Playing their last game of the league stages, the already-eliminated UP Warriorz were sent in to bat first by RCB captain Smriti Mandhana. Openers Grace Harris and Georgia Voll toom the field by a storm with their willow, aggregating 70 runs inside the powerplay. The pair seemed unstoppable if not for a messy mix-up causing Harris’ departure at 39. After the 77-run opening stand, Kiran Navgire joined Voll in the middle, consolidating 71 runs together before Georgia Wareham struck with the white cherry in the 13th over. Irrespective of the wicket, Voll ensured that the Warriorz capitalised on the shorter boundary side, as UP reached 201/3 in 17 overs. A brilliant five-run over from Ellyse Perry followed before the Voll’s unbridled 99 steered Warriorz to 226/4, the highest-ever total in WPL.
Unlike their counterparts, the visitors failed to get a strong start as Smriti Mandhana’s lean patch with the bat continued despite a 22-run over off Grace Harris at the start. The pressure of the hefty chase mounted on the Women in Red and Gold early in the second innings as the hosts picked up wickets regularly following a 70-run powerplay. Three more wickets fell until the eleventh over with the tourists at 107/5. Just when the defending champions were on the brink of an elimination, Richa Ghosh’s brutal ball-striking kept them in the hunt as her brilliant fifty steered them to 167/5 with four overs left. Just when the chase seemed to be in RCB’s reach, Richa lost her wicket for 69, making way for Sneh Rana’s 6-ball 26 run blitz, curtailing the equation to 15 off seven with a couple of wickets in hand. Subsequently, Rana holed in the deep, followed by Renuka Thakur’s reckless runout, leading to RCB’s elimination from the ongoing season.
— ashik (@ashik1587212) March 8, 2025
Out 😭
Btw, well played Richa Ghosh 👏🏻 https://t.co/v2Goa7vhiQ pic.twitter.com/fDvLApSrP1— DheEMaD (@Shubham_B_288) March 8, 2025
Unlucky season.
RCB got eliminated from WPL 2025,
major injuries in our squad this season, still we fought hard. Comeback stronger next year girls.❤️ pic.twitter.com/8rRJnASsEu— a v i (@973Kohli) March 8, 2025
RCB out! 💔
Richa ghosh out..and also RCB out of this wpl.
Thanks richa and else Perry for given everything for this session.#rcbvsup#wpl— @jeetu saini. (@RajuSai99483047) March 8, 2025
Ohh man!!!
Richa Ghosh departs for 69 off 33 balls (6×4, 5×6). Deepti Sharma breaks the partnership.
RCB needs 52 in 18 balls. Can they pull it off?#TATAWPL #WPL #WPL2025 #UPWarriorz #RCB #UPWvRCB— Sports with Us (@sportswithus) March 8, 2025
Stat-padding queen?
I know Everyone will appreciate Richa Ghosh performance but She scored against Mediocre Bowling even during Last WPL Season…
Richa Ghosh has never performed in International Cricket against Australia or England or New Zealand or South Africa or West Indies #WPL2025— Laurel & Hardy (@HanumanBhakt28) March 8, 2025
brilliant knock!
Fighter 🤌#WPL2025 pic.twitter.com/BNUUnWfE6a
— Royal Challengers (RCB) (@VikashJ13660845) March 8, 2025
Queen Richa Ghosh is here 🫡”A Choker who never choked “
Queen Richa Ghosh is here 🫡#RCBvsUPW #WPL2025 pic.twitter.com/4zOK20lf24— 𝙏𝙃𝙊𝙍 🔨⚡🪓 (@biillybutcher_) March 8, 2025
Well played!
Out from Wpl!
#RCBvsUPW
RIP RCB— Hela (@abechalnayrr) March 8, 2025
#RCBvsUPW
RICHA GOSH👏🙌🔥
MADNESS OF HIGHEST ORDER🔥 COMES TO AN END‼️
PLS FOR NEXT SEASON RICHA SHOULD CAPTAINED.👏🫡
SMRITI WHAT ARE U DOING IN @RCBTweets. Waste of money.
No improvement in power hitting and strike rate.‼️same old story.#rcbvupw— V I G N E S H (@bn_vignesh) March 8, 2025
