WPL 2025: Sophie Eccleatone helps the UP Warriorz to defeat Royal Challengers Bengaluru in a super over thriller

Match number nine of the Tata Women's Premier League (WPL) 2025 proved to be a magnificent and thrilling encounter as defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru suffered a defeat versus Deepti Sharma's UP Warriorz in a hard-fought manner in the super over. Whenever both the teams clash against each other, it always brings entertainment and this was the case this time around as well as the Bengaluru crowd got the perfect entertainment and thrilling show. 

This match went to the wire and a super over was seen as well, the first ever in the history of the tournament as fans got their money's worth. The Queens delivered a legendary performance! This match will live on in the minds of future generations! The passion, skill, and drama on show have been just astounding. Two world-class Super Overs by Kim Garth for Bengaluru and Sophie Ecclestone for UP have left us stunned! In the end, UP's nerves of steel and extraordinary talent have paid off, securing a thrilling Super Over triumph.

Match tied, then super over

In this clash, RCB scored 180 runs while playing first. Captain Smriti Mandhana was out early for Bangalore, but Alice Perry and Daniel Wyatt Hodge thrashed the UP bowlers fiercely. On one hand, Alice Perry played an innings of 90 runs in 56 balls, during which she hit 9 fours and 3 sixes. Along with her, Wyatt scored 57 runs. In this way, RCB scored 180 runs while playing first.

UP Warriors got a target of 181 runs. No player of the team could score a fifty, but captain Deepti Sharma's quick innings of 25 runs in 13 balls, and apart from her, Shweta Sehrawat also contributed 31 runs. In the last overs, Sophie Ecclestone scored 33 runs in 19 balls and Saima Thakur also scored 14 runs quickly and helped UP to tie the match.

The thrill of super over

UP's innings - UP Warriors scored two runs on the first two balls. One ball was wide, but a wicket came on the third ball of the over. The fourth ball was a dot. One run on the fifth ball, but Kim Garth bowled wide again after that. One run came on the last ball again, due to which UP scored 8 runs in the super over.

RCB's innings - UP chose the world's number one bowler Sophie Ecclestone for bowling. Richa Ghosh could not score any run on the first ball, one run came on the second ball. The third ball was again a dot and a single run came on the fourth ball. One run came on the fifth and sixth ball as well, due to which Bangalore could score only four runs. In this way, Bangalore lost this match by 4 runs.

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