Radha Yadav to Sajana Sajeevan, FOUR! Finds the gap again! Yadav drops it full and around off, Sajana Sajeevan gets a bit across and goes down on a knee and slogs it between deep mid-wicket and deep square leg for a boundary. 15 off this over. 100 UP FOR MUMBAI INDIANS!
Radha Yadav to Sajana Sajeevan, Full on off and middle at 75.8 kph. Sajana drops to one knee and goes for the reverse sweep, but picks out Bell at short third.
Radha Yadav to Sajana Sajeevan, SIX! KABOOM! Radha serves it on a platter, full and on middle, Sajana Sajeevan dances down the track and smokes it downtown for a cracking six.
Radha Yadav to Nicola Carey, Pitched full and the leg stump line, Nicola sweeps it away to deep backward square leg for a single.
Radha Yadav to Nicola Carey, FOUR! Gets it through! Drops it short and wide outside off, Nicola Carey has enough time to rock back and cut it through the narrow gap at point for a boundary. A welcome boundary for MI.
Radha Yadav to Nicola Carey, Fractionally fuller, around off, Nicola Carey tries to reverse sweep, only to miss.
Arundhati Reddy to Nicola Carey, Around off, on a length, steered past backward point for one more.
Arundhati Reddy to Sajana Sajeevan, Full and outside off, driven through covers for a single.
Arundhati Reddy to Sajana Sajeevan, DROPPED! Dear me! Sayali Satghare, the substitute fielder, is the guilty party this time. Full and outside off, Sajana Sajeevan fails to get under the ball and drills it flatly towards mid off, where Sayali Satghare moves a bit to her left and grasses a regulation chance.
Arundhati Reddy to Nicola Carey, Touch full, angling in and around the leg stump, Nicola Carey steers it to the vast acreage at deep square leg for a single.
Arundhati Reddy to Sajana Sajeevan, Overpitched on off, Sajana Sajeevan drills it to the left of the bowler for a single.
Arundhati Reddy to Nicola Carey, Full and on the pads, flicked off the pads wide of mid-wicket for a single.
Radha Yadav to Nicola Carey, Too full, on the legs, clipped through mid-wicket for a single.
Radha Yadav to Nicola Carey, Stops on the surface, full and on middle, Nicola reverse sweeps it to backward point.
Radha Yadav to Sajana Sajeevan, DROPPED? Yes! Dayalan Hemalatha shells one down. Flighted, short, and just outside off. Sajana throws the kitchen sink at it and hacks it straight towards Hemalatha at mid-wicket, who puts down a straightforward chance. The ball goes away off her hands and the batters cross for one.
Radha Yadav to Nicola Carey, Drags the length back, on the stumps, nudged across to the mid-wicket region for a single.
Radha Yadav to Nicola Carey, Short and on the stumps, Nicola Carey rocks back and drags it via pull between long on and deep mid-wicket. The long on fielder runs to her left and dives to cut it off, but lobs the ball wide of the converging deep mid-wicket fielder. By the time the fielder mops it up, the batters cross each other twice.
Radha Yadav to Sajana Sajeevan, Starts off from around the wicket. Shortish ball, on middle, Sajana Sajeevan waits back and whips it to deep square leg for a single.
Shreyanka Patil to Nicola Carey, A half-hearted appeal for LBW from Richa behind the stumps, but nothing doing. A length delivery pitching outside leg that turns away sharply. Carey plays all around it and is struck on the back leg.
Shreyanka Patil to Nicola Carey, WIDE! Slides one down leg, on a fractionally fuller length. Nicola tries to paddle it fine, but misses. WIde called.
Shreyanka Patil to Nicola Carey, Another piece of good running between the wickets! Around off, on a good length, Nicola Carey gets on the back foot and cuts it to the left of the diving point fielder for two more as deep cover cuts it off to her right.
Shreyanka Patil to Nicola Carey, Short and outside off, Nicola Carey presses back and cuts it behind square on the off side for a couple of runs.
Shreyanka Patil to Sajana Sajeevan, On a length, in front of the stumps, Sajana Sajeevan whips it wide of mid-wicket for one.
Shreyanka Patil to Sajana Sajeevan, Length-delivery, on off, punched to short extra cover.
Shreyanka Patil to Nicola Carey, Short of a length, outside off, steered off the back foot to deep backward point for a single.
Mumbai Indians slip further into trouble. Sajana Sajeevan joins Nicola Carey out in the middle.
Nadine De Klerk to Harmanpreet Kaur, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! RCB keep chipping away at the wickets and this is a massive one in the form of the MI skipper. A length delivery outside off that holds its line a touch. Harmanpreet looks to unfurl a booming cover drive, but all she manages is a thin outside edge behind, which is safely taken by Ghosh, who is standing up to the stumps. De Klerk appeals for caught behind and up goes the finger. Harmanpreet Kaur perishes on 20 off 17 and the Mumbai Indians are 67/4 after 11 overs.
Nadine De Klerk to Nicola Carey, Almost dragged on! Around off, on a good length, nipping in a bit. Nicola Carey swipes across the line to pull, but gets an inside edge past the leg stump towards deep fine leg. A single taken.
Nadine De Klerk to Nicola Carey, This one skids through the deck, full and on middle, Nicola Carey is rushed on the front foot and eases it to the right of the bowler. De Klerk dives to her right on the follow-through to stop it.
Nadine De Klerk to Harmanpreet Kaur, Nips in from a length, on top of middle and leg. Harmanpreet Kaur waits back and clips it through backward square leg for a single. Kaur moves to 20 off 16.
Nadine De Klerk to Nicola Carey, She is off the mark in WPL! Back of a length, on the pads, Nicola Carey nudges it to deep backward square leg for a single.
Nadine De Klerk to Harmanpreet Kaur, Full and around off, Harmanpreet Kaur crouches and carves it through point for a single.
Out goes G Kamalini and in walks the debutant, Nicola Carey at number 5. Nadine De Klerk (1-0-4-1) returns to the attack.
Shreyanka Patil to G Kamalini, OUT! DRAGGED ON! Shreyanka Patil breaks through for RCB. Patil spears it in from around the wicket, full and outside off, G Kamalini gets down on a knee for the hard sweep, but the ball skids through and comes in with the arm to catch the inside edge. It deflects off the blade and crashes into the stumps. 32 (28) for Kamalini. Mumbai Indians are 63/3 at the halfway mark.
Shreyanka Patil to G Kamalini, Miscued but safe! Tossed up, on off, G Kamalini gets down the track and swings at it despite not being to the pitch of the ball. She slices it off the outer half over extra cover for a brace.
Shreyanka Patil to Harmanpreet Kaur, Slowed down by Patil and the length is pulled back a bit, outside off, Harmanpreet eases it through point for a single.
Shreyanka Patil to Harmanpreet Kaur, SIX! Clean strike! Flighted delivery, full and outside off. Kaur gets the width to work with and she collapses her back knee before tonking it over extra cover for a six.
Shreyanka Patil to G Kamalini, A bit of turn, short and around off, G Kamalini taps it to the left of backward point for one.
Shreyanka Patil to Harmanpreet Kaur, Short and spinning back in, on middle. Kaur whips it to wide long on for a single.
STRATEGIC BREAK! The Mumbai Indians are struggling to get going as the bowlers of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru haven't allowed any sort of freedom. Lauren Bell is already done with her spell with figures of 4-1-14-1, and she made life very difficult for Amelia Kerr, eventually fishing her out as well. G Kamalini looks well set now with Harmanpreet Kaur at the other end, and this partnership could prove vital from MI’s point of view with the ball getting older and softening up. Is this the time when they switch gears? Let's see. Shreyanka Patil to continue after the break.
Mumbai Indians are scoring at less than a run-a-ball right now and these two will try to push the run rate up now.
Lauren Bell to G Kamalini, Fuller at 106.9 kph, on off, Kamalini presses forward and plays a punchy drive but picks out the fielder at extra cover. 7 runs off the last over of Bell. She ends with impressive figures of 4-1-14-1.
Lauren Bell to G Kamalini, Wide! From around the wicket to the left-hander, this slides down leg, Kamalini misses out on the tickle.
Lauren Bell to Harmanpreet Kaur, Closer to the off stump, into the surface, Kaur swipes it between deep mid-wicket and deep square leg. She wants to come back for the second run but Arundhati Reddy is quick to get rid of the ball and keeps the batters down to one.
Lauren Bell to Harmanpreet Kaur, Wide! Sprayed beyond the tramline on off, Kaur lets it go through.
Lauren Bell to Harmanpreet Kaur, FOUR! Gets it through! Cross-seam delivery, on a back of a length, on off, Kaur plays the short-arm jab and it goes on the bounce to the mid-wicket fielder, who gets low to make the stop but fails to get her body behind the ball. It bounces past her right hip and races away.
Lauren Bell to Harmanpreet Kaur, A flash and a miss! Dug in short by Bell, outside off, Kaur hops and flays at it but does not connect. The MI skipper looks at the square leg umpire but does not get the signal she was looking for.
Lauren Bell to Harmanpreet Kaur, On a short of a length, around off, Kaur gets on her toes and dabs it to backward point.
Lauren Bell to Harmanpreet Kaur, A bit of nip back into the right-hander, on a good length, on middle, Harmanpreet Kaur gets right behind it and blocks it out.
Shreyanka Patil to Harmanpreet Kaur, A bit quicker through the air and the length stays full, on middle. This is hit down to long on for another single. 7 runs off Shreyanka's first over.