MI vs RCB, WPL 2026 Live Score: Nadine de Klerk turns the tables on Mumbai, hands RCB victory

Amelia Kerr to Nadine De Klerk, Short on leg, pulled off the back foot to deep square leg for a single. 

Nadine De Klerk makes her way out to the centre.

Amelia Kerr to Radha Yadav, OUT! OUTFOXED! A magical delivery from the Kiwi leggie upon her introduction into the attack and Smriti's face says it all in the RCB dugout. Amelia dishes out a deceptive googly and lands it on a fuller length. It pitches and grips into the batter, around middle and leg. Radha Yadav is sucked into the defensive shot and pushes at it, but plays all over the wrong line, getting beaten on the inside edge. Hears the death-rattle behind her. Radha Yadav departs on 1 (2) and from 47/1, RCB have slipped down to 63/4.

Amanjot Kaur to Richa Ghosh, Fullish and outside off, Richa drives off the front foot, but straight to extra cover. 

Amanjot Kaur to Radha Yadav, Back of a length, on off, Yadav goes deep inside the crease and punches it down to long on for a single. 

Radha Yadav is in ahead of Nadine De Klerk.

Amanjot Kaur to Dayalan Hemalatha, OUT! LBW! Amanjot Kaur strikes in her first over and the Mumbai Indians are gradually clawing their way back in the contest. A length ball on middle stump, nips in off the pitch. Hemalatha shuffles across but misses a straight one, as she aims for a flick and ends up being trapped in front. Kaur and MI go up in appeal as one, and an easy call for the umpire. Hemalatha wisely decides against a review. Dayalan Hemalatha falls for 7 off 12 and RCB are 62/3, chasing 155.

Amanjot Kaur to Dayalan Hemalatha, A short-of-a-good-length delivery around off stump. Hemalatha tries to whip it away on the on side but mistimes it off the splice, and the ball trickles straight to short cover.

Amanjot Kaur to Richa Ghosh, Short and outside off, punched on the rise to deep cover for a single. 

Amanjot Kaur to Richa Ghosh, FOUR! Top notch! A genuine half-volley from Amanjot to start with, around off, Ghosh strides forward and spanks it to the left of the diving cover fielder for a boundary.

Shabnim Ismail to Dayalan Hemalatha, FOUR! Quick hands! Short and wide outside off, Dayalan Hemalatha arches back a bit and scythes it over backward point for a boundary. The ball just gallops away to the ropes. Royal Challengers Bengaluru end their Powerplay with 57/2 on the board, needing 98 runs to win.

Did that carry? Nicola Carey is not sure. The third umpire is called into action. The side-on angle clearly shows that the ball bounced in front before going to hand. NOT OUT!

Shabnim Ismail to Dayalan Hemalatha, In the air... but lands just short is the third umpire's verdict! A full delivery angling into the leg stump. Hemalatha tries a flick towards mid-wicket but doesn’t get it cleanly. Carey dives forward and snares it, but the ball appears to have bounced first. The third umpire is summoned to check the legality of the catch. Carey, going by her body language, isn't so sure either. The replays confirm that Carey picked it up on the half-volley.

Shabnim Ismail to Richa Ghosh, CHIPPED AND DROPPED! Touch full from Shabnim Ismail on middle, nipping in a touch. Richa Ghosh chips it off the toe end to the right of mid on, where Saika Ishaque moves and dives to her non-dominant side to take a low catch, but shells it as the ball hits her palm and goes down. It rolls away for a single. Richa gets a big lifeline early in her innings. How costly would that prove for MI? Only time will tell. 

Shabnim Ismail to Dayalan Hemalatha, Short ball, and skidding off the surface, on middle and leg. The ball arrives quicker than Dayalan Hemalatha expected it do and she is hurried into the pull shot. Inside edges it off the thigh pad to backward square leg for a single. 

Shabnim Ismail to Dayalan Hemalatha, On a hard length, on off, Dayalan Hemalatha hangs back and defends it out.

Shabnim Ismail to Dayalan Hemalatha, FOUR BYES! Loose from Shabnim and the keeper both! Ismail slips in a length ball and slides miles down leg, Dayalan Hemalatha misses her flick and the keeper, G Kamalini fails to gather it cleanly to her left and lets it through to the deep fine leg fence. 

Both the RCB openers are back in the hut now. And dear me! It looks like Shabnim Ismail has hurt her ankle in the process of taking the catch in the deep. Maybe just tweaked her leg on a greasy outfield. She is down on the ground and is receiving some treatment via an ice pack. Some concerned MI players circle around her, but eventually, Shabnim gets back on her feet. Richa Ghosh is in at number 4.

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Grace Harris, OUT! TAKEN! Would you believe it? Mid on was just pushed back before this ball, and Grace Harris has hit it straight down her throat. Sciver-Brunt takes pace off and serves it full, on middle. Harris swings well in front of her body as she looks to go down the ground. She fails to pick the slower one and is early into the shot. It goes only as far as long on, where Shabnim Ismail moves to her left to take the catch. Ismail slips but manages to hold onto it.

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Grace Harris, FOUR! Not quite from the middle of the bat but Grace Harris will take it. on a length, angled in, on off and middle. Harris smears it more off the inner half of the bat, wide of deep mid-wicket for a boundary.

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Grace Harris, Wide! Sprayed down leg, Harris fails to lay any bat on the tickle.

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Dayalan Hemalatha, Full and straight at the sticks, Hemalatha gets low and inside the line to help it down to deep fine leg for a run.

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Dayalan Hemalatha, On a back of a length, on middle, tucked to mid-wicket.

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Dayalan Hemalatha, Takes pace off, on a good length, around off, Dayalan dabs it beside her on the off side.

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Dayalan Hemalatha, Full and outside off, Dayalan Hemalatha pushes away from her body and is beaten on the outside edge.

Change? Yes. Nat Sciver-Brunt (1-0-11-0) returns into the attack, replacing Nicola Carey.

Shabnim Ismail to Dayalan Hemalatha, Nearly sneaked through! Speared in, very full, attacking the front pad. Hemalatha gets her bat down and ekes out an inside edge down to deep fine leg for a single. End of a successful over for MI. Can they build on it?

Mumbai Indians needed that breakthrough desperately. It was actually a good setup by Ismail. The field was packed on the off side and she bowled accordingly, so Mandhana tried to hack it over the leg side and paid the price for it. Dayalan Hemalatha walks in at number 3 now.

Shabnim Ismail to Smriti Mandhana, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Four dots in a row and Smriti Mandhana feels the need to make a move. She perishes in doing so. Cross-seam delivery, bowled into the surface, angling across from over the wicket, Mandhana takes a couple of steps down the track and has a hoick across the line. Gets it right off the toe end of the bat and it is skied to mid on, where Poonam Khemnar takes an easy catch. Smriti falls for 18 (13). RCB are 40/1, chasing 155.

Shabnim Ismail to Smriti Mandhana, On a shortish length, pushed across the left-hander, Smriti lets it be. Four dots in a row.

Shabnim Ismail to Smriti Mandhana, Width offered by Ismail, on a back of a length. Mandhana mistimes the punch to cover.

Shabnim Ismail to Smriti Mandhana, Banged in short at the bodyline of the batter, Mandhana ducks under it.

Shabnim Ismail to Smriti Mandhana, Good stop! A juicy half-volley, outside off, Mandhana creams the drive, but Nicola Carey makes a diving stop at cover-point.

There has been a plan to take the pace off from the ball, but RCB openers are dining on the bowlers at the moment. They are 40/0 in 3 overs and at the same stage, MI were 11/0. Ismail to continue. Went for 9 runs off her opening over. 

Nicola Carey to Grace Harris, FOUR! Nicola Carey goes for 20 runs in her first over. RCB are off to a flying start. Off-cutter, on a length, outside off, Harris just swings through and mows it wide of deep mid-wicket for a four. Bengaluru are 40/0, needing 115 runs in 102 balls.

Nicola Carey to Smriti Mandhana, Going away from the left-hander, on the shorter side. Mandhana punches it to deep point and gets to the other end.

Nicola Carey to Smriti Mandhana, FOUR! And again! Too straight, at the hips, on a back of a length. Smriti swivels and just helps it through backward square leg for another boundary.

Nicola Carey to Smriti Mandhana, FOUR! A poor delivery and it gets the treatment! Carey sprays it on the pads, on a length, Mandhana tickles it fine down to fine leg for a four.

Nicola Carey to Grace Harris, At the sticks, on a length, Harris turns it in front of square on the leg side and turns the strike over.

Nicola Carey to Grace Harris, SIX! Grace Harris makes it look so easy. Pitched up by Carey, around off, Harris does not try to overhit this one and just swings smoothly to loft it back over the bowler's head for a flat six.

Nicola Carey, the star with the bat for MI, has the ball in hand now. She replaces Nat Sciver-Brunt. 

Shabnim Ismail to Smriti Mandhana, FOUR! This has been a fine start for RCB. Ismail bowls it on a back of a length, on off. Mandhana is quick to pick up the length and shovels it in front of square on the leg side for a four.

Shabnim Ismail to Smriti Mandhana, Full and angling away, driven sweetly to cover.

Shabnim Ismail to Grace Harris, Bye! Oh, that flew through. On a hard length, it keeps rising. Grace flays at it but misses. The ball bursts through the gloves of G Kamalini and dribbles to her left for a bye.

Shabnim Ismail to Grace Harris, FOUR! Slower one, fuller this time, on off, Harris leans forward and looks to go over mid off with a straight bat. She manages to get enough bat on it to clear the leaping mid off fielder for a boundary.

Shabnim Ismail to Grace Harris, Pace off, into the surface, this is dragged back towards the bowler.

Shabnim Ismail to Grace Harris, Full and around off, Harris presses on the front foot and swings hard. Gets it off the inner half towards mid-wicket, where Nicola Carey dives to her right, but the ball catches her on the collarbone. A couple of concerned mates get around her, but she is fine.

Completely contrasting starts for both teams. Mumbai Indians couldn't score a single run in the opening over, and RCB are already up and running with 11 on the board. And here's the fastest bowler in women's cricket. Shabnim Ismail will share the attack from the opposite end. 

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Smriti Mandhana, A hint of shape back into the left-hander, on a back of a length. Smriti chops it to point.

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Smriti Mandhana, FOUR! Put away with ease! Sciver-Brunt drops it short, over off. Mandhana swivels and pulls it aerially to the right of deep square leg for her first boundary.