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Mumbai Indians (w)
Royal Challengers Bangalore (w)
The 2nd edition of WPL has reached its final moments where Mumbai Indians Women and Royal Challengers Bangalore will come face to face in the qualifier round for the final match. Whichever team wins the match, will face Delhi Capitals in the final fixture.
Mumbai Indians Women finished the league stage at the 2nd spot with 5 wins and a net run rate of +0.024. Now they will be eyeing to lift the trophy for the 2nd consecutive time.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Women finished the league stage at the 3rd spot with 4 wins and a net run rate of +0.306. It will be their first playoff out of two seasons and the team will eye to reach their first final game too.
Harmanpreet Kaur has scored 235 runs in 6 matches at an average of 58.75 in the league this year.
The betting tip is...
Harmanpreet Kaur will score above 50.5 runs.
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Mumbai Indians (w)Royal Challengers Bangalore (w)Since the start of the league, Mumbai Indians have maintained themselves as one of the dominating forces. However, they entered the qualifier round with a loss against the same opponents they are about to face.
It was a low-scoring fixture where once Mumbaiβs top-order partnership was broken, the rest of the batters were unable to score runs. Hayley Matthews (26 off 23) and Sajeevan Sajana (30 off 21) had a stable partnership at the start but once their partnership was broken, the whole batting unit fell like a house of cards.
Since it was a very low score, the bowling unit was under pressure to perform. The bowlers did get some early wickets but failed to stop the opposition from completing the chase. The trio of Shabnim Ismail, Hayley Matthews, and Nat Sciver-Brunt were able to scalp a single wicket each.
The team management will be expecting a much better performance from the batting unit this time.
Predicted Lineup: Hayley Matthews, Amanjot Kaur, Harmanpreet Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Natalie Sciver, Saika Ishaque, Shabnim Ismail, Pooja Vastrakar, Priyanka Bala, Humaira Kazi, Sajeevan Sajana
Royal Challengers Bangalore will be happy to enter the qualifier with a win over Mumbai Indians. It was a dominating performance by Bangaloreβs Ellyse Perry who kept the game in control since the start. Perry picked up 6 wickets in 4 overs at an economy of 3.75. Sophie Molineux, Sophie Devine, Sobhana Asha, and Shreyanka Patil picked up a single wicket each.
The batters were not under pressure from the start as it was a low score from the opposition. Ellyse Perry stole the limelight with the bat as well as she scored 40 off 38 at a strike rate of 105.26. Richa Ghosh also contributed with 36 off 28 at a strike rate of 128.57 and scored the winning run.
Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh, and Smriti Mandhana are the key players in the team.
Predicted Lineup: Richa Ghosh, Disha Kasat, Smriti Mandhana, Sobhana Asha, Sophie Devine, Shreyanka Patil, Ellyse Perry, Sophie Molineux, Renuka Singh, Georgia Wareham, Shraddha Pokharkar
Royal Challengers Bangalore Women did score a dominating win in the previous encounter but the team overall has been inconsistent. Their batting lineup is vulnerable as the batters have failed to perform under pressure.
Mumbai Indians Women has a good depth in their batting unit and their bowlers have also done a good job in difficult situations. We predict that Mumbai Indians will bounce back and win Friday fixture.
