MI vs RCB, WPL Highlights: Mumbai Indians win by 15 runs

Lauren Bell to Harmanpreet Kaur, Outside off, on a length, Kaur plays off the back foot and taps it between cover and point for a single. Gets off the mark, does the MI skipper. 

Lauren Bell to Harmanpreet Kaur, Full and on off, Kaur with a solid front foot defence to the cover region. 

The partnership is finally broken. Can they put a lid on the scoring rate now? Let's see. The skipper, Harmanpreet Kaur, walks in to bat.

Lauren Bell to Hayley Matthews, OUT! BOWLED! Who else but Bell? She breaks the 131-run partnership for the second wicket. Bell sees Hayley shuffling outside off and fires in full just outside off, following the batter. Matthews shapes up for a big slog, misses by a whisker as the ball cannons off the pads and smashes into the stumps behind. Bell is up in celebration. Matthews falls for a well-constructed 56 off 39 balls. Mumbai are 147/2 after 14.3 overs. 

Lauren Bell to Hayley Matthews, Slowish delivery, full and far outside off. Matthews shuffles a bit too across, and opts to leave. Not given as a wide. 

Lauren Bell to Hayley Matthews, FOUR! Easy pickings! A juicy full toss, outside off, asking to be hit. Matthews frees her arms and slices it past the backward point fielder's left for a boundary. 

Arundhati Reddy to Hayley Matthews, Full and straight, around off, Matthews plays off the back foot and knocks it down to long off for a single. 

Arundhati Reddy to Nat Sciver-Brunt, Full, on off, Nat drills it across to widish long on for a single. 

Arundhati Reddy to Nat Sciver-Brunt, EDGED, FOUR! Good length outside off at 98.7 kph. Sciver-Brunt drives on instinct, trying to work it away, but the outside edge flies past Bell to her left and races away to the deep third fence.

Arundhati Reddy to Hayley Matthews, Shortish, on off, Hayley pulls off the back foot to deep square leg for a single.

Arundhati Reddy to Hayley Matthews, FIVE WIDES! Bonus runs for MI! Good length down the leg side. Matthews makes room, Reddy tries to follow but drifts it well down leg and Ghosh has no chance to cut it off. The ball races away to the deep fine leg fence. 

Arundhati Reddy to Hayley Matthews, FOUR! FIFTY FOR HAYLEY MATTHEWS! This is her first half century this season. She was in desperate need of runs and she has picked the best occasion to get back in form. Hurls it full and outside off, Matthews clears the front leg and launches it over mid off. The ball is racing away to the fence. It’s her sixth half century in the WPL. 

Arundhati Reddy to Hayley Matthews, FOUR! Off the edge. Short and outside off, Hayley rocks back to punch it away, but gets a thick outside edge and the ball squirrels away to the deep third fence for four more. 

Radha Yadav to Nat Sciver-Brunt, FOUR! Into the gap again! Full and outside off at 81 kph. Sciver-Brunt drops to one knee and sweeps it hard to deep square leg for a boundary. 16 runs off the over!

Radha Yadav to Hayley Matthews, Dropped short, outside off, Hayley backs away and punches it to deep cover for a single. 

Radha Yadav to Nat Sciver-Brunt, Full, around the pads, whipped to deep mid-wicket for a single. 

Radha Yadav to Nat Sciver-Brunt, Full and tossed up outside off at 84.6 kph. NSB looks to sweep, but gets a top edge down to deep third man and they take two. 100-run partnership comes up between these two.

Radha Yadav to Nat Sciver-Brunt, FOUR! You cannot bowl her there! Serves it full, wide outside off, Sciver-Brunt leans on the front foot, and lofts it over cover for another boundary, beating long off's chase to her left. 

Radha Yadav to Nat Sciver-Brunt, FOUR! PUNISHED! Around the wicket. Full and tossed up outside off. NSB clears the front leg, heaves it to the left of deep mid-wicket, beats the fielder and finds the fence.

Shreyanka Patil to Hayley Matthews, FOUR! Up and over! These two are just toying around with the field now and Smriti has been forced to react to the shots. Full, outside off, Matthews smashes it over extra cover for a cracking boundary. 

Shreyanka Patil to Nat Sciver-Brunt, Full and in front of the stumps, an off break that spins in, Sciver-Brunt slogs it to deep square leg for a single. 

Shreyanka Patil to Nat Sciver-Brunt, FOUR! Just brilliant batting! Pitched fuller, around off, Sciver-Brunt gets on her knee and lofts it cleanly over mid off for a boundary. That's three in a row for Sciver-Brunt. 100 UP FOR MUMBAI INDIANS!

Shreyanka Patil to Nat Sciver-Brunt, FOUR! FIFTY FOR SCIVER-BRUNT! Off 32 balls. This is her 4th half century this season. Another knock of high quality.  On the off pole or thereabouts. She picks it early, as she so often does, and thumps it towards square leg for a boundary to get to her milestone. 

Shreyanka Patil to Nat Sciver-Brunt, FOUR! That's a brilliant shot from Nat Sciver-Brunt! Fuller, on middle and leg, Nat Sciver-Brunt gets low and sweeps it through square leg for a boundary.

Shreyanka Patil to Hayley Matthews, Flatter, on off, Hayley Matthews flicks it to the right of the bowler. She dives to her right and makes a good stop. The ball rolls towards mid on as the batters collect a single.

Nadine De Klerk to Nat Sciver-Brunt, Fractionally short, outside off, Nat is forced to reach at it and ends up chopping it to the cover-point region. 

Nadine De Klerk to Hayley Matthews, Full again, on the pads, this is flicked to the deep mid-wicket region for a single. 

Nadine De Klerk to Nat Sciver-Brunt, Full, on leg, Nat tugs it to deep mid-wicket for a single. 

Nadine De Klerk to Nat Sciver-Brunt, FOUR! Top shot! Lands it on a length, on middle and leg, Nat plays off the back foot, pulls it perfectly through the deep square leg and deep mid-wicket gap for a cracking boundary. 

Nadine De Klerk to Nat Sciver-Brunt, SIX! LAUNCHED! Nadine lands it right into the slot, full and on off, Nat Sciver-Brunt gets on a knee and just effortlessly slogs it over deep mid-wicket for a six. That's the first of the evening. 

Nadine De Klerk to Hayley Matthews, Pitched short and on off, Hayley heaves it to long on for a single.

Halfway through the first innings. These two seem to have settled really nicely now. Nadine De Klerk replaces Arundhati Reddy. 

Radha Yadav to Hayley Matthews, Short, on off, Hayley Matthews punches it to mid off for a single.

Radha Yadav to Nat Sciver-Brunt, Much fuller again, on off, Nat Sciver-Brunt drills it to long off for just a single.

Radha Yadav to Nat Sciver-Brunt, Too full, on off, Nat Sciver-Brunt digs it back to the bowler.

Radha Yadav to Hayley Matthews, Short, on off, Hayley Matthews knocks it down the ground for a single.

Radha Yadav to Hayley Matthews, FOUR! Top shot from Hayley Matthews! Flatter, on off, Hayley Matthews stays back in her crease and punches it through cover-point for a boundary.

Radha Yadav to Nat Sciver-Brunt, Top full, on off, Nat Sciver-Brunt flicks it to mid on for a single.

STRATEGIC BREAK. At the end of the Powerplay, MI looked under tremendous pressure, with just 38/1 on the board. But the next three overs have gone for 30 runs, with this partnership worth 52 runs. They have arrested the collapse and have batted beautifully. It hasn't been hammer and tongs, but they have ensured that the dot-ball percentage stays low. RCB would aim to break this stand as quickly as possible and push MI back to reconstruct. And with that, Radha Yadav is introduced into the attack now. 

Arundhati Reddy to Hayley Matthews, FOUR! That's a poor delivery! Arundhati Reddy errs her line down the leg side, Hayley Matthews uses the pace of the ball and tickles it through fine leg. The fielder chases but the ball wins the race.

Arundhati Reddy to Nat Sciver-Brunt, Nice and full, on leg, Nat Sciver-Brunt flicks it to wide of mid on for a single.

Arundhati Reddy to Hayley Matthews, Just short! Length, outside off, Hayley Matthews looks to loft it but edges it to short third. The ball lands just short of Lauren Bell who dives to her left and makes a good stop. Just a single.

Arundhati Reddy to Hayley Matthews, FOUR! Perfectly placed! On a length, outside off, Hayley Matthews stays in her crease and steers it in the gap through backward point for a magnificent boundary.

Arundhati Reddy to Hayley Matthews, On a length, outside off, and it stays low. Hayley Matthews looks to slap it but gets a bottom edge as the ball rolls to the right of the bowler. Dot.

Arundhati Reddy to Nat Sciver-Brunt, Nice and full, outside off, Nat Sciver-Brunt knocks it to long on for a single.

19 runs in the last 2 overs for Mumbai Indians. They are gradually gaining momentum here. Also, we missed it. Grace Harris is off the field for now, but she seems geared up to be back on. Arundhati Reddy is back on. 1-0-5-0 so far, and she replaces Nadine De Klerk. 

Shreyanka Patil to Nat Sciver-Brunt, Flatter, on leg, Nat Sciver-Brunt flicks it to mid-wicket for a single.

Shreyanka Patil to Nat Sciver-Brunt, FOUR! Nat Sciver-Brunt is gearing up! Slower one, outside off, Nat Sciver-Brunt stays in her crease and slaps it magnificently through cover-point for a boundary.

Shreyanka Patil to Hayley Matthews, Short, just outside off, Hayley Matthews punches it through covers for a single.

Shreyanka Patil to Nat Sciver-Brunt, Short, on off, Nat Sciver-Brunt knocks omit down the ground for a single.