🏏WPL 2025: Match 20 - RCB W vs MI W at Brabourne, 11/03/25🏏 - Page 57

Richa Ghosh | translated from Hindi: The season was good for me, the ball was going off the bat well and it was good for me as a batter. Whenever I have time, I spend time on my batting. If we lose quick wickets, how I should bat and help the team - that's what I worked on this season. I back my style and then react as to how the ball is behaving from the pitch. I feel good when I stop the ball as a wicket-keeper and I'm enjoying it. There was good bonding in the team and in the camp.

Smriti Mandhana, Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain: We just discussed that we started on a high and finished on a high but lost a lot of momentum mid-way (smiles). Not having your five or six players who would play in the playing eleven, missing all the bowlers…the way we started, we felt that it will not be a huge thing for us. A lot of tosses did not go our way as well. In cricket, you can say all those things but you have to fight it out as a team and we could not step up - that is something all of us will learn (from). (On using just five bowlers tonight) Whenever I was thinking (to get the others on), Nat was smashing a 12-run over. They (Joshitha and Rawat) are excellent bowlers but I thought about sticking to experience - that is what gets us through. (On her innings) Just wanted to go out and play positive cricket (tonight). Being in touch and not scoring was eating away at me, so nice to contribute (tonight). (On the fans) They are the best fans for a reason. You play in Mumbai, Vadodara, Lucknow, wherever you play, whether you are winning or losing, they keep backing the players and the team. I remember one instance where we lost the fourth game (in Bengaluru) and we needed 25 off one ball, the whole stadium was going "RCB, RCB". Hopefully we can pick ourselves up and give something back next year.

Sneh Rana, Player of the Match: (On her shoulder injury) It is fine now (laughs). (On the bowling plans) Pretty simple for the bowlers - you have to adjust your lengths. We had to take the pace off and adjust our lengths (on this pitch). I am an incoming bowler to the right-handers, so she used me well (bowling with the longer leg-side boundary). The captain has that responsibility to use the bowlers properly and she did that very well. Whenever I feel I can give some inputs to any department, I give it to the players. I was unsold (at the auction) but I want to say thanks to the RCB management for giving me this opportunity. Really thankful and looking forward to the next season.

The league stage is done and like 2023 and 2024, the Delhi Capitals finish at the top of the standings to go through to the final. The Mumbai Indians, meanwhile, will play yet another Eliminator, and will be up against the Gujarat Giants, making their maiden playoff appearance.

So just two games left in this year's WPL and that should be fun. We will be there to bring all the action from those games. For now we are signing off. See you soon. Bye.

Congratulations to RCBW for their comfortable win against MIW.

Now, just two games left in this year's WPL and that should be fun.

First loss for Mumbai Indians Women at the Brabourne Stadium in six WPL matches.

- Third consecutive season Delhi Capitals finished at the top of the table and qualify for final in the WPL.

Details for the Next Match in WPL--

Mumbai Indians Women vs Gujarat Giants Women, Eliminator

Series: Womens Premier League 2025

Venue: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Date & Time: Mar 13, 07:30 PM LOCAL

Thank you RCB Women team

DC Women team qualified for final

But hopefully they win title this year

Cannot see hattrick of heartbreak

Congratulations to RCB for winning the match.

Congratulations to Sneh Rana for winning the PoTM award.

MI W and GG W will fight it out to be the finalist and to play with DC W in the finals.

Cheers..

Today is rest day for WPL as GG W and MI W gear up to play the Eliminator on 13th.

Poor MI ended up playing 3 games in 4 days, which is very tiring.

Cheers..