WPL 2026, MI vs RCB LIVE: Nadine de Klerk's 44-ball 63 takes Bengaluru to miraculous win

44-ball 63 by Nadine de Klerk

NADINE DE KLERK WINS IT FOR #RCB!

A breathtaking start to the season 🔥🔥

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BY no means, no one would have thought that RCB could win, when they lost 5 wickets for 65 runs. But Nadine de Klerk slams 20 runs in the over to take RCB over the line.

Carey has finally broken the partnership between Arundhati Reddy and Nadine de Klerk. 35 needed from 20 deliveries. In the same over Carey gets Patil too.

Kerr finishes with figures of 2/13 in four overs. She has brought her team back into the match.

Saika Ishaque comes into the attack. Slowly, the overs are coming down, and the target is still some distance away. Mumbai in a very comfortable position as of now. Nadine de Klerk trying her best.

So the match has completely changed in the last 5 overs. Wickets have fallen and the runs are not coming as well for Bengaluru. They need a miracle from here.

Kerr starts her second over and she looks very likely to pick her third one. Only three runs come from the over.

Oh god, this is a total turnaround here. Now Amelia Kerr removes Radha Yadav. She gets a perfect wrong one, and Radha Yadav is castled. She is out for 1. The over gets even better. Richa Ghosh tries to go for inside-out shot, and is caught brilliantly at the boundary by Carey.

Now Amanjot Kaur has a wicket. Hemalatha is caught in front of the wickets. And gone. Bengaluru in huge trouble now.

Despite the two wickets, runs are coming easy for RCB. And there are fielding lapses here and there.

Now Nat Sciver-Brunt gets a wicket. She gets the danger batter Grace Harris for 25 from 12.

Ismail has a wicket here. Four dots and she finally gets Mandhana. 18 runs from 13 deliveries is what she got.

Nicola Carey comes into the attack. But Grace Harris is in some punishing mood. She is blasting away a few boundaries, and it is way too easy for Benglauru at the moment.

Ismail starts the second over and they need wickets from her. Can she do some magic here?

There you go. The second innings starts in MI vs RCB. They need only 155 to win and with dew coming in, it could be difficult for the bowlers. Nat Sciver starts the first over.

Courtesy of S Sajana's 45-run knock from just 25 balls, Mumbai Indians have managed to score 154. Considering that dew has already set in, Royal Challengers Bengaluru will back themselves to win.

After getting dropped on 2 (3), S Sajana has scored 23 runs in the next 11 balls. She is changing game for MI and RCB will regreat dropping her twice.

S Sajana has been dropped at mid-off. It's a second reprieve for her in 6 balls. Arundhati Reddy isn't pleased. It was a regulation catch, which has been shelled.

In the very next over, Sajana smashed 2 boundaries. RCB will be rueing these chances if MI end up winning.

Mandhana wants to finish the overs of Lauren Bell who has been excellent on the day. Meanwhile 50 up for the Bengaluru team. She ends the spell with 1/14.

Shreyanka Patil comes into the attack and it is a miserly spell. She is showing that she is fully fit now.

Nat Sciver-Brunt (8 runs off 10 balls) is the second MI batter to be dismissed as she gets stumped out by Richa Ghosh. RCB get their 2nd wicket. The batter doesn't wait for the third umpire's decision and walks off before the judgement is delivered on the big screen.

Arundhati Reddy takes an easy catch as Amelia Kerr is the first batter to depart, thanks to Lauren Bell. What an outing she has had so far, with figures of 1/7 from 3 overs. RCB in total control!

Kerr manages to get off the mark after 11 deliveries as RCB bowlers keep it tight. Once again a good over from Lauren Bell.

While Kerr is yet to get off the mark, Kamalini is on the charge and has scored all the runs for MI so far. RCB sense an early opportunity here and are going all out to get an early wicket. How soon can RCB strike?

Lauren Bell bowls a maiden over to start the proceedings for RCB! Perfect start for the 2024 champions.

G Kamalini and Amelia Kerr are out in the middle to start off the proceedings for Mumbai Indians. Lauren Bell starts with the new ball for RCB. The WPL 2026 opener gets underway!

The final countdown is underway as the first match of WPL 2026 is about to get underway. RCB will bowl first in the contest at Dy Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai

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Harnaaz Sandhu performance at the WPL. pic.twitter.com/1Y4KuxhyoO

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Recap to toss

🚨 Toss 🚨@RCBTweets won the toss against @mipaltan in the season opener and elected to bowl first.

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RCB playing XI
Smriti Mandhana(c), Grace Harris, Dayalan Hemalatha, Richa Ghosh(w), Radha Yadav, Nadine de Klerk, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Prema Rawat, Linsey Smith, Lauren Bell

MI playing XI
Nat Sciver-Brunt, G Kamalini(w), Amelia Kerr, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Amanjot Kaur, Nicola Carey, Poonam Khemnar, Shabnim Ismail, Sanskriti Gupta, Sajeevan Sajana, Saika Ishaque

The opening ceremony starts with Harnaaz Sandhu here. Honey Singh and Jacqueline will come on soon.

Smriti Mandhana has won the toss and opted to bowl first. Dew might just come into place. 6 debutants for Bengaluru.

So, the toss will be held at 6.50 PM, followed by the opening ceremony. Seems to be last minute change.

Not very far away

𝗖𝗔𝗡. 𝗡𝗢𝗧. 𝗪𝗔𝗜𝗧. 🤩

📍 Navi Mumbai
⏰ 7:30 PM IST
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Now, the time has come for the opening ceremony. The show will go one for half an hour.

So, after the opening ceremony the toss will follow at 7 PM and the match will commence at 7.30 PM.

Now the points table starts from 0

New-look teams 🙌
The battle restarts 🔄

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Captain's day out

🗣️ 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧

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Hold your horses. Only half an hour is left for the ceremon to begin. It will just be the start of the things to come in the tournament.

Well, the opening ceremony will start at 630 PM in Navi Mumbai, and the likes of Jacqueline Fernandez and Honey Singh will be part of it.

Hello and welcome to yet another big cricketing event, and this time it is the WPL 2026. Tonight in the first match MI will take on RCB, but before that it is time for an opening ceremony.