UP Warriorz win the first-ever Super Over in WPL history..!!

RCB, the defending champions, have lost both matches played in their hometown of Bangalore in the Women's Premier League, known as the Women's IPL. In this, the match against Uttar Pradesh ended in a draw and RCB lost in the Super Over. UP won the toss and elected to bowl first in the ninth league match held in Bengaluru. After this, RCB captain Smriti Mandhana, who came out, scored 58 runs in 41 balls to lose the match by 6 runs. Danny Wyatt scored 58 runs in 41 balls. With all the other players losing by a few runs, RCB's star player, Australian Ellyse Perry, scored 90 runs in 56 balls.
This included nine fours and three sixes. With this, RCB scored 180 runs for the loss of 6 wickets at the end of 20 overs. With this, UP, which had set a target of 181 runs to win, also stumbled. Opener kiran was on 24 runs, Dinesh Vrinda was on 14 runs, captain Deepti Sharma was on 25 runs and Takila McGrath was out for a duck. In this situation, Shweta Serawat scored 31 runs. In the end, Sophie Esselstone added 33 runs in 19 balls, including four sixes. UP needed 18 runs to win in the last over. At that time, Esselstone hit two sixes and a four. UP needed just two runs off the last two balls to win. Then Esselstone ran a run off the fifth ball. Needing one run off the last ball to win, UP lost their wicket and the match ended in a draw. After this, the Super Over method was followed to decide the winners. In this, UP, who batted first, scored only eight runs for the loss of one wicket in the Super Over. After this, RCB, who batted next, scored only four runs in the Super Over and lost.
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Sowmiya Sriram

25/02/2025 10:54 AM