New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat UP Warriorz by five wickets on Wednesday at the DY Patil Stadium. With this victory, RCB registered their first ever win in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023.
RCB register their first win
While Mandhana and Co remained alive in the race of play-offs, but they have only slim chance. Nonetheless, they will be much relieved having earned their maiden win in WPL 2023.
Virat interact with RCBW
Ahead of the match vs UPW, RCB’s, mood was uplifted by the Indian star batter and former captain of men’s RCB team, Virat Kohli. The star batter is in Mumbai for the upcoming One Day International (ODI) against Australia on March 17. So he took some time out and gave pep-talk to the Mandhana-led RCB.
Virat Kohli’s pep talk to the RCB Women’s Team
---Advertisement---King came. He spoke. He inspired. He’d be proud watching the girls play the way they did last night. Watch @imVkohli's pre-match chat in the team room on Bold Diaries.#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #WPL2023 pic.twitter.com/fz1rxZnID2
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) March 16, 2023
Virat’s words of wisdom
In the video shared by the RCB’s official on the Twitter, on Thursday (March 16). Virat shared some word of wisdom and said, “I’ve been playing IPL for 15 years. And I haven’t won it yet. But that doesn’t stop me from being excited every year. That’s all I can do. That’s the effort I can put into every game and every tournament that I play.”
“If we win, great. If we don’t, then I am not going to go to my grave thinking that if only I had won an IPL, I would be a happy man. It doesn’t happen like that. So always think about the opportunity that you have rather than how bad it is right now,” Virat said.
“There is always a flip side to it, and it could always be worse than this. And the fact that we haven’t won the IPL, but I still feel that we have the best fans in the world. Only because we were always committed to every game that we played for RCB. That has been the most special thing for our fans. There’s no guarantee of giving you a cup every year, but there’s a guarantee of giving your 110% every year, and that’s all you can strive to do,” he added.
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Extremely grateful to @imVkohli for spending time with the team and motivating them before today’s match! 😇
Video at 9 am tomorrow! 🎥#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #WPL2023 #UPWvRCB pic.twitter.com/wuWZkfxsAo
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) March 15, 2023
RCB performance against UPW
Kohli words motivated Mandhana-led RCB to the extend that they finally bagged their first win of the tournament against UPW. Opting to bowl first, Bengaluru dismissed UPW for 135 in 19.3 overs with Ellyse Perry (3 for 16), Sophie Devine (2 for 23) and Asha Shobana (2 for 27) shining with the ball.
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For UP, Grace Harris top-scored with a 32-ball 46 before RCB rode on Kanika Ahuja’s 30-ball 46 and Richa Ghosh’s 32-ball 31* to win by five wickets with two overs to spare.
RCB remain alive to end in the top three (although they can, at maximum, only settle for the third position) and enter the knockouts. They need to win their remaining two games and also hope for other results to favour them.
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