bowls it full and wide across the batter from around the stumps, Shreyanka has backed away too much to the leg side so can't reach this, through to the keeper. Gujarat Giants get off the mark, RCB firmly rooted to the bottom now with three losses.
GG Women vs RCB Women, 6th Match at Mumbai, WPL, Mar 08 2023 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
6th Match (N), Brabourne, March 08, 2023, Women's Premier League
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end of over 2012 runs • 1 wicket
RCB-W: 190/6CRR: 9.50
Shreyanka Patil11 (4b 1x4 1x6)
Heather Knight30 (11b 5x4 1x6)
Annabel Sutherland 4-0-56-2
Ashleigh Gardner 4-0-31-3
That's it from us today. Hope you all enjoyed our coverage. This is Srinidhi Ramanujam signing off on behalf of Shashank Kishore and our scorer K Vairavan. Take care and good night.
Dunkley, the Player of the match: "It was a bit touch and go at one point. Really proud of the girls out there for the win. I tried to hit the ball hard and hoped for the best. [On not playing the first game], didn't really mind. I'd love to play whenever given the chance. We thought 200 might just be enough on that wicket. A really close finish and happy with the win."
Rana, the Giants captain: "Feeling amazing. Great effort by girls feels proud, It will be fine. Defending here in CCI is never easy, I know it was a tough game, a high scoring game. We lived up to the game. [On giving Sutherland the death overs] We thought of giving her a few overs because she bowls good wide yorkers. I think we are a balanced team, we have good batters and we have a good combination of players. It's something we were looking for from the first win and now we have got it [the win]."
Deol: "Feels good to win. Wicket was good, batting was planned according to that. Backed my strengths and played. She [Rana] is a fighter, and will manage to get back on the field somehow. There was some bleeding in her fingers but she will be fine."
Mandhana, the RCB captain: "I think I'd say even in our bowling, we gave away 10-15 runs more than what we expected to. There were two three overs where we conceded a lot, and not 6-7 runs. We would have gotten better [with the target] otherwise. It's a good outfield, one end is really short, that did play with few of our bowlers' in mind, we are trying to work on it.
"A few positives. Shreyanka, the way she bowled and batted, she is a tough girl. And also Kanika's performance, they both have been good from the domestic circuit. "
11pm Relief for Giants. More misery for RCB. Where do they go from here? The bowling hasn't come to the party. There has been immense pressure on the batting unit as a result. Tonight, they made a good fist of it courtesy Sophie Devine and Heather Knight, but left themselves a little too much towards the back end. Having posted their first win, the Giants will hope Sneh Rana is fit and fine. She hurt her already bruised finger while bowling and can ill-afford another injury.
19.6
•
Sutherland to Patil, no run
19.5
4
Sutherland to Patil, FOUR runs
flicked into the gap at deep square again. Picked the bones out of it. This is short again, Shreyanka walks across to line herself up and pulls this imperiously when the ball arrives
19.4
6
Sutherland to Patil, SIX runs
down on one knee and wallops this short delivery to deep backward square leg. Massive six. Shreyanka in firm control as she walked across to get underneath the length. That confidence, just wow. Why didn't she come in a lot earlier, ahead of Kanika?
19.3
1
Sutherland to Knight, 1 run
whips this full toss to deep square
RCB need four sixes to win
19.2
1
Sutherland to Patil, 1 run
drilled down the ground, excellent effort by Sneh Rana to stop that at mid-off. Puts the body on the line to save runs for the team.
Shreyanka
19.1
W
Sutherland to Khemnar, OUT
paddled to short fine where Rana takes an excellent catch back-pedalling. Khemnar was looking to walk across and ramp but decided to abort it a tad late. By then the ball had already lobbed off the face of the bat. Don't think she was giving herself the best option in the first place.
Poonam Khemnar c sub (Ashwani Kumari) b Sutherland 2 (4b 0x4 0x6 5m) SR: 50
How costly would RCB's decision to take a single off the last ball of the 18th prove to be? RCB needed Knight on strike. This is where game awareness is key. Kanika needed to stay away from taking a single. She didn't.
end of over 199 runs • 1 wicket
RCB-W: 178/5CRR: 9.36 • RRR: 24.00 • Need 24 runs from 6b
Heather Knight29 (10b 5x4 1x6)
Poonam Khemnar2 (3b)
Ashleigh Gardner 4-0-31-3
Sneh Rana 4-0-34-0
18.6
6
Gardner to Knight, SIX runs
that is belted out of the ground at long-on. This was right in her slot and she swung that away for a maximum.
18.5
1
Gardner to Khemnar, 1 run
swept to deep square, singles won't do
18.4
1
Gardner to Knight, 1 run
squeezed to long-off
18.3
1
Gardner to Khemnar, 1 run
hit down to long-on
18.2
•
Gardner to Khemnar, no run
beaten as she tries to sweep this full delivery on off
18.1
W
Gardner to Ahuja, OUT
perhaps the decision to take a single off that last ball was costly. Kanika had to chance her arm with every ball, steps out to slap that over cover but misses and sees Verma pull off a simple stumping.
Kanika Ahuja st †Verma b Gardner 10 (7b 2x4 0x6 13m) SR: 142.85
end of over 1811 runs
RCB-W: 169/4CRR: 9.38 • RRR: 16.50 • Need 33 runs from 12b
Kanika Ahuja10 (6b 2x4)
Heather Knight22 (8b 5x4)
Sneh Rana 4-0-34-0
Annabel Sutherland 3-0-44-1
RCB need 33 off 12
17.6
1
Rana to Ahuja, 1 run
hit back down the ground for a single
17.5
4
Rana to Ahuja, FOUR runs
walks across and wallops this sweep behind square. Picked it on the full and put that away effortlessly.
17.4
•
Rana to Ahuja, no run
beaten as she attempts to back away and heave
17.3
1
Rana to Knight, 1 run
attempts a reverse sweep, gets some glove on it, rolls to the off side and they'll take a run
17.2
1
Rana to Ahuja, 1 run
full toss, swung away to deep square. How high was that? Not signalled a no-ball, so RCB are reviewing it for a waist-high no-ball. If it is a no-ball, RCB will have a free-hit. The side-on replays confirm this was well over the waist. The RCB chants in the crowd start seeing the replays, but the third umpire wants a look at ball tracking to reconfirm. Third umpire says it's a fair delivery as tracking said it was dipping. The third umpire also reasoned that if she was in her normal stance, it wouldn't have been over the waist.
17.1
4
Rana to Ahuja, FOUR runs
walloped inside out and beats the infield to the wide long-off fence. Kanika with a brave shot that pays off
end of over 1723 runs • 1 wicket
RCB-W: 158/4CRR: 9.29 • RRR: 14.66 • Need 44 runs from 18b
Heather Knight21 (7b 5x4)
Kanika Ahuja0 (1b)
Annabel Sutherland 3-0-44-1
Ashleigh Gardner 3-0-22-2
16.6
4
Sutherland to Knight, FOUR runs
carnage! Knight's single-handedly keeping RCB hopes alive. This is a full toss angled into the pads and she flicks it superbly into the gap at square leg. That is a big over, RCB will need two more of those.
16.6
1w
Sutherland to Knight, 1 wide
oh dear, looks like it slipped out of her hand and onto the strip next door.
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