Sophie Devine lit up the Mumbai skyline with a stunning 36-ball 99 as Royal Challengers Bangalore finished with 189 goals by beating the Gujarat Giants by eight wickets in the Women’s Super League in Mumbai on Saturday. Short work. Devine’s Broad Willows rained six runs with as many as 27 balls as RCB breezed past the target and kept their slim playoff hopes alive with their second consecutive win. Devine also represented New Zealand in hockey before starting cricket and, as a bowler who regularly bats at No. 11, hit an innings that will go down as one of the best in T20 format history. .
During her stay in the middle, Devine hit eight towering sixes and nine fours.
South Africa’s star batsman Laura Walwat topped the charts earlier with a 42-ball 68 before the Gujarat giants won by four runs on 188 in the 22-run final.
Ashleigh Gardner (26 balls 41) also hit brisk batting ahead of Harleen Deol (12 balls not out) and Dayalan Hemalatha (16 balls not out) to make two sixes off a clueless Megan Schutt and two fours, thus ending GG’s innings.
Chasing a solid goal, RCB got off to a cheery start with the opening duo of skipper Smriti Mandhana (37) and Sophie Devine, who sent the GG bowlers leather hunting with their stunning batting.
While there were countless sixes and fours, the highlight was Devine’s 94-metre draw against left-arm spinner Tanuja Kanwal, the biggest of the tournament. six people.
Devine’s Willows took four more and two sixes as RCB ran to 125 without losing in just the ninth innings.
This came after New Zealander Devine beat Harleen Deol in just 20 balls to complete her half-century with a 86m six.
The 100s went up at the end of the eighth innings and a total that looked impressive at the start of the RCB innings now looked within reach.
While Mandhana also dealt harshly with Kanwar, who struck six balls and two fours in the first over of 18, and was out after 37 off 31 balls, Devine didn’t stop as she used the 6 runs and 2 balls punished Ashwani Kumari for a four.
In the end, Kim Garth ended Devine’s knock, but by this time, she had paved the way for RCB’s victory.
Batting first after Sneh Rana won the toss earlier, Sophia Dunkley and Laura Wolvaardt both showed aggressive intent at the start, hitting two boundaries each in their first two overs.
However, after pulling Sophie Devine over midwicket for a four-pointer, Dunkley’s leg stump was knocked out as the batsman had shuffled too much to scoop a shot over the thin leg for good length pitch.
Wolvaardt, unfazed by the setback, hoped to take control of the innings and found the fence twice to take GG to 40, a fifth.
In attack, Elise Perry started well, conceding just one of her first five balls before she lost the line in a half-volley at Braburn Stadium. Still, Perry has done well.
Leg spinner Asha Shobana also bowled well, conceding just five runs like Perry.
Sabbhineni Meghana caught her eye after spending some time in the middle, breaking the boundary for Preeti Bose’s first pitch in the eighth. Bose came back well, however, conceding four runs in the next five balls.
Bose broke a 63-run partnership between Meghana and Wolvaardt when the bowler allowed the Indian batsman to be stumped by Richa Ghosh in what looked like a lazy dismissal.
Ashleigh Gardner came in and she meant straight to the point, knocking Asha over six, while Wolvaardt at the other end continued to accumulate runs and was at 35 A half-century later, with six overs on target against Perry.
Wolvaardt then charged to Megan Schutt, hitting her 6-and-4, but Shreyanka Patil ended her innings when the South African hit Bose straight on a short mid-stroke.
Gardner then took it upon himself to finish the innings of GG on a high note, striking a flurry of fours before leaving lbw to Patil.
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