As a professional athlete, having match awareness and giving the best on the field is indispensable. However, that didn’t quite seem the case for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Saturday, with a plethora of sloppy fieldwork against the UP Warriorz at the Ekana Stadium, Lucknow.
As the toss belonged to the Bengaluru side, captain Smriti Mandhana decided to field first in their second-last game of the league stage. Openers Georgia Voll and Grace Harris kicked off the innings on a high by attacking the new ball bowlers, followed by the spinners and medium pacers during the middle-overs phase. Despite Harris’ wicket due to a runout, Voll continued the attack and inched near the century mark as the innings progressed towards the final over. However, the attention quickly shifted to a fielding mishap, creating a social media buzz about the game.
On the second ball of the last over, Charlie Dean dished a fuller one at the stumps that Voll drilled towards long off for a single. But a fumble in the field from Sneh Rana there was followed by an erratic throw over Dean’s head, allowing the Warriorz duo to run for a double. The bowler did try to stop the ball with a leap but it went in vain. Subsequently, even the fielder backing up couldn’t make a neat throw, resulting in schoolboy errors in the field. The Twitterverse spotted this poor act from the visitors and buzzed around the social media network.
— ashik (@ashik1587212) March 8, 2025
Missed Out A Well Deserved Century
Highest score in WPL history
99* – Georgia Voll (UPW) v RCB, Today
99 – Sophie Devine (RCB) v GG, 2023
The wait for a century continues.
8 nineties but 0 hundreds!! pic.twitter.com/RkuwaJREt5— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) March 8, 2025
What a player!
Missed !
Georgia Voll 🤝 Sophie Devine.
Equals Highest Score In WPL But Missed Out A Well Deserved Century#WPL2025— Gaurang Mestry (@Gaurang321) March 8, 2025
It would have been a run out either way, but why did Deepti turn back around? What was the thought there?#WPL2025
— Mrinal Asija (@mrinaaal) March 8, 2025
Highest Chase For RCB!
yeah!
Still no Century in WPL!#WPL2025 pic.twitter.com/7VPopQcbxl
— हिन्दुस्तानी पाजी (@hindustani_paji) March 8, 2025
The curse of the 90s continues in the WPL. Extremely unlucky for Georgia Voll to miss out. Some knock that!#WPL2025
— Mrinal Asija (@mrinaaal) March 8, 2025
massive Total!
Let’s See!
99* the curse continuous
May be someone lift the curse today itself 😍#WPL #WPL2025— Sanyu (@sanyu03502251) March 8, 2025
