Preview
On the last day of the league phase of the tournament, RCB square up against MI at the DY Patil Sports Academy in Game No. 19. RCB are out of the tournament and will be looking to sign off on a high and they’ve got the momentum too having secured victories in their previous 2 games. MI are heading into this game having suffered back to back losses, and will be eager for a win in order to qualify directly in the finals
H2H
MI emerged victorious by 9 wickets and 34 balls to spare in the previous H2H game
Top Performers at Venue
Harmanpreet Kaur (MI), Batter- RHB
Inns- 6 | Runs- 166 | Avg- 33
Ellyse Perry (RCB), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
Inns- 2 | Runs- 77 | Avg- 77 | Wkts- 5 | Avg- 14
Hayley Matthews (MI), All Rounder- RHB/OS
Inns- 4 | Runs- 119 | Avg- 30 | Wkts- 5 | Avg- 16
Richa Ghosh (RCB), Batter- RHB
Inns- 4 | Runs- 130 | Avg- 65
Amelia Kerr (MI), All Rounder- RHB/RALB
Inns- 4 | Wkts- 4 | Avg- 16 | Runs- 56 | Avg- 28
Top Picks
Harmanpreet Kaur (MI), Batter- RHB
- She’s the 4th highest & MI’s highest run-getter this season: Inns- 6 | Runs- 228 | Avg- 57
- Great record at the venue: Inns- 6 | Runs- 166 | Avg- 33
- She’s scored half-centuries in 2 out of the previous 4 outings
Sophie Devine (RCB), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
- She’s RCB’s top run getter: Inns- 7 | Runs- 266 | Avg- 38
- She was at her swashbuckling best in the previous game scoring 99 off just the 36 balls
- She’s started opening the bowling and has picked 3 wickets at an average of 15.33 in the last 2 games
Natalie Sciver (MI), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
- She played an unbeaten knock of 55* and also returned with a wicket in the previous H2H game
- She’s scored 187 runs at an average of 47.8 in the competition
- She’s also been in good form with the ball: Inns- 7 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 21 | SR- 18
Richa Ghosh (RCB), Batter- RHB
She has an excellent record at the venue: Inns- 4 | Runs- 130 | Avg- 65
She scored 31* & 37 in her last 2 outings, both coming at the same venue
Differential Picks
Shreyanka Patil (RCB), All Rounder- RHB/OS
- She’s been the find of the season for RCB thanks to her innovative batting and exceptional bowling at the death
- She returned with figures of 2-0-17-2 in the previous game, bowling overs number 17th & 19th
Smriti Mandhana (RCB), Batter- LHB
- She returned back to form in the previous game starring in a 125 run opening stand on her way to 37 runs
- She’s got a decent record at the venue: Inns- 4 | Runs- 115 | Avg- 29
- She looked in good nick in the previous H2H game before falling for 23
Pooja Vastrakar (MI), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
- She’s back fit having missed most of the tournament with injury
- She was the top scorer for MI in the previous game with her knock of 26 runs
- She registered figures of 3-0-15-1 in the only game she’s bowled in at this venue
Safe Captaincy Pick
Hayley Matthews (MI), All Rounder- RHB/OS
- She was the POTM in the previous H2H game for her brilliant all-round efforts: 77* runs & 4-0-28-3
- She is MI’s 2nd highest run-getter this season: Inns- 7 | Runs- 208 | Avg- 35
- She’s the joint 2nd highest wicket-taker this season: Inns- 7 | Wkts- 13 | Avg- 13 | SR- 11
- She’s been in excellent all-round form at this venue: Inns- 4 | Runs- 119 | Avg- 30 | Wkts- 4 | Avg- 13
Differential Captaincy Pick
Ellyse Perry (RCB), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
- She’s been in scintillating form with the bat throughout the season
- She’s scored the 2nd most number of runs for RCB: Inns- 7 | Runs- 224 | Avg- 45
- She registered figures of 4-0-16-3 in the previous game at this venue
- Her highest individual score of 67* came at this very venue last week
Base Team
WK: Richa Ghosh
BAT: Harmanpreet Kaur, Sophie Devine
AR: Hayley Matthews, Natalie Sciver, Amelia Kerr, Ellyse Perry
BOWL: Megan Schutt, Issy Wong
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