END OF OVER:20 | 12 Runs 1 Wkt | RCB-W: 190/6 (12 runs required, RR: 9.50)
- Shreyanka Patil11 (4b)
- Heather Knight30 (11b)
- Annabel Sutherland4-0-56-2
- Ashleigh Gardner4-0-31-3
That's it from us today. Hope you all enjoyed our coverage. This is Srinidhi Ramanujam signing off on behalf of Shashank Kishore and our scorer K Vairavan. Take care and good night.
Dunkley, the Player of the match: "It was a bit touch and go at one point. Really proud of the girls out there for the win. I tried to hit the ball hard and hoped for the best. [On not playing the first game], didn't really mind. I'd love to play whenever given the chance. We thought 200 might just be enough on that wicket. A really close finish and happy with the win."
Rana, the Giants captain: "Feeling amazing. Great effort by girls feels proud, It will be fine. Defending here in CCI is never easy, I know it was a tough game, a high scoring game. We lived up to the game. [On giving Sutherland the death overs] We thought of giving her a few overs because she bowls good wide yorkers. I think we are a balanced team, we have good batters and we have a good combination of players. It's something we were looking for from the first win and now we have got it [the win]."
Deol: "Feels good to win. Wicket was good, batting was planned according to that. Backed my strengths and played. She [Rana] is a fighter, and will manage to get back on the field somehow. There was some bleeding in her fingers but she will be fine."
Mandhana, the RCB captain: "I think I'd say even in our bowling, we gave away 10-15 runs more than what we expected to. There were two three overs where we conceded a lot, and not 6-7 runs. We would have gotten better [with the target] otherwise. It's a good outfield, one end is really short, that did play with few of our bowlers' in mind, we are trying to work on it.
"A few positives. Shreyanka, the way she bowled and batted, she is a tough girl. And also Kanika's performance, they both have been good from the domestic circuit. "
11pm Relief for Giants. More misery for RCB. Where do they go from here? The bowling hasn't come to the party. There has been immense pressure on the batting unit as a result. Tonight, they made a good fist of it courtesy Sophie Devine and Heather Knight, but left themselves a little too much towards the back end. Having posted their first win, the Giants will hope Sneh Rana is fit and fine. She hurt her already bruised finger while bowling and can ill-afford another injury.
RCB need four sixes to win
Shreyanka
PN Khemnar c sub (Ashwani Kumari) b Sutherland 2 (5m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00
How costly would RCB's decision to take a single off the last ball of the 18th prove to be? RCB needed Knight on strike. This is where game awareness is key. Kanika needed to stay away from taking a single. She didn't.
END OF OVER:19 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | RCB-W: 178/5 (24 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.36, RRR: 24.00)
- Heather Knight29 (10b)
- Poonam Khemnar2 (3b)
- Ashleigh Gardner4-0-31-3
- Sneh Rana4-0-34-0
KS Ahuja st †Verma b Gardner 10 (13m 7b 2x4 0x6) SR: 142.85
END OF OVER:18 | 11 Runs | RCB-W: 169/4 (33 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 9.38, RRR: 16.50)
- Kanika Ahuja10 (6b)
- Heather Knight22 (8b)
- Sneh Rana4-0-34-0
- Annabel Sutherland3-0-44-1
RCB need 33 off 12
END OF OVER:17 | 23 Runs 1 Wkt | RCB-W: 158/4 (44 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 9.29, RRR: 14.66)
- Heather Knight21 (7b)
- Kanika Ahuja0 (1b)
- Annabel Sutherland3-0-44-1
- Ashleigh Gardner3-0-22-2