t the end of a thrilling T20 match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated defending champions Mumbai Indians by five runs in the Eliminator to go to their first Women's Premier League final.

Mandhana was left in shock and subsequently in floods of joy as she greeted her teammates as the game concluded, while Harmanpreet was spotted fighting back tears as she came out to shake hands with the RCB players and congratulate them on their victory. At a certain point in the chase for 136, the Mumbai Indians appeared to be in command, with seven wickets in hand and Harmanpreet at the bat with Amelia Kerr, who had just regained her stride after blasting two boundaries against Georgia Wareham. The MI captain then hit two boundaries off Ellyse Perry as Mumbai entered the last three overs with only 20 runs to score. However, RCB made a comeback, with Shreyanka Patil delivering a stunning 18th over in which she surrendered only four singles and claimed Harmanpreet's wicket. Sophie Molineux, on the other hand, repeated the feat in the 19th over, dismissing S Sanjana for only one to make the equation somewhat more difficult for MI - 12 required off the last over. Mandhana had exhausted most of her primary bowling options, so she resorted to Asha Sobhana for the final over. The leg-spinner gave only four runs in the first three deliveries before outfoxing Pooja Vastrakar, who was stumped on the fourth ball after missing a loopy leg-break.