Women's T20 League

Match 8: BLR-W vs UP-W

Preview

The Women’s IND T20 League's eighth match is set to begin on Friday at 07:30 PM IST, 10th March 2023. Smriti Mandhana's Bangalore and Alyssa Healy's UP will face off in an exciting match. This match is scheduled to take place at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. Both sides are coming to the match after losing their last match. BLR-W come here with a loss against the GUJ-W. UP-W also lost their last game against the Delhi Women, and they will look to get back into form.   

Mandhana's Bangalore has struggled, and the side has lost three games which they have played so far. BLR-W must win this one to stay in the hunt for a place in the playoffs. Their bowlers haven't done well, which is worrying. Healy's UP-W played better cricket, and it will be interesting to see if Bangalore can win this game and keep their hopes alive.  

Mandhana's side is struggling at the bottom of the points table. It was their third consecutive loss of the season as they went down by 11 runs against Gujarat. One more loss will end all their hopes of a place in the playoffs. Mandhana must lead from the front and take her side to victory.

For UP-W they will be looking to work on their basics to win this match against the slight-weakened Bangalore side on Friday. UP-W lost their last match against Delhi by 42 runs in the last match. Meanwhile, it was a fighting knock from Aussie all-rounder Tahila McGrath was the lone warrior of the side who scored 90 off 50 balls that included 11 fours and 4 sixes in her blistering innings, but she did not receive any contribution from other batters while chasing 212 runs.

Match Details

Match: BLR-W vs UP-W, Match 8, Women's T20 League

Date: Friday, 10th March

Time: 07:30 PM

Venue: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Pitch & Weather Report

Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai has been a great batting venue, the ball comes onto the bat nicely, and we have seen big scores by batters. It is a difficult venue for the fast bowler, with the wicket offering them very little. Spinners have enjoyed success here as the dry wicket lets them turn the ball sharply.

In the Women’s IND T20 League played at this venue, In the last six games played here, the side chasing the score has gone on to win four of them. The wicket is good for chasing big scores, and the sides have always struggled to put up a winning score at this venue. The side winning the toss would have no hesitation in bowling first.

The maximum temperature will remain at 33°C, with a low of 26°C with 34% humidity, and a wind speed of 24 Km/hr for the eighth Match, the Women's IND T20 on Mar 10 b/w BLR-W vs UP-W. The weather in Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai during the match day will be clear and no rain is predicted in the evening.

BLR-W vs UP-W Squad:

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

UP-W: Alyssa Healy (c & wk), Kiran Navgire, Devika Vaidya, Simran Shaikh, Deepti Sharma, Tahlia McGrath, Parshavi Chopra, Shweta Sehrawat, Soppadhandi Yashasri, Sophie Ecclestone, Shabnim Ismail, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Grace Harris, Lauren Bell, Anjali Sarvani, Laxmi Yadav

BLR-W vs UP-W: Probable XIs

BLR-W: Smriti Mandhana (c), Sophie Devine, Heather Knight, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh (wk), Kanika Ahuja, Asha Shobana, Poonam Khemnar, Megan Schutt, Renuka Thakur Singh

UP-W: Grace Harris, Deepti Sharma, Sophia Ecclestone, Alyssa Healy, Shweta Sehrawat, Tahlia McGrath, Simran Shaikh, Kiran Navgire, Devika Vaidya, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad.

Match Prediction

Both teams are coming here after losing their last matches. UP-W has a few positives to take from their last game as they turned things around in both departments with the batting and bowling. On the other hand, BLR-W has a lot to do in all three departments, the side has not won any match so far in the tournament and this match is almost a do-or-die for the side and we say UP-W to beat BLR-W in this match.

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