Mumbai Indians defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 15 runs in match 16 of the Women’s Premier League 2026. With their third win in the ongoing season, MI still have a chance of making it to the playoffs. On the other hand, RCB have lost two consecutive matches, and their wait to qualify for the final continues. Meanwhile, Mumbai posted 199/4 in the allotted 20 overs and restricted Bengaluru to 184/9.

Grace Harris (5) and Smriti Mandhana (6), Georgia Voll (9), Gautami Naik (1) and Radha Yadav (0) were unable to get going against the defending champions.

Nadine de Klerk was looking set, having accumulated 28 runs off 20 balls, with the help of 3 fours and 1 six, but her dismissal in the 12th over impacted RCB’s chances of winning the contest.

Richa Ghosh almost took RCB to a win, playing a sensational knock of 90 runs off 50 balls, laced with 10 fours and 6 sixes. She was dismissed on the last ball of the match. For Mumbai, Hayley Matthews, who scored a fifty, also took three wickets.

Shabnim Ismail, the senior pro, picked up two scalps while Amelia Kerr also dismissed two batters.

Earlier, Nat Sciver-Brunt posted the first-ever hundred in WPL history to take Mumbai to a big total. She remained unbeaten on 100 balls off 57 balls, packed with 16 boundaries and 1 six. She shared a 131-run stand with Matthews for the second wicket, with the latter managing 56 in 39 deliveries, including 9 fours.

Captain Harmanpreet contributed 20 runs off 12 balls. She smashed 2 fours and 1 maximum in her important knock.

Mumbai have 6 points from 7 matches while RCB, who have already made it to the playoffs, have recorded 10 points from 7 games.

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