were to win. (On what Harmanpreet said to her after being dismissed) She told me that I could do it easily. I did not do anything different (with the ball). I wanted to bowl stump-to-stump and back my variations. God's plan is always greater than ours.
Harmanpreet Kaur, Mumbai Indians captain: We just wanted to play good cricket. We knew the crowd is going to play a big role, so we wanted to stay together. I thought we did well. We wanted to chase because at this ground, dew will come and batting gets easier when batting second - that is why we wanted them to bat first. Very happy (with the bowlers). They all know their roles, when they are going to bowl - everything went well and happy the way we played today. (Chat to Amanjot) I told her that that was the last over for their main bowler (Wareham) and that bowlers who did not have a lot of experience would bowl (after). She (Amanjot) is a good player but inexperienced, we should give credit to her the way she batted and bowled. Lots of areas to improve. As a team, we will sit together and assess.
Smriti Mandhana, Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain: (Turning point) Can't say one turning point but really proud of the way the girls fought back. Pez (Perry) brought us back in the game. Bowlers put up a good fight, we have two days to think about what went wrong. The first time we have batted first in the tournament. Last two games were brilliant as a batting unit, so won't be critical of things tonight. We got set and did not kind of plan the over well - that is a big takeaway for me and the rest of the batting unit. (On the conditions) I think the ball was coming on pretty well. The outfield in Vadodara was quicker. The wicket played pretty well and had something in it for the spinners. Similar to our batting, they started well in the powerplay. After Hayley got out, we still had a chance. 7-8 overs in the middle were brilliant and that was really positive. In T20 cricket, with 2-3 wickets you are always in the game, and we never thought we were out of the game (even after the start MI got).
Charlotte Edwards, Mumbai Indians head coach: I am pretty happy, to be fair. Just delighted to get over the line against a really good RCB team in front of their crowd - really special. (On Amanjot) Success as a team in this competition is about how well your domestic players play. We know she can do this. What an innings and those sixes at the end were pretty special. (On the loss to the Capitals) We talked a lot about that game and were disappointed. But we stayed positive, we played well against Gujarat. We bat deep and it is on me to get them in the right order. What a superstar she (Kamalini) is going to be. She is a cheeky, little thing but what a job she did tonight. We are taking each game as it comes, we knew bowling first tonight was in our favour but then you have to get the runs, which I thought we did quite calmly, until that last few overs. Chuffed to get the win.
Vishal Pawar: "What a playaaaa, Amanjot. Take a bow!"
11:03pm There are moments in sport where you just run out of words. Where whatever happens, seems too magical to ever be put down in words. And tonight, seeing a 16 year old, who was busy winning India the U-19 World Cup a few weeks ago, rock up in the defending champions' den and winning the Mumbai Indians a game they could have easily lost, falls into that category perfectly.
The Mumbai Indians had this game in their grasp. And then, suddenly, they didn't. RCB, too, seemed to have it under control until the initiative was wrestled away from them. In hindsight, they will probably look at their decision to bowl out Garth and Renuka early, but given how MI were rattling along, that is a gamble that perhaps needed to be taken at that stage, with the appeal of a partnership-breaking wicket outweighing the benefits at the death.
A few ifs and buts there, and it must also be said RCB possibly left a few runs out there. Not the sort of homecoming they would have envisioned but even when defeated, RCB did not throw in the towel, which will be a positive they take away from tonight.
2 off 2
miscued but safe again! Angled in on a length on leg stump. Amanjot swings at it and gets enough of an inside edge to clear mid wicket
This game is finely poised and you can cut the tension with a knife
safe! Fullish on leg stump. Kamalini nearly swings herself off her feet and chips it on the bounce to long on
Keeper up to the stumps now. She was standing back for the first two balls
low full toss well outside leg. Kamalini charges down the track and heaves at it with all her might. Does not time it well and the ball plugs in the wide long on region, allowing a brace
huge mix-up but not a catastrophic one! Zipped into the blockhole on the pads. Kamalini digs it out towards mid wicket. Amanjot hares down for the single, only to get sent back. Gets back in time, though
Right. 6 off 6. Bisht to bowl the last over. Around the wicket. Surely MI will not botch this from here? Uh-oh, RCB have also been penalized for having a slow over-rate, meaning they now need to have an extra fielder in the ring - everything happening here at the Chinnaswamy!
in the air, in the air and out of the ground! Oh, Amanjot Kaur, the girl's a star! Tossed up again on a length outside off. Amanjot shimmies down the track, gets close enough to it and wallops it clean over long on. RCB hearts sink, and the crowd cannot believe what has just happened!
full on middle and leg. Kamalini skips down the track and muscles it back past the bowler. Just a single taken, though
shortish outside off. Kamalini backs away and throws her hands at it. Gets a thick outside edge and the ball dribbles away past short third. Bist gives chase and pulls it back in the nick of time
Around the wicket to the left-hander
fuller outside off. Amanjot advances and pushes it towards long off
back of a length on middle and off. Holds a little in the surface and Amanjot plonks it towards the bowler
Amanjot goes down the ground, and Amanjot goes out of the ground! Slower and very floaty outside off. Amanjot slaloms down the track and pounds it over Wareham at long on!
22 off 12, and this game has turned in the blink of an eye. RCB favourites from here? Ahuja to bowl the 19th
another slider on a back of a length on middle stump. Skids on and Amanjot does just enough to hack it to long on. Keeps strike too
As the chase gets tense, don't forget you can catch this nail-biting finish on our Live Hindi Blog as well
floated up fuller outside off. Kamalini swishes at it and slices it towards point for a single
googly on a back of a length outside off. Kamalini reads it off the pitch and jabs it towards cover
Kamalini, all of 16 years and two WPL games old, walks in, with Wareham on a hat-trick
two in two, and the Wareham-named Wizard from Oz is doing it for RCB here! Beautifully-disguised googly that pitches on a full length on off and rips back in. Sajana has no clue about the variation and plays down the wrong line to get pinned on the back leg. Seemed pretty straight but Sajana has taken this upstairs because, well, why not. No bat involved. The bat is nowhere close, in fact. Ball Tracking comes up and...it reckons the ball would have smashed into the top of middle stump. Shreyanka Patil, one of RCB's stars in the first two seasons, is happy, as are the thousands at the ground. RCB are right back in this game and how!
Chants of "RCB, RCB" go around as Sajana makes her way out
Wareham goes up, Ghosh goes up and the finger goes up! And guess what, the crowd goes up too - and this game turns again! Fizzed in on a back of a length just outside off. The cut shot has served Harmanpreet so well tonight but this time, it leads to her undoing. Too close to be playing that stroke and all she manages is a feather, which Ghosh gobbles up superbly. Right then!
lobbed up on a length on leg stump. Harmanpreet has a swipe across the line and misses. Gets struck on the body but that seemed to be heading down leg
24 off 18. RCB have to rely on a youngster, and two spinners to get them to the finish line from here
fuller on the pads and Harmanpreet works it towards deep backward square leg. Brings up her sixth fifty in the WPL and there is no real celebration. She knows there is still a game to be won!
oh my word, this is delightful batting! Cutter on a back of a length on off. Harmanpreet, though, knows that line is coming and backs away early. Uses her wrists to open the bat face and knifes it between backward point and short third!
short, wide and Harmanpreet finds the fence when Mumbai Indians want her to find the fence! This is again on the shorter side and that is a no-go on this surface. Harmanpreet slices the outer cover off the ball and puts it behind point!
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| M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | |
| Toss | Mumbai Indians Women, elected to field first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2024/25 |
| 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 21.20-22.50 |
| Match days | 21 February 2025 - night (20-over match) |
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| Match Referee | |
| Points | Mumbai Indians Women 2, Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women 0 |
Over 20 • MI-W 170/6
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