Royal Challengers Bangalore Women came under fire for their inability to produce a spark in the first four games of the inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League 2023.
RCB Women led by Smriti Mandhana failed to crack the code in the first four games and ended up losing the four games in a disappointing manner. Their terrible performances also dented their playoff hopes.
RCB Women eventually opened their account with a win over UP Warriorz recently as they won the game by five wickets. Amid their setbacks, Virat Kohli still encouraged RCB Women by advising them to stay positive and give absolutely everything to the team in the next two games.
Here’s how RCB women can still qualify for the Playoffs in WPL
For the record, RCB Women are still in contention to make it to the playoffs in the inaugural edition. Now, let’s take a look at the scenario as to how they can still qualify for the playoffs.
RCB Women will have to hope that three scenarios go in their way in order to see them through to the playoffs. First of all, they will have to win the next two games.
At the same time, they will have to make sure that Mumbai Indians Women and Delhi Capitals Women beat UP Warriorz. On the other hand, they will also have to hope that Gujarat Giants beat UP Warriorz.
If all these three scenarios go in favour of RCB, then Smriti Mandhana and Co will qualify for the playoffs. It will be quite interesting to see how things pan out for RCB Women.
Meanwhile, RCB Women will lock horns with Gujarat Giants in the 16th match of the WPL at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on March 18, Saturday. After that, they will cross swords with Mumbai Indians Women in the 19th match of the WPL at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai on March 21, Tuesday.
RCB qualification scenario:
– Need to win the next 2 games.
– MI and DC need to beat UP Warriorz.
– Gujarat Giants need to beat UP Warriorz.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 16, 2023
