In the 19th fixture of the WPL 2024, Mumbai Indians Women will host Royal Challengers Bangalore on Tuesday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. The two teams have met thrice in the past and on all three occasions, Mumbai Indians Women has come out as the winners.
Mumbai Indians Women are currently at the 2nd spot in the league with 5 wins and a net run rate of +0.343. A win on Tuesday will guarantee them a spot in the playoff round.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Women are 4 points behind their opponents. They have scored wins in 3 matches and have registered the run rate at +0.027.
Arun Jaitley Stadium is turning out to be a batting paradise. In the last 5 ODIs, the average score of the team batting first has been 173.5.
The betting tip is...
The team batting first will score above 165.5 runs
Mumbai Indians Women are coming to play their last league fixture after scoring a win in their previous fixture against the Gujarat Giants. It was a high-scoring match where the Mumbai bowlers failed to scalp any early wickets and break the top-order partnership.
Saika Ishaque picked up 2 wickets in 4 overs at an economy of 7.75. Hayley Matthews, Shabnam Ismail, Pooja Vastrakar, and Sajeevan Sajana took a single wicket each.
The batters were under pressure Yastika Bhatia provided a balanced start from the top order. She scored 49 off 36 at a strike rate of 136.11. However, it was skipper Harmanpreet Kaur who led from the front and scored 95 off 48 at a strike rate of 197.92 helping her team to win the match.
Harmanpreet Kaur, Yastika Bhatia, and Amelia Kerr are the key players in the team.
Predicted Lineup: Yastika Bhatia (wk), Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, Sajeevan Sajana, Pooja Vastrakar, Humaira Kazi, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque
Royal Challengers Bangalore Women witnessed their 2nd consecutive loss on Sunday against the table toppers Delhi Capitals. It was a close match where Bangalore was unfortunate to witness the loss by just 2 runs. Shreyanka Patil gave a solid start to the team with the bowl and picked up 4 wickets in 4 overs while maintaining her economy at 6.50. Sobhana Asha contributed with a single wicket in the game.
On the batting front, skipper Smriti Mandhana was gone for a single-digit score and hence the pressure came on the rest of the batting unit to score runs.
Sophie Molineux (33 off 30), Ellyse Perry (49 off 32), and wicketkeeper Risha Ghosh (51 off 29) played valuable innings and took the team close to the win. However, the lower-middle order failed to complete the chase and hence the efforts of these batters went in vain.
Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, and Asha Sobhana are the key players in the team.
Predicted Lineup: Smriti Mandhana (c), Sophie Molineux, Ellyse Perry, Sophie Devine, Richa Ghosh (wk), Georgia Wareham, Disha Kasat, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Shradda Pokharkar, Renuka Singh
Royal Challengers Bangalore Women have struggled to win matches in recent weeks and the primary reason is their weak bowling. It is because of the same reason, the Bangalore batters find themselves in immense pressure to score runs.
Mumbai Indians Women, on the other hand, carry a strong winning record in the league with a good combination of players. We predict another win for Mumbai Indians Women on Tuesday.