UP Warriorz 139 for 0 (Healy 96*) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 138 (Perry 52, Ecclestone 4-18) for 10 wickets
alyssa healy he played Royal Challengers Bangalore’s bowling attack at tiny Brabourne Stadium to crush an unbeaten 96 off just 47 balls, to give Royal Challengers their fourth straight defeat and sink them further to the bottom of the points table.
Meanwhile, the UP Warriorz remained in third place with their second win in three games, after their leading spinners. sophie ecclestone and deepti sharma they combined for staggering figures of 7.3-0-39-7 to restrict Royal Challengers to their lowest WPL total of 138, which Healy and fellow opener Devika Vaidya chased down in 13 overs with one unbroken standing.
Royal Challengers to regret lack of batting contributions from their Indian stars Smriti Mandhana and Richa Ghoshwho fell by 4 and 1 respectively, and their innings would have ended with a much smaller total if it weren’t for ellyse perryhe is attacking 52 for 39 despite wickets falling at the other end. Once Mandhana was dismissed in the fourth over, Deepti and Ecclestone took the next four wickets that fell to the bowlers, along with the departure of Heather Knight at half. Only Sophie Devine and Perry crossed 15 as Royal Challengers slid from 73 for 1 to 98 for 4 to 135 for 6 to eventually lose their last five wickets by just 13 runs.
With Megan Schutt out of the XI and Renuka Singh not bowling in the first four overs, Healy stormed Royal Challengers starting with four in a row in the second over, followed by two more in the next and then a straight three against Shreyanka Patil. in the sixth step into the run to 38 with team score 55 on the power play. She hit her fifties with just 29 balls and kept going until she posted the highest WPL score yet.
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