By Admin 
With the help of Nat Sciver-Brunt’s stormy innings, Mumbai Indians (MI) won the 16th match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 played at the BCA Stadium on Monday by 15 runs. With this, MI has maintained its hopes of reaching the playoffs.
RCB is the first team to reach the next round after winning 5 consecutive matches, after which it has lost 2 consecutive matches. At the same time, Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Giants have won 3-3 matches with Mumbai Indians. UP Warriors are at fifth position after winning 2 out of 6 matches. These four teams have a chance to reach the next round.
After losing the toss, MI came to bat and scored 199 runs after losing 4 wickets in the stipulated overs. This team had lost the wicket of opening batsman Sajeevan Sajna on the score of 16. From here Nate Sciver-Brunt took the lead along with Haley Matthews. Both the players made a partnership of 131 runs in 73 balls and took the score to 147.
Mathews was out after scoring 56 runs in 39 balls with 9 fours, after which Brunt along with captain Harmanpreet Kaur took the team to a huge score by adding 42 runs for the third wicket.
Brunt remained unbeaten on 100 runs in 57 balls with 1 six and 16 fours, while Kaur scored 20 runs in 12 balls. From the opposition camp, Lauren Bell took 2 wickets for 21 runs, while Nadine de Klerk and Shreyanka Patil took 1 wicket each.
RCB, chasing the huge score, lost 5 wickets till the score was 35 in 5.1 overs, but from here Nadine de Klerk took control of the team by making a partnership of 42 runs in 36 balls with Richa Ghosh.
Clarke was out after scoring 28 runs in 20 balls with 4 boundaries, after which Ghosh along with Arundhati Reddy (14) scored 52 runs in 34 balls for the 7th wicket.
For a moment, it seemed that MI would win this match by a huge margin, but Ghosh reduced the margin of defeat for RCB by making a partnership of 55 runs in just 18 balls with Shreyanka Patil.
Richa Ghosh was out after scoring 90 runs in 50 balls with the help of 6 sixes and 10 fours, while Patil scored 12 runs in 5 balls with 3 fours. For MI, Hayley Mathews took maximum 3 wickets, while Shabnim Ismail and Amelia Kerr took 2 wickets each. Apart from these, Amanjot Kaur took 1 wicket.