Richa Ghosh scored a stunning 90 runs off 50 balls.
After a last-ball thriller in the WPL 2026 season opener, the RCB vs MI reverse fixture also went down to the wire. While chasing a huge total of 200 against the defending champions, Mumbai Indians, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru lost half of their batting order under the powerplay for just 40 runs.
But the star wicketkeeper-batter, Richa Ghosh, stood strong at the other end, building a few crucial partnerships with Nadine de Klerk, Arundhati Reddy, and Shreyanka Patil.
At the middle of the 15th over, the keeper was batting at a run-a-ball 30. But in the next 20 deliveries, Ghosh switched on her destructive mode to amass 60 runs, laced with six boundaries and maximums apiece. However, her remarkable fightback fell short in the end, as MI clinched the match by 15 runs.
Fans took to the micro-blogging platform X (formerly Twitter) to praise Ghosh’s sublime effort, drawing comparisons with the former Indian captain MS Dhoni.
Check out the tweets here:
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But while some were amazed to witness the batter’s exceptional finishing abilities, some also criticised the knock for pushing it too late to accelerate.
Notably, the opening fixture between the two teams had also seen a similar sequence. South African all-rounder de Klerk had rescued the WPL 2024 champions from an early collapse to kick off their winning spree. Since then, the side bagged five successive victories to secure the first playoff spot of the season.
But two back-to-back defeats against the Delhi Capitals (DC) and MI have pushed them a little on the backfoot. However, RCB will not be much concerned ahead of the knockouts, as 10 points in seven matches and a high net run rate of 0.947 might prove to be enough to guide them to the WPL 2026 Final.
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