Ellyse Perry claimed a record six-wicket haul before smashing an unbeaten 40 to steer Royal Challengers Bangalore to an emphatic seven-wicket win.
Mumbai Indians came up with a dominant performance with both bat and ball to cruise to an emphatic seven-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore.
The second edition of the Women's Premier League, beginning in Bengaluru on Friday with a high-profile match between defending champions Mumbai Indians and runners-up Delhi Capitals, will be optimistic about meeting its existential purpose of giving a wider platform to promising home-grown talents.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur's form with the bat will be in focus as the Indian Women's team looks to salvage pride in the third and final ODI in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Richa Ghosh's career-best 96 and Deepti Sharma's 5/38 went in vain as Australia Women clinched a thrilling three-run win to take an unassailable 2-0 lead against India in their three-match ODI series in Mumbai on Saturday.
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Engaging fifties by skipper Smriti Mandhana and star all-rounder Elysse Perry took Royal Challengers Bangalore to a formidable 198 for three against UP Warriorz in their Women's Premier League match in Bengaluru on Monday.
Royal Challengers Bangalore signed off the inaugural Women's Premier League with a loss as Mumbai Indians registered a four-wicket win.
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India failed miserably in all departments of the game as they suffered a comprehensive 38-run defeat against England in the first T20I of the three match series in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Delhi Capitals will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in their Women's Premier League (WPL) opener in Mumbai on Sunday.
The incumbent England skipper Heather Knight backed under-fire Smriti Mandhana, the costliest player in WPL, who had a poor run with the bat, to come back stronger.
Sophie Devine fell just one short of her century as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Gujarat Giants to clinch their second WPL win on the trot.
IMAGES from the WPL match between UP Warriorz and Royal Challengers Bangalore, played in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday.
Gujarat Giants registered their first win of the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League as they handed Royal Challengers Bangalore an 11-run defeat.
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Images from the WPL match between UP Warriorz and Royal Challengers Bangalore played in Mumbai on Friday
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