In the 9th match of Women’s Premier League 2025 at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, cricket lovers got to see such a thrill match between UP Warriorz vs RCB Women which will be remembered for a long time.
Both UP Warriorz vs RCB Women teams scored 180 runs in 20 overs, due to which the match went till the Super Over. In the Super Over, UP Warriorz dominated and stopped RCB Women at 4/0 and won in a thrilling manner.
In this match, despite the brilliant batting of Ellyse Perry and Danielle Wyatt, RCB Women had to face defeat, while the all-round performance of Sophie Ecclestone and Deepti Sharma played an important role in the victory of UP Warriorz.
RCB Women’s strong batting, Ellyse Perry’s stormy innings
RCB Women, batting first, scored a strong score of 180/6. Ellyse Perry played a stormy innings of 90 runs in which she hit 9 fours and 3 sixes. Danielle Wyatt gave the team a good start by scoring 57 runs, but the run rate slowed down in the last overs, due to which the team could not reach the 200 mark.
RCB Women’s top scorers:
- Ellyse Perry – 90* runs (56 balls, 9 fours, 3 sixes)
- Danielle Wyatt – 57 runs (41 balls, 4 fours, 3 sixes)
- Richa Ghosh – 8 runs (6 balls, 2 fours)
- Smriti Mandhana – 6 runs (9 balls, 1 four)
- Kanika Ahuja – 5 runs (3 balls, 1 four)
UP Warriorz’s best bowlers:
- Chinelle Henry – 4 overs, 34 runs, 1 wicket
- Deepti Sharma – 4 overs, 42 runs, 1 wicket
- Sophie Ecclestone – 4 overs, 29 runs, 0 wickets
- Tahlia McGrath – 3 Overs, 30 runs, 1 wicket
- Kranti Gaud – 3 overs, 26 runs, 0 wickets
UP Warriorz’s counter-attacking batting, excitement continues till the last ball
Chasing the target, UP Warriorz had a good start, but the middle order faltered. Sophie Ecclestone and Shweta Sehrawat tried to handle the team, but RCB Women made a comeback in the last over and pushed the match into the super over.
Top scorers of UP Warriorz:
- Sophie Ecclestone – 33 runs (19 balls, 1 four, 4 sixes)
- Shweta Sehrawat – 31 runs (25 balls, 4 fours)
- Deepti Sharma – 25 runs (13 balls, 4 fours, 1 six)
- Kiran Navgir – 24 runs (12 balls, 4 fours, 1 six)
- Uma Chhetri – 14 runs (11 balls, 2 fours)
Best bowlers of RCB Women:
- Renuka Thakur – 4 overs, 36 runs, 2 wickets
- Sneh Rana – 3 overs, 27 runs, 3 wickets
- Kim Garth – 4 overs, 40 runs, 2 wickets
- Ellyse Perry – 2 overs, 10 runs, 1 wicket
- Ekta Bisht – 3 overs, 26 runs, 0 wickets
UP Warriorz win in Super Over, shock to RCB Women
In the Super Over, UP Warriorz batted first and scored 8/1 runs. In response, RCB Women could score only 4/0 runs, due to which UP Warriorz won the match.
With this win, UP Warriorz strengthened their position in the points table, while RCB Women will have to make a comeback in their next matches.
WPL 2025 UPW vs RCB Women After Match Statment
Sophie Ecclestone is the Player of the Match, here is what she had to say:
Yeah it was amazing to experience that. I never get nervous fo bowl. This was the first time in five years I got nervous. However it was fun to be part of this. We can laugh about it now. Kranti doesn’t understand anything I told. I just told her to run. Hopefully we can go three from three here. It was a great game and it was amazing to get over the line.
Deepti Sharma (UP Warriorz captain):
I have to control my nerves for the upcoming games. Was a nerve wracking game, what a game of cricket. First super over in the WPL but it was largely possible due to Sophie Ecclestone. We batted well as an unit. I didn’t get time to talk with Sophie. There was a belief in her. She bowled the 20th over and we backed her skills.
She is one of the best in the world. We don’t go according to venues to be honest, it’s about the pitches and how to plan accordingly. We will go to our hotel and celebrate the win.
Jon Lewis [UP Warriorz coach]: Absolutely. We’ve pulled the win from the jaws of the defeat, making it a habit and hopefully whoever watched it had a great day. I did say to batting coach, Sophie can strike the ball really well, they didn’t bowl particularly well to her, she executed with the ball, shows the class.
It’s not easy for a left-arm spinner, valuable player for us, performs wherever she goes. We’re not going to calm down, we’re going to keep going, that’s the way we go from here. Not at all, we’re backing our young Indian players, to go out there and perform under pressure, we’d like to give opportunities. Be nice to get few more runs from the middle order, rotate the strike and get better, that’ll do for us.
Smriti Mandhana [Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain]:
It was disappointing to be on the losing side, we did a lot of things right both with bat and ball. These things happen in cricket, we will come back stronger. I’ve been pretty positive all throughout the tournament, but I went into the shell, will work on it and come back stronger.
Always good to have bowling at the back, it was brilliant watch to Perry, tough to see her to be on the losing side. Her bowling for us is crucial, really sorry that she ended up on the losing side. Ekta and Rana bowled well, all of them in fact. We can take a lot of pride from it, will take it on our stride.
