Shreyanka picked up 5 for 23.
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It’s not for nothing that Radha Yadav and Richa Ghosh are rated so extremely, particularly within the shortest format of the sport.
On Friday, the 2 skilled gamers as soon as once more stamped their class as they introduced Royal Challengers Bengaluru out of the woods with a 105-run partnership for the fifth wicket and paved the best way for the staff’s 32-run win towards Gujarat Giants in a Ladies’s Premier League 2026 fixture on the D.Y. Patil Stadium.
Radha (66, 47b, 6×4, 3×6) and Richa (44, 28b, 4×4, 2×6) made optimum use of the reprieves and guided RCB to 182 for seven after it was reeling at 43 for 4 contained in the PowerPlay.
Chasing an enormous whole, Sophie Devine and Beth Mooney supplied Giants a gradual begin earlier than Shreyanka Patil’s five-wicket haul turned issues round for RCB.
Bharti Fulmali made essentially the most of two reprieves and delayed the inevitable with a 20-ball 39 earlier than falling to Lauren Bell. And with that, Giants’ hopes have been dashed.
This was RCB’s third straight win whereas Giants slumped to their second loss in 4 outings.
The choice to bowl paid off initially for Giants as pacers Kashvee Gautam, Renuka Singh and Devine struck early to rattle RCB. Although Grace Harris began aggressively, with 4 fours off Renuka within the very first over, she was trapped leg-before by Kashvee.
The teenager adopted it up with the wicket of D. Hemalatha in her subsequent over. Hemalatha determined to hook one in direction of quick fine-leg, however it didn’t repay because the ball acquired caught in debutant Shivani Singh’s palm.
Very quickly, the Bengaluru outfit misplaced two extra wickets in captain Smriti Mandhana and the younger Gautami Naik. It ended up scoring simply 45 runs within the PowerPlay.
Nevertheless, Richa and Radha got here to the rescue. As Giants dropped fairly just a few catches, Radha accelerated the strike, en route her maiden fifty within the event, whereas Richa held fort, earlier than hitting a few sixes.
Although Richa fell six runs in need of a deserving fifty, her innings proved essential. Nadine de Klerk saved the momentum going with a 12-ball-26 as RCB went previous the 180-run mark and managed to defend the overall with out a lot bother.
Printed – January 17, 2026 02:20 am IST
