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Mumbai Indians have defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 15 runs. This is RCB’s second consecutive defeat. In this match played in Vadodara, Mumbai Indians, batting first, scored 199 runs. Nate Sciver Brunt scored 100 runs for MI. She has become the first batsman to score a century in the Women’s Premier League history. Chasing the target of 200 runs, Bengaluru team was able to score 184 runs.
This is the same RCB team, which was the first to qualify for the playoffs by winning its first five matches in WPL 2026. But against Mumbai Indians, half of the Bengaluru team had returned to the pavilion by the score of 35. Richa Ghosh tried to save Bengaluru from a huge defeat by playing an unbeaten inning of 54 runs in 39 balls.
Nate Sciver Brunt scored 100 runs in 57 balls for Mumbai. She is the first batsman to score a century in the history of this league. He hit 16 fours and one six in his historic innings. Bruntus scored 70 runs in the first innings from the boundary only.
Richa Ghosh fought a lot
Royal Challengers Bangalore team was struggling, in such a situation, wicketkeeper batsman Richa Ghosh played a stormy inning of 90 runs in 50 balls, but could not ensure the victory of Bengaluru team. He hit 10 fours and 6 sixes in this innings.
Mumbai Indians had suffered 3 consecutive defeats, but by defeating RCB by 15 runs, they not only ended their losing streak but also kept their hopes of going to the playoffs alive. Mumbai has come to second place in the points table after 3 wins in 7 matches. Right now there is competition between four teams for the remaining 2 places in the playoffs.
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