WPL 2024 Match 9: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians | Squads | Players to watch | Pitch | Weather | Live streaming
It’s time for Harmandhana as Harmanpreet Kaur’s Mumbai Indians take on Smriti Mandhana’s Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Both teams started with two wins and then registered a loss in their third match in this tournament.
Head-to-Head
Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore played two matches against each other, and the Mumbai Indians won both.
Squads
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Sophie Devine, Smriti Mandhana (captain), Sabbhineni Meghana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh (wicket-keeper), Georgia Wareham, Sophie Molineux, Shreyanka Patil, Simran Bahadur, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh, Indrani Roy, Shubha Satheesh, Shraddha Pokharkar, Disha Kasat, Nadine de Klerk, Kate Cross, Ekta Bisht
Mumbai Indians: Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Yastika Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, S Sajana, Pooja Vastrakar, Shabnim Ismail, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Saika Ishaque, Jintimani Kalita, Amandeep Kaur, Chloe Tryon, Humaira Kazi, Issy Wong, Priyanka Bala, Fatima Jaffer
Players to watch out
Smriti Mandhana: The captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore played a fantastic innings of 74 from 43 balls against Delhi Capitals in the last match. The left-handed opening batter decimated the opposition bowlers with her aggressive strokeplay. She led the run chase from the front; however, her team fell shy of 25 runs.
Sophie Devine: The New Zealand captain was impressive with bat and ball for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in her last match against Delhi Capitals. Opening the batting, she muscled 23 runs from 17 balls, including a four and two sixes. With the ball, she shared the new ball with Renuka Singh Thakur and claimed 2/23 in three overs. She was one of the most successful bowlers for her team.
Hayley Matthews: The right-handed opening batter of Mumbai Indians top scored with 55 runs from 47 balls in the last game against UP Warriorz. She held the innings together and was there in the middle till the 15th over. Besides batting, she offers off-spin as a bowling option.
Natalie Sciver-Brunt: Though the English all-rounder has not performed as expected in this tournament, she is a quality player and a genuine match-winner. The right-handed batter bats at number three, an important position in the line-up, and opens the bowling.
Pitch
The pitch used will be a reused surface, which could be dry. This suggests that the fast bowlers who have been getting some assistance in the first few overs of the match will not get so. Batting will be easy in the second innings, which can encourage the captain to bowl first, which has quite been the order of the competition so far.
Weather
Expect a cool evening with temperatures of around 23 degrees Celsius. There will be no chance of rain and no cloud cover. Humidity will be about 37%.
Match details
Date: March 2, 2024
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Live streaming: Jio Cinema, Sports 18