Royal Challengers Bangalore vs UP Warriorz
Two sides, who want their captains – each world-class opening batters – to fireplace.
While bruised Royal Challengers will likely be in search of their first win within the match, Warriorz will likely be trying so as to add extra factors in opposition to their title to strengthen their place after a loss within the earlier recreation.
With the groups nonetheless determining their proper combos, the captains of those two sides have made a number of baffling decisions of their respective earlier video games. Warriorz had introduced in legspinning allrounder Devika Vaidya for the match in opposition to Capitals however didn’t bowl her within the recreation. Similarly, for the match in opposition to Giants, Royal Challengers changed batter Disha Kasat with legspinner Poonam Khemnar, who ended up not bowling even a single over. Warriorz additionally picked quick bowler Shabnim Ismail within the second match for allrounder Grace Harris, who had single-handedly received them their first match.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (potential): 1 Smriti Mandhana (capt), 2 Sophie Devine/Dane van Niekerk, 3 Disha Kasat, 4 Ellyse Perry, 5 Heather Knight, 6 Richa Ghosh (wk), 7 Kanika Ahuja, 8 Shreyanka Patil, 9 Megan Schutt, 10 Renuka Singh, 11 Preeti Bose
UP Warriorz (potential): 1 Alyssa Healy (capt, wk), 2 Shweta Sehrawat, 3 Kiran Navgire, 4 Tahlia McGrath, 5 Deepti Sharma, 6 Grace Harris, 7 Simran Shaikh, 8 Devika Vaidya, 9 Sophie Ecclestone/ Shabnim Ismail, 10 Anjali Sarvani, 11 Rajeshwari Gayakwad
“I think every team is realising that to bowl on these wickets… they are batters’ paradise to be fair. There is no seam, there is no swing, quick outfield. It’s a real test as a bowling unit and I don’t think any team has been able to crack it yet. This is an area we improved on but we can get a lot more disciplined in terms of execution.”
Royal Challengers’ Sophie Devine after the loss to Giants
Source web site: www.espncricinfo.com