Lucknow . UP Warriors won the session with honor by winning 12 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in their final match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) here on Saturday with the second consecutive half -century of Georgia Wall (99 not out). RCB was out of this playoff race after losing in this big score match. In this way Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians qualified for the playoffs. UP Warriors batting Dhundhar scored a huge score of 225 runs for five wickets, which is also the biggest score of the tournament.
Chasing this huge target, the RCB team also batted brilliantly but the entire team was out for 213 runs in 19.3 overs. For RCB, wicketkeeper batsman Richa Ghosh scored 69 off 33 balls, Alice Parry 28 off 15 balls, S Meghna scored 27 off 12 balls and Sneh Rana scored 26 runs in six balls. For UP Warriors, captain Deepti Sharma and Sophie Allestone took three wickets while Chiinel Henry got two wickets. RCB started fast to chase the target but both openers were dismissed. Captain Smriti Mandhana did not run again and was dismissed in the third over.
Then S Meghna also reached the pavilion in an attempt to play a big shot. RCB may have lost two wickets in the powerplay, but he scored 70 runs in six overs, which was better than UP Warriors in the powerplay, who scored 67 runs and scored the biggest score of the powerplay. Alice Parry (28 runs) was bowled by Anjali Sarwani in the seventh over, which was the first over of this bowler. RCB scored 100 runs after losing four wickets in 9.2 overs. But Deepti Sharma bowled Kanika Ahuja and gave UP Warriors the fifth wicket. Wicketkeeper batsman Richa Ghosh (69 runs) completed her half -century in 25 balls in the 15th over, hitting two consecutive sixes on Anjali Sarwani.
He and Georgia Wareham shared a 64 -run partnership in 33 balls for the sixth wicket, which was the best participation of the team. But Deepti finished RCB’s 33 -ball innings, which broke the hope of RCB and after that RCB needed 55 runs in 21 balls to win. The team had completed 200 runs for eight wickets in 18.4 overs. In the end Sneh Rana played six balls in which he scored 26 runs with three sixes and sixes. The last six balls were to be scored 15 runs, but the team was dismissed for three balls. Earlier, Georgia Wall continued a great form but missed a century by just one run, which continues to wait for the first century in WPL. He hit 17 fours and a six in an unbeaten innings of 56 balls. Kiran Navgire also played a fiery innings of 46 runs from two fours and five sixes in 16 balls. Grace Harris contributed 39 runs in 22 balls and Chiinel Henry contributed 19 runs in 15 balls.
Georgia Wareham of RCB took two wickets for 43 runs. After being invited to bat, the top order of UP Warriors batted aggressively, making Georgia Wall WPL jointly scoring the highest score with Sophie Divine in History. Divine scored 99 runs against RCB in 2023. RCB bowlers failed to pressurize the batsmen of UP Warriors, making Georgia Wall and Harris voluntarily batting and added 67 runs to the powerplay in the session. Harris was initially aggressive, hitting five fours off Kim Garth’s balls. At the same time, Georgia Ball hit three fours off Renuka Singh’s balls. But the first wicket partnership broke when Harris was dismissed at the score of 77 runs. But Navagire, along with Georgia Wall, shared a 71 -ball 71 -ball partnership, which reached 100 runs in 9.3 overs. Navgire hit five sixes before being dismissed. Then Henry and Georgia Wall participated 43 runs in 25 balls. Captain Deepti Sharma was run out on the final ball, leaving Georgia Wall just one run on her century.