Ekta Bisht to Shweta Sehrawat, Another round-arm delivery, on middle and full, Shweta Sehrawat turns it using her wrists to short fine.
Ekta Bisht to Shweta Sehrawat, Tossed up, full and on the pads, Shweta looks to paddle it away but the ball deflects off the front pad to the left of the keeper.
Ekta Bisht to Shweta Sehrawat, WIDE! A round-arm delivery, drifting down leg. Shweta Sehrawat misses to sweep. Wide called.
Ekta Bisht to Shweta Sehrawat, Length ball, on off, punched back to the bowler.
Ekta Bisht to Shweta Sehrawat, Nice and full, on off, pushed back to the bowler.
Sneh Rana to Shweta Sehrawat, Back of a length, on top of off, swatted down to long on for one. UP end their Powerplay at 57/3, versus Bengaluru's 42/1.
Sneh Rana to Deepti Sharma, Tossed up, full and on the middle stump. Deepti Sharma sweeps to deep backward square leg for one.
Sneh Rana to Deepti Sharma, FOUR! Nicely done! On a fullish bit of a length, pitching outside the leg stump. Deepti sweeps and gets a top edge but finds the fence in the deep.
Sneh Rana to Shweta Sehrawat, Full and on the leg stump. This is worked off the inner half of the bat to the left of square leg for a single.
Shweta Sehrawat walks out next.
Sneh Rana to Tahlia McGrath, OUT! STUMEDP OUT! Well, it just took two deliveries for Sneh Rana to snag her first wicket playing for Bengaluru on her debut. And the run of misfortunes continues for Tahlia McGrath as she departs for another low score! Sneh Rana smartly changes the line of attack and bowls it outside off, keeping the trajectory with a flight, and slow, on a length. Tahlia McGrath dances down the track and looks to loft it over the off side, but misses as she plays it too early. She misses and the keeper does the rest by dislodging the bails off.
Sneh Rana to Tahlia McGrath, On a length around the pads, Tahlia McGrath flicks this towards deep mid-wicket for one.
Renuka Singh Thakur to Deepti Sharma, On a length around off, Deepti Sharma punches this back to the bowler.
Renuka Singh Thakur to Deepti Sharma, WIDE! On a length down the leg. Deepti Sharma misses out on the flick. Wided.
Renuka Singh Thakur to Tahlia McGrath, LEG BYE! On a length around the pads, Tahlia McGrath misses out on the flick and the ball is clipped off her pads toward leg for one.
Renuka Singh Thakur to Tahlia McGrath, Good length around middle and leg, Tahlia McGrath punches this to mid-wicket for no run.
Tahlia McGrath is in at number 4.
Renuka Singh Thakur to Vrinda Dinesh, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Renuka Singh Thakur has now removed both the UP openers as Bengaluru get their second wicket! On a fuller length and the line of attack is around off, Vrinda Dinesh, takes a good stride forward and looks to loft this over Smriti Mandhana at mid off but doesn't get enough power behind this and seems like a half-hearted swing through the line. Hence, the ball flies over Smriti Mandhana at mid off who stretches her hands up and takes a fine catch with a reverse cup.
Renuka Singh Thakur to Vrinda Dinesh, FOUR! Pitched-up around middle and off, Vrinda Dinesh gets right underneath this and lofts this up and over mid on for four.
Renuka Singh Thakur to Vrinda Dinesh, On a length around middle and off. Vrinda Dinesh steps down the track and looks to hit this around leg but misses out and wears it on her pads.
Kim Garth to Vrinda Dinesh, Bumper, on leg. Vrinda Dinesh hooks this away for one.
Kim Garth to Deepti Sharma, Good length on the pads, Deepti Sharma tucks this to fine leg for one.
Kim Garth to Deepti Sharma, FOUR! Short-pitched, into the body. Deepti Sharma pulls this up nd over mid-wicket and the ball just manages to crash into the boundary cushion.
Kim Garth to Deepti Sharma, WIDE! On a length down the leg. Deepti Sharma misses out on the flick. Wided.
Kim Garth to Deepti Sharma, On a length around off, Deepti Sharma pushes this towards mid off for no run.
Kim Garth to Deepti Sharma, FOUR! On a length around the pads, Deepti Sharma just manages to tickle this past the keeper to her right for four at deep fine.
Kim Garth to Vrinda Dinesh, Short-pitched, around middle and leg, Vrinda Dinesh hooks this towards fine leg and takes one. A wayward throw from the deep backed up with a poor backup allows the duo in the middle to take two more.
Renuka Singh Thakur to Deepti Sharma, On a length around middle and leg, Deepti Sharma tucks this off the inside of her bat to mid on for no run.
Skipper Deepti Sharma is in at number 3.
Renuka Singh Thakur to Kiran Navgire, OUT! TIMBER! Renuka Singh Thakur with the first breakthrough for Bengaluru off a ripper of a delivery! She delivers it on a yard behind good length, angling into Kiran Navgire. She runs down the track and looks to heave this towards the leg side. She tries to hit it too hard and swings with all her might and ends up losing her shape, and misses to get any bat on it. The ball sneaks under the angled bat and rattles the stumps. Kiran Navgire departs after scoring a quickfire 24 (12).
Renuka Singh Thakur to Kiran Navgire, Pitched-up around off, Kiran Navgire muscles this past the bowler for nothing towards mid off.
Renuka Singh Thakur to Vrinda Dinesh, On a length around the pads, Vrinda Dinesh moves in and flicks this to deep square for one.
Renuka Singh Thakur to Vrinda Dinesh, FOUR! Back of a length around off, Vrinda Dinesh backs away and punches this through cover for yet another boundary. It's been boundaries galore at the start of the chase.
Renuka Singh Thakur to Vrinda Dinesh, On a length, tailing into Vrinda and she tucks this to mid-wicket for no run.
Kim Garth to Kiran Navgire, FOUR! A boundary to end an expensive over from Kim. Short-pitched, around off. Kiran Navgire runs down the track and flat bats this over mid on for four.
Kim Garth to Vrinda Dinesh, A well-directed short-pitched delivery around middle and leg, Vrinda Dinesh goes for the pull. Gets it off her bat's sticker and it lands in the empty space between four converging fielder's at square leg for one.
Kim Garth to Vrinda Dinesh, On a length wide outside off, shaping away from the batter. Vrinda Dinesh looks to swing and misses out.
Kim Garth to Kiran Navgire, Good length around middle and leg, Kim Garth milks this away for one.
Kim Garth to Kiran Navgire, SIX! HAMMERED AWAY FOR SIX! Short-pitched, around middle and leg, Kiran Navgire pulls this up and over the fence towards deep mid-wicket region for a huge six. This is some start for UP.
Kim Garth to Kiran Navgire, FOUR! On a length around the pads, Kiran Navgire flicks this a couple of bounces and over the ropes for four towards the right of deep square for four.
Kim Garth to operate from the far end.
Renuka Singh Thakur to Kiran Navgire, On a length around leg, Kiran Navgire thumps this to mid on and takes one.
Renuka Singh Thakur to Kiran Navgire, FOUR! Close to Georgia Wareham at a straightish long on but not close enough to be caught. On a length around leg, Kiran Navgire slogs this just wide of a diving Georgia Wareham down the ground to her right for four.
Renuka Singh Thakur to Kiran Navgire, FOUR! First run on the board and it comes in the form of a boundary. Short and wide outside off, Kiran Navgire moves away from her stumps and lofts this over cover for four.
Renuka Singh Thakur to Kiran Navgire, Excellent in the field from Kanika Ahuja. On a length around leg, Kiran Navgire looks to slog this around leg but gets an inside edge and this was flying away to the fence before Kanika Ahuja puts in a dive to her right to field this and save a boundary for her side.
Renuka Singh Thakur to Kiran Navgire, Good length around middle and leg, Kiran Navgire looks to smash this away on leg but gets cramped for room.
Renuka Singh Thakur to Kiran Navgire, On a length around middle and leg, tailing back into the batter. Kiran Navgire shimmies down the track first up and drills this to mid-wicket for no run.
We are back with the chase. Kiran Navgire has walked out with Vrinda Dinesh to open for UP. Renuka Singh Thakur has the new ball in her hands and she will be bowling the first over of the chase for Bengaluru. Off we go...
... The Run Chase ...
Well then, as per the pitch report given by Stacy Ann-King and Julia Price, any total beyond the 170-run mark would be a challenging one. So, Bengaluru have managed to tick that box with the bat, of course, courtesy of Ellyse Perry who scored almost half of the runs put up by them on the board. Their bowlers will now aim to pick quick early wickets and utilize the new ball's movement to their benefit. With no signs of dew as yet, chasing this total won't be an easy gig for the UP batters. It is on to the top order, which has been a bit inconsistent, and would need to step up to provide a strong foundation. But how well can they deal against the in-form bowling unit of Bengaluru? The run chase up next very shortly.