🏏 WPL 2024: Match 11: RCB W vs UP W at Bengalauru🏏 - Page 3

4 matches | 2 wins | 2 losses | 4 points - that's the current status of both the teams that will lock horns against each other. This will also be the final match of this year's Women's Premier League at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Hello everyone and a warm welcome to the 11th match of WPL. It's UP Warriorz vs Royal Challengers Bangalore. The Warriorz come into this match on the back of two successive convincing run-chases after losing their first two matches. RCB, on the contrary, are on a two-match losing streak after kick-starting their campaign with back-to-back wins. They'll be eager to get back to winning ways as this is their final match in front of their passionate and vociferous fans. RCB registered a nervy 2-run win against UP earlier in the competition. Promises to be another cracking encounter.

Ellyse Perry: That's (getting back to winning ways) what we've been speaking about and that would be really nice. We've got a super tough challenge ahead of us tonight with UP and the one that we are also really looking forward to, should be a great match. Our last one at home as well, so we really want to make the most of it. Clearly something to do with the conditions, teams are so adapted to chasing totals these days. Regardless of the toss tonight, we've got a really good handle on what we require ourselves to do tonight to be successful. (On not bowling her full quota of four overs) Just to do with the depth and wealth and options that we have in our bowling line-up and what's working on the night. It's really nice to have that. We've gone in with a spin-heavy attack. I haven't played there (Delhi) for a long time, we've got the luxury of seeing a game there tomorrow night and getting a little bit of handle on what we might expect. We've got some local knowledge within the group as well who know how those conditions play. Tonight, our focus at the moment is to play in these conditions and then after that we'll be able to switch to what we are going to face in Delhi.

Ellyse Perry: That's (getting back to winning ways) what we've been speaking about and that would be really nice. We've got a super tough challenge ahead of us tonight with UP and the one that we are also really looking forward to, should be a great match. Our last one at home as well, so we really want to make the most of it. Clearly something to do with the conditions, teams are so adapted to chasing totals these days. Regardless of the toss tonight, we've got a really good handle on what we require ourselves to do tonight to be successful. (On not bowling her full quota of four overs) Just to do with the depth and wealth and options that we have in our bowling line-up and what's working on the night. It's really nice to have that. We've gone in with a spin-heavy attack. I haven't played there (Delhi) for a long time, we've got the luxury of seeing a game there tomorrow night and getting a little bit of handle on what we might expect. We've got some local knowledge within the group as well who know how those conditions play. Tonight, our focus at the moment is to play in these conditions and then after that we'll be able to switch to what we are going to face in Delhi.

Alyssa Healy: We'll bowl first just like every other time. It's quite humid and there's a lot of moisture. Winning the toss helps. We have figured out the way we want to play. The players are contributing. We fought back really nicely. It's going to be a cracking contest. It's about enjoying the atmosphere. No changes.

UP Warriorz have won the toss and have opted to field

Alyssa Healy: We'll bowl first just like every other time. It's quite humid and there's a lot of moisture. Winning the toss helps. We have figured out the way we want to play. The players are contributing. We fought back really nicely. It's going to be a cracking contest. It's about enjoying the atmosphere. No changes.

UP Warriorz have won the toss and have opted to field

Smriti Mandhana: We would have loved to bowl as well. The wicket looks good. Unbelievable support. We move to Delhi, hopefully we get some support there as well. Chinnaswamy has been amazing. A lot of thinking in the last two matches, things which we need to work on. Momentum is important in T20 cricket. We have to play good and hard cricket. Shreyanka misses because of a niggle Ekta Bisht comes in and makes her debut.

UP Warriorz (Playing XI): Alyssa Healy(w/c), Kiran Navgire, Chamari Athapaththu, Grace Harris, Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Poonam Khemnar, Sophie Ecclestone, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Saima Thakor, Anjali Sarvani

Smriti Mandhana: We would have loved to bowl as well. The wicket looks good. Unbelievable support. We move to Delhi, hopefully we get some support there as well. Chinnaswamy has been amazing. A lot of thinking in the last two matches, things which we need to work on. Momentum is important in T20 cricket. We have to play good and hard cricket. Shreyanka misses because of a niggle. Ekta Bisht comes in and makes her debut.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana(c), Sophie Devine, Sabbhineni Meghana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh(w), Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham, Ekta Bisht, Simran Bahadur, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh

UP Warriorz (Playing XI): Alyssa Healy(w/c), Kiran Navgire, Chamari Athapaththu, Grace Harris, Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Poonam Khemnar, Sophie Ecclestone, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Saima Thakor, Anjali Sarvani

UPW win the toss and chose to bowl.

Teams:

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana(c), Sophie Devine, Sabbhineni Meghana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh(w), Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham, Ekta Bisht, Simran Bahadur, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh

UP Warriorz (Playing XI): Alyssa Healy(w/c), Kiran Navgire, Chamari Athapaththu, Grace Harris, Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Poonam Khemnar, Sophie Ecclestone, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Saima Thakor, Anjali Sarvani