🏏WPL 2023: UP Warriorz W vs RCB W: Match 8: Venue: B S, Mumbai 🏏 - Page 2

Thanks for the tag Madhu.🤗

May the best team win.👍🏼

Cheers..

The Warriorz, have only played a couple of games, winning one and losing the other. They have an embarrassment of riches in the overseas department. While that is a luxury on most days, they need to get their balance right - something they, in hindsight, did not manage against the Delhi Capitals. Grace Harris could come back into the eleven today and if she can find her range, alongside captain Alyssa Healy and Tahlia McGrath, they might fancy their chances against an RCB bowling unit that has largely struggled.

Either way, expect plenty of entertainment, especially at a venue where the runs have flowed. RCB will definitely not seal qualification tonight but they could fall out of the race altogether with another defeat. That is how clutch this clash has become.

The Warriorz have certainly not reached last-chance saloon yet. But for RCB, time is running out, and it is running out fast. They have lost each of the three games they have played so far and if they were to lose this one too, they would have a mountain to climb to finish in the top three. Their defeats have also been by significant margins, meaning that they might have to rectify their NNR at some point as well, and what better occasion than to start tonight.

The Warriorz are third currently and could go level on points with the Capitals if they win tonight. A loss, and they would have the same number of points as the Gujarat Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Vishal Dikshit, who is at the Brabourne Stadium, has this to say, "It's a pleasant evening in Mumbai after a hot afternoon! The sun is just about setting beyond Marine Drive behind the Brabourne Stadium and there's some crowd trickling in, not much right now. There's some breeze, the pitch looks another belter, and the two teams are training under the watchful eyes of their mentors Sania Mirza (RCB) and Lisa Sthalekar (UPW)."

We have had three games at the Brabourne Stadium so far, with the team batting first winning twice. On both of those occasions, the side batting first scored more than 200. The only time that did not happen was when RCB were bowled out for 155 by the Mumbai Indians. An interesting decision awaits at the toss....

They've played three matches, all of them at the Brabourne Stadium, and they've lost all three.

And it's the Brabourne Stadium again today where RCB are desperate for a turnaround as they approach the halfway point of their campaign.

Another defeat might well mean curtains for them in this competition already. To avoid that outcome, their bowling needs to step up big time after conceding huge scores so far.

Second match on this pitch. Still a bit of a green tinge, and still pretty hard. It's going to have good bounce and carry. But it's starting to dry out a little bit. We can see a little bit of wear which means there could be something for the spinners." - pitch report from Mel Jones and Julia Price

Thanks for the tag. Will RCB get der 1st win?

Heather Knight: It is still in there (Pink holi color), I'm three hair washes down. It has faded slightly but it is not as bad as Pez (Perry). It is the first time I have dyed my hair in my whole life, first time for everything. Games come thick and fast, our fourth game in six days and when you start like we have, on a losing streak, it is hard to turn it around. It is about keeping it simple. We have steadily improved each game and we are used to the ground, quite hard work for the bowlers and you need to take it with a pinch of salt, you have to be a bit brave. Little bit out of my comfort zone, I'm not a reliable bowler on these wickets, towards the back end of the innings as well, I'm just trying to embrace it and perform the role for the team. She is going to be an absolute gun (Shreyanka), she's a talented cricketer and the way she executed the other day at the death was outstanding. She's a bowl of energy and certainly has a bright future. It is really cool and nice to chat to someone from a different sport, cricket can be quite a bubble sometimes and to chat to someone who has gone through similar sort of challenges as an athlete but also in a complete different environment, just chatting to her about Wimbledon

It's time for the toss. Healy calls tails, and it lands as heads. RCB win the toss and elect to bat first. Mandhana reckons it is