WPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Mumbai Indians Women, Match 7- Who Said What?

Mumbai Indians Women (MI-W) handed over Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women's (RCB-W) first loss of WPL 2025 in match seven happened at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. 

After losing some early wickets in the first innings, it seemed difficult for RCB-W to put up a decent score on board for the visitors. However, the hosts' star player Ellyse Perry managed to give the team a boost by putting up a satisfactory score of 167 on board. Royal Bengaluru Women skipper Smriti Mandhana had to walk back to the pavilion very early in the game when the hosts were at just 29 runs. On the other hand, it was Mumbai Women's Day, and they performed well both with the ball and bat. 

Talking Points from Match 7 of WPL 2025:

1. Georgia Wareham comes in for RCB-W

In the end, when it looked very difficult for the hosts to defend the total, their legspinner struck and took 2 important wickets. She came in when the team was in need to make it difficult for the visitors. Wareham took three wickets in the game as she dismissed the in-form Harmanpreet Kaur, Amelia Kerr and Sajeevan Sajana. 

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2. Ellyse Perry strikes for RCB

It was Ellyse Perry who stood on the field when the team lost early wickets. Her fiery innings of 81 runs off just 43 balls helped Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women put up a score of 167 on board. 

3. Amanjot Kaur's dominant knock

Mumbai Indians' Amanjot Kaur showed why she was on the field when the visitors lost their skipper's wicket. Kaur put up a great show against RCB-W and gave the fans a night full of entertainment. The all-rounder struck when the team needed her the most and because of her two sixes in the 19th and last over MI-W beat the hosts. 

Who Said What?

Losing skipper, Smriti Mandhana

Can't say one turning point but really proud of the way the girls fought back, we have 2 days and we will think about what went wrong. The first time we batted first in the tournament so we won't be really critical about things today. For us it is important to stay positive in the next 2 days. Ball was coming on pretty well, the outfield is definitely quicker and it had a little bit for the spinners as well. We started well in the powerplay and they started well in the powerplay, but after Hayley got out we thought we had a chance and made it tough in the middle overs and we always felt that we were in the game.

Winning Skipper, Harmanpreet Kaur

We wanted to play good cricket and we knew that crowd is going to pay a big role, so we wanted to stay together. We wanted to chase becuase of the dew. They all know their roles very well and they know when they are going to bowl depending on the match-ups. I just told her (Amanjot) that that was the last over (18th over) for the main bowler and there are no experienced bowlers after that. I knew she is a good player, but does not have that much experience in these situations, so credit to her.

Player of the Match, Amanjot Kaur

Feels really happy and tough to express this feeling in words. I knew that if an offspinner comes to bowl, I can back my strengths. We (Kanika and I) play for the same domestic side and I knew that I had to stay till the end and make sure that 19th over goes big because of my positive match-up. My role with the ball is to bowl stump-to-stump and bowl the variations. Blessed and grateful.