Overview
- Sciver-Brunt finished unbeaten on 100 off 57 balls with 16 fours and a six, sharing a 131-run stand with Hayley Matthews as MI posted 199/4.
- Matthews added 56 off 39 and then swung the chase with 3/10, while Shabnim Ismail struck 2/25 to leave RCB 35 for 5 inside the powerplay.
- Richa Ghosh countered with 90 off 50, blasting 43 runs in the final two overs including three consecutive sixes off Amanjot Kaur, but RCB closed on 184/9.
- The victory ends MI’s three-match skid and moves them to second on net run rate with six points from seven, as RCB remain top but still need a win to clinch a direct final berth.
- Sciver-Brunt now leads the season run chart with 319 in six matches and remains the WPL’s all-time top scorer with 1,346.