- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.4 bullseye! Dunkley gets greedy. Dunkley had already won the over with a boundary off the previous ball but this time shuffles way across her stumps trying to scoop over fine leg and misses a good length ball that crashes into leg stump halfway up. 27/116.6 full toss smashed straight to short midwicket! Looped up on the knees at off stump, Wolvaardt tries to smash this over the leg side but hits it too flat. Bobble at chest height by the fielder before taking it on the second attempt. 142/311.5 flighted on a good length on seventh stump and spins away even further, Meghana charges down the track but gets nowhere close to the pitch and flails across the line in vain but can't reach this and a simple stumping is the result for the keeper. 90/218.3 zings in a quicker ball as a low full toss striking Gardner on the toe in front of middle missing a flick across the line after shuffling across her stumps, big lbw shout upheld. Stone dead. Gardner reviews simply because there's only 9 balls left in the innings. But this is 90 seconds of our lives we'll never get back. Gardner herself is already marching to the edge of the boundary rope long before ball-tracking shows up on the replay screen. It's smashing the middle of middle with three reds lighting up. Sigh.... 161/4Extras4 (nb 1, w 3)TOTAL188/4 (20 Overs, RR: 9.4)Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Sophia Dunkley, 2.4 ov), 2-90 (Sabbhineni Meghana, 11.5 ov), 3-142 (Laura Wolvaardt, 16.6 ov), 4-161 (Ashleigh Gardner, 18.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SFM Devine 3 0 23 1 7.66 9 4 0 1 0 M Schutt 4 0 53 0 13.25 6 6 3 1 0 EA Perry 3 0 25 0 8.33 10 3 1 1 1 A Sobhana 4 0 35 0 8.75 7 4 1 0 0 Preeti Bose 3 0 23 1 7.66 4 3 0 0 0 HC Knight 1 0 12 0 12.00 0 2 0 0 0 SR Patil 2 0 17 2 8.50 5 3 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.2 back of a length ball on fourth stump, Mandhana with yet another tentative poke and checks her shot sending a leading edge ballooning ever so gently back to the bowler who waits for the ball to reach her at chest height before flinging it in the air and celebrating wildly. 125/111.5 the air has just been let out of the balloon at Brabourne! Devine was in one mode and smashes this length delivery on seventh stump as hard as she can rather than trying to nudge a single to bring up what would have been a record-equaling fastest hundred by Devine, but smokes this too flat and a leaping catch is taken on the ring at mid-off knifing this out of the air. The crowd chants, "So-phieeeeeee, So-PHIE!" to the tune of the old "Saaa-chinnnnnnn, Sa-CHIN!" melody as Devine walks off. A 99 that would make Wayne Gretzky proud. 157/2Extras12 (b 2, lb 4, nb 1, w 5)TOTAL189/2 (15.3 Overs, RR: 12.19)Fall of wickets: 1-125 (Smriti Mandhana, 9.2 ov), 2-157 (Sophie Devine, 11.5 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Gujarat Giants Women , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-20.50
Match days
18 March 2023 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Royal Challengers Bangalore Women 2, Gujarat Giants Women 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs, 1 wicket)
- Gujarat Giants Women: 50 runs in 6.6 overs (42 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Giants Women - 58/1 in 8.0 overs (L Wolvaardt 26, S Meghana 15)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 43 balls (L Wolvaardt 28, S Meghana 22, Ex 0)
- Over 12.2: Review by Royal Challengers Bangalore Women (Bowling), Umpire - Sanjay Kumar Singh, Batter - L Wolvaardt (Struck down)
- Gujarat Giants Women: 100 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 1
- L Wolvaardt: 50 off 35 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Giants Women - 135/2 in 16.0 overs (L Wolvaardt 68, A Gardner 17)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (L Wolvaardt 26, A Gardner 23, Ex 2)
- Gujarat Giants Women: 150 runs in 17.4 overs (107 balls), Extras 3
- Over 18.3: Review by Gujarat Giants Women (Batting), Umpire - Sanjay Kumar Singh, Batter - A Gardner (Struck down)
- Over 19.1: Decision Challenged for wide by Gujarat Giants Women (Batting), Umpire - VG Rathi, Batter - H Deol (Struck down)
- Innings Break: Gujarat Giants Women - 188/4 in 20.0 overs (D Hemalatha 16, H Deol 12)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 77 runs, 0 wicket)
- Over 0.2: Decision Challenged for wide by Gujarat Giants Women (Bowling), Umpire - VG Rathi, Batter - SFM Devine (Upheld)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore Women: 50 runs in 3.3 overs (22 balls), Extras 8
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 22 balls (S Mandhana 17, SFM Devine 26, Ex 8)
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bangalore Women - 77/0 in 6.0 overs (S Mandhana 32, SFM Devine 36)
- SFM Devine: 50 off 20 balls (6 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore Women: 100 runs in 7.6 overs (49 balls), Extras 9
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 49 balls (S Mandhana 36, SFM Devine 55, Ex 9)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore Women: 150 runs in 11.1 overs (68 balls), Extras 11
Match Coverage
All Match NewsStats - Devine slams 74 off 22 against spinners as RCB ace record chase
Royal Challengers Bangalore chased down the target of 189 with 27 balls to spare.
Sophie Devine's stunning 99 off 36 keeps Royal Challengers Bangalore alive
They overhauled a target of 189 with eight wickets and 27 balls to spare against Gujarat Giants
Giants and RCB desperately need full points and a net run-rate boost
A win will leave both teams with a chance of sneaking into the playoffs if other results go their way