The eliminator match of WPL 2024 is being played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Where RCB won the toss and decided to bat first. However, the team had a very poor start and its opening batsmen could not do anything special.

Opener Sophie Devine was lucky to avoid getting out in the first over. Actually, Shabnim Ismail’s ball took the edge of Divine’s bat and hit the leg stump. But the wickets of the stump did not fall and hence he was not given out.

The video of this incident quickly went viral on social media and fans gave their reactions. However, Sophie Devine could not take advantage of the life support she received and became the victim of Hayley Matthews. Haley bowled Sophie on the personal score of 10 in the second over.

Watch the video here-

Luck favoring the braves. Sophie devine that was too close.#RCBvMI #TATAIPL2024 pic.twitter.com/AmJzJuexqU

—Dr. 1trophy (@1trophy_rcb) March 15, 2024

Sophie’s opening partner and captain Smriti Mandhana (10) also got out cheaply. He lost his wicket playing a wrong shot. After both the openers were out, Disha Kasat returned to the pavilion without opening the account. RCB lost three important wickets within the powerplay.

Till the time of writing the news, Smriti Mandhana’s team has scored 57 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 12 overs. At the crease, Ellyse Perry is playing with 17 runs and Sophie Molineau is playing with 4 runs.

Playing XI of both the teams for the match

Mumbai Indians- Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Nate Siver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Amelia Karr, Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, S Sajna, Humaira Qazi, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaq.

Royal Challengers Bangalore- Smriti Mandhana (captain), Sophie Molineau, Ellyse Perry, Sophie Devine, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Georgia Wareham, Disha Cassatt, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Shobhana, Shraddha Pokharkar, Renuka Thakur Singh.