WPL 2023 MI vs RCB: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Full Awards List, Player of the Match

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Mumbai Indians imposed a dominating performance over Royal Challengers Bangalore to secure consecutive victories in the WPL on Monday (March 6). The Paltans beat RCB-W by 9 wickets to go top of the WPL table.

RCB-W suffered their second consecutive loss in the tournament and now in a spot of bother at the early stages of WPL. Batting first, RCB-W managed to score 155 runs, but MI-W chased it down before the 15th over to get all two points.

Hayley Matthews (77* off 38 balls) and Nat Sciver-Brunt (55* off 29 balls) were the stars with the bat for Mumbai Indians, while the former also picked up 3 wickets with the ball.

Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Full Awards List:

Here is the complete list of awards from the match between MI-W and RCB-W

Safari Powerful Striker of the Match:

RCB-W player Kanika Ahuja got the award as her solitary six went the farthest in the match.

Player of the Match:

MI-W all-rounder Hayley Matthews got the player of the match award for her amazing performance. She scored an unbeaten 77 with the bat, while picking up 3 wickets with the ball.

"There wasn't much difference, was able to bat a bit longer today, the freedom in this MI team has given me plenty of confidence. They're going well at the moment, watching the ball nicely and the ball is coming on nicely. They did put me under pressure in the 1st over, but it was nice to come back well. We've so many match-winners in the team and Harman is leading us well."

MI-W vs RCB-W Captains' Words:

Smriti Mandhana (RCB-W Captain):

We could have learnt to put down a better score. We have to accept this defeat and come back better. 2-3 batters got into 20s but could not make it count including myself. We do have a good bowling side, we have 6-7 bowling options and we can't say much to the bowlers when the batters are not putting up the runs. It is a pretty short tournament and we can't dwell on it, even in franchise cricket if you start winning then you can go on a run. Lots of positives in the form of Kanika and Shriyanka's batting after the top order collapse, really happy with the way they batted.

Harmanpreet Kaur (MI-W Captain):

"I think batting was the same, we bowled better in the first game than today, but we did well to restrict them to a small score. We just backed ourselves to chase, everyone in the team are just happy to do it their way and they're enjoying themselves. It happens in T20s (on the slower over-rate), you need to give that extra minute to the bowlers."