On Tuesday, March 21 at the DY Patil Sports Academy in Mumbai, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will take on Mumbai Indians (MI) in match number 19 of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023. Despite having qualified for the playoffs, Mumbai will be eager to regain their winning momentum after suffering consecutive defeats to the Delhi Capitals (DC) and UP Warriorz (UPW).

In the two previous matches, MI’s strong batting lineup has let them down. In the wake of overseeing just 127 against UP, they were held to 109/8 by Delhi in the match on Monday. Against RCB, players like captain Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, and Yastika Bhatia will want to get back into the runs. Mumbai doesn’t want to lose a lot going into the playoffs.

“I am very happy that we have won the toss today.” – @ImHarmanpreet

Same here, Skip! 🥹💪#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #AaliRe #WPL2023 #RCBvMI pic.twitter.com/L59vEFHR8Z

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) March 21, 2023

Monday’s three-wicket victory for UP over Gujarat Giants (GG) eliminated RCB from contention for the WPL 2023 playoffs. However, Smriti Mandhana and co. will want to end on a high note. They have won their last two matches in great style. A hat trick of victories would be a good way for Bangalore to end a campaign that was very disappointing.

Today’s RCB vs MI toss result

The Mumbai Indians have decided to field first after winning the toss.

playing XIs

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 

• Sophie Devine
• Smriti Mandhana (c)
• Ellyse Perry
• Kanika Ahuja
• Heather Knight
• Richa Ghosh (wk)
• Shreyanka Patil
• Disha Kasat
• Sobhana Asha
• Megan Schutt
• Preeti Bose.

Mumbai Indians: 

• Yastika Bhatia (wk)
• Hayley Matthews
• Nat Sciver-Brunt
• Harmanpreet Kaur (c)
• Amelia Kerr
• Pooja Vastrakar
• Issy Wong
• Amanjot Kaur
• Humaira Kazi
• Jintimani Kalita
• Saika Ishaque.

Today’s RCB vs MI pitch report

https://twitter.com/wplt20/status/1638111921793802241

Parthiv Patel claims that the track will initially have some moisture on it. He also said that the pitch will get better to bat on as the game goes on.

Today’s RCB vs MI match players list

Royal Challengers Bangalore squad: 

• Smriti Mandhana (c)
• Sophie Devine
• Ellyse Perry
• Heather Knight
• Richa Ghosh (w)
• Kanika Ahuja
• Shreyanka Patil
• Disha Kasat
• Megan Schutt
• Asha Shobana
• Preeti Bose
• Dane van Niekerk
• Erin Burns
• Komal Zanzad
• Renuka Thakur Singh
• Indrani Roy
• Sahana Pawar
• Poonam Khemnar.

Mumbai Indians squad: 

• Hayley Matthews
• Yastika Bhatia (w)
• Nat Sciver-Brunt
• Harmanpreet Kaur (c)
• Amelia Kerr
• Issy Wong
• Amanjot Kaur
• Humaira Kazi
• Dhara Gujjar
• Jintimani Kalita
• Saika Ishaque
• Chloe Tryon
• Heather Graham
• Pooja Vastrakar
• Sonam Yadav
• Neelam Bisht
• Priyanka Bala.

RCB vs MI – Today’s match umpires

• On-field umpires: Madanagopal Kuppuraj, N Janani
• TV umpire: Ranjeev Sharma
• Match Referee: Anupa Narvekar