Royal Challengers completed their towelling of the Giants in a mere 12.3 overs for his or her second win on the bounce on this WPL.
They simply needed to construct on the robust basis laid by the RCB bowlers, who restricted Giants to 107 for 7. Pacer Renuka Singh (2/14) and left-arm spinner Sophie Molineux (3/25) did the star flip for the house aspect after it opted to bowl.
The RCB chase started with a bang as Mandhana slammed two fours within the first two balls off pacer Lea Tahuhu – a drive previous the purpose and a well-timed pull carrying the ball to the fence in a jiffy.
The swish left-hander added one other 4 by a pull a ball later as RCB amassed 13 runs within the first over.
With boundaries raining, the Bangalore outfit marched to 32 for no loss within the third over however misplaced Sophine Devine to Ashleigh Gardner within the fourth over. However her dismissal didn’t decelerate the scoring as Mandhana smoked a six over the pinnacle off Tahuhu to maintain the momentum going. A fifty was there for taking, however a tame push off left-arm spinner Tanuja Kanwar lower quick her entertaining stint.
Her innings additionally put in perspective the early struggles of Giants’ batters, who limped with out timing or energy.
There was a sure tackiness on the pitch alright, however the RCB bowlers additionally hit the suitable size to maintain the Giants batters on a good leash.
The dismissal of Giants’ skipper Beth Mooney (8) was an ideal instance for this.
Mooney had struck Renuka for 2 boundaries earlier, and she or he instantly modified the road coming across the wicket.
She was rewarded with the large wicket when Mooney didn’t sort out a supply that formed in to beat her defensive prod.
Renuka quickly ousted Phoebe Litchfield too when the Aussie batter failed to pull her toes again contained in the crease earlier than Richa Ghosh, standing up, accomplished her stumping.
The pacer bowled her full quota of 4 overs on the trot and returned with good-looking numbers of 4-0-14-2.
From that time, the Giants saved on dropping wickets, together with typically fast scorers like Ashleigh Gardner, and it thwarted their makes an attempt to offer some steam to the innings.
Dayalan Hemalatha’s unbeaten 31 off 25 balls helped them go previous the 100-run mark.
They ended the primary 10 overs at 44 for 2, and the again 10 too didn’t show a lot totally different as RCB bowlers saved chipping away with out conceding too many runs.
That the Giants managed a complete of simply 10 fours and two sixes of their total innings underlined their powerful time.
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