MI lost their second wicket in the seventh over.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru put Mumbai Indians to bat first at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai. The MI W vs RCB W was off to a great start, but a brilliant stumping by Richa Ghosh meant two wickets were down in quick succession.
Gunalan Kamalini took the defending champions off to a flyer in the first innings and scored the first boundary of the match. On the other side, Amelia Kerr struggled to make runs and was dismissed after four runs in 15 balls. Nat Sciver-Brunt was in at No.3 and joined the party with the MI glovewoman, Kamalini. She scored a boundary off Linsey Smith on only her second ball.
However, on her third delivery off Nadine de Klerk, NSB struck an inside edge. She looked unaware of where the ball went, but Richa Ghosh grabbed the opportunity with both hands. The ball was stuck in Ghosh’s gloves. A review was taken, but the umpires were convinced that Nat Scriver-Brunt had lost her wicket. She was almost on the line when the bails were hit, and the red light was on. Mumbai Indians lost their second wicket in the seventh over, reeling at 35/2.
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Mumbai Indians: Nat Sciver-Brunt, G Kamalini (w), Amelia Kerr, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Amanjot Kaur, Nicola Carey, Poonam Khemnar, Shabnim Ismail, Sanskriti Gupta, Sajeevan Sajana, and Saika Ishaque.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Smriti Mandhana (c), Grace Harris, Dayalan Hemalatha, Richa Ghosh (w), Radha Yadav, Nadine de Klerk, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Prema Rawat, Linsey Smith, and Lauren Bell.
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