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WPL 2023: Harmanpreet Kaur of Mumbai Indians and Smriti Mandhana of Royal Challengers Bangalore (Twitter)
Smriti Mandhana won the toss and chose RCB to bat first as Harmanpreet Kaur said MI were looking to bowl first anyway
In the fourth match of the Women’s Premier League, Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat against Mumbai Indians at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.
WPL 2023: MI vs RCB – Live
Smriti Mandhana said that despite the short turnaround between the Games, she and her team are ready for the Games. He said that spin all-rounder Shreyanka Patil replaced Asha Shobhana in the playing XI after their 60-run defeat to Delhi Capitals at the same venue on Sunday.
Mandhana said the decision to bat first was taken because she has faith in her top four batsmen.
“We would like to bat first. It looks a good wicket to bat on and chasing a target builds pressure. We had a conversation in the meeting that thinking about the total will not help, we have to play to our strengths and we will get a big total. One of the top four batsmen batted very deep and if we can do that, we will put up good totals. A change for us,” Smriti Mandhana said at the toss.
Harmanpreet Kaur said that MI are unchanged and will be looking to bowl first anyway.
“Smriti is a bit luckier than me (with the toss). We wanted to bowl first and we got that. We have faith in our bowling unit and that’s why we wanted to bowl today. We are going with the same XI,” said Harmanpreet Kaur.
Playing XI:
Mumbai Indians – Yastika Bhatia(w), Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Issy Wong, Amanjot Kaur, Humaira Kazi, Jintimani Kalita, Saika Ishaque
Royal Challengers Bangalore – Smriti Mandhana (c), Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Disha Kasat, Richa Ghosh (w), Heather Knight, Kanika Ahuja, Megan Schutt, Shreyanka Patil, Preeti Bose, Renuka Thakur Singh
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