The 8th match of WPL T20 is scheduled to play between Royal Challengers Bangalore and UP Warriorz Women on Friday, 10th March 2023 at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women had disappointed its fans in India and around the world in this season of WPL T20. We have no doubt that Royal Challengers Bangalore Women are a strong team but things had not gone in their favor. They performed well in their most recent match against Gujarat Giants but were on the losing side. This was a high-scoring match where lost the toss and were asked to field first. The performance of their bowling unit was not much impressive as they leaked 201 runs in 20 overs. Shreyanka Patil was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side with two wickets to her name in four overs against 32 runs. H Knight also performed well and picked two wickets while she was charged with 17 runs in just two overs.

Renuka Singh and Megan Schutt also performed well in the previous match and picked one wicket each. Ellyse Perry and Preeti Bose were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket. The batting order of Royal Challengers Bangalore Women performed well but failed to chase the target of 202 runs and scored 190 runs in 20 overs. Almost all batters from their side put some runs on the board. Sophie Devine was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side with 66 runs to her name on 45 balls with the help of eight boundaries and two huge sixes. Ellyse Perry also had an outstanding performance with the bat. She scored 32 runs while she faced 25 balls and smashed five boundaries. Heather Knight was the other batter who put some runs on the board. She remained not out after scoring 30 runs on just 11 balls with the help of five boundaries and one huge six. The skipper, Smriti Mandhana totally failed to give the best performance in the previous match. She could manage to score just 18 runs while Kanika Ahuja and Richa Ghosh scored 10 runs each.

UP Warriorz Women had a winning start to this tournament and won their very first match against Gujarat Giants but they failed to continue the winning momentum and lost very next match against Delhi Capitals Women by a big margin of 42 runs. They won the toss and decided to field first but their bowling unit failed to give the best performance and leaked 211 runs in 20 overs. They have some best bowlers of T20 cricket like Shabnim Ismail, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Tahlia McGrath, Deepti Sharma, and Sophie Ecclestone. Shabnim Ismail was the only successful bowler from their side with one wicket to her name in four overs against 29 runs. Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Ecclestone, and Rajeshwari Gayakwad picked one wicket each in the previous match.

Anjali Sarvani and Deepti Sharma were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket. The batting order of UP Warriorz Women is also strong and they have the batters like Alyssa Healy, Shweta Sehrawat, Kiran Navgire, Tahlia McGrath, Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, and Simran Shaikh in their squad. Tahlia McGrath was the only successful batter from their side. She remained not out after scoring 90 runs on 50 balls with the help of 11 boundaries and four huge sixes. Remember that no other batsmen from their side could manage to hit any six. The skipper, Alyssa Healy could manage to score 24 runs on just 17 balls with the help of five boundaries. Devika Vaidya also performed well and put some runs on the board. She scored 23 runs. Shweta Sehrawat and Kiran Navgire are the leading batters of UP Warriorz Women but had totally failed to give the best performance in this tournament till now.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women are a strong team as compared to the UP Warriorz Women at least on paper and also had much experience. According to WPL T20 prediction, Royal Challengers Bangalore Women is the favorite team who will win this match. There are many factors that make Royal Challengers Bangalore Women a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under.

• Royal Challengers Bangalore Women are a strong team even though they had failed to perform well so far
• UP Warriorz had won one out of two matches played
• The batting order of Royal Challengers Bangalore Women is strong at least on papers
• The bowling unit of Royal Challengers Bangalore is also strong
• UP Warriorz Women are also a strong and experienced team

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women is full of experienced and young players in the t20 format. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match for Royal Challengers Bangalore Women have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women have a 58% chance to win this match
UP Warriorz Women has a 42% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play important in the result of each and every match of WPL T20. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss will elect to bat first as chasing had been difficult in most matches of WPL.

The 8th Match of the Women’s Premier League is going to be held at the Dr. Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. We had observed in the previous matches played here that the pitch here at this venue is good for batting. The track is slower than the others we have seen and helps the spinners quite a bit. We are hoping that the surface is bound to get slower and be a bit more difficult for batting in this match. A score of 170 is going to be tough to chase.

The weather forecast for Mumbai is not good for this cricket match. There are some chances of rain in the region but we are hopeful that we will have a full match to enjoy.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women: Smriti Mandhana (c), Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight, Richa Ghosh (wk), Poonam Khemnar, Kanika Ahuja, Shreyanka Patil, Megan Schutt, Renuka Thakur Singh, Preeti Bose.

UP Warriorz Women: Alyssa Healy (c & wk), Shweta Sehrawat, Kiran Navgire, Tahlia McGrath, Deepti Sharma, Simran Shaikh, Devika Vaidya, Sophie Ecclestone, Shabnim Ismail, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad.

Captain: Tahlia McGrath
Vice-Captain: Ellyse Perry
Alyssa Healy, Heather Knight, Sophie Devine, Smriti Mandhana, Kiran Navgire, Deepti Sharma, Megan Schutt, Sophie Ecclestone, Shreyanka Patil

• Date: Friday, 10th March 2023
• Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL / 07:30 PM IST

• Stadium: Brabourne Stadium
• Location: Mumbai, India
• Opened: 1937
• Capacity: 20,000
• Ends: Pavilion End, Church Gate End
• Time Zone: UTC +05:30
• Home to: Mumbai
• Floodlights: Yes

• Total matches: 11
• Matches won batting first: 5
• Matches won bowling first: 6
• Average 1st Inns scores: 165
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 150
• Highest total recorded: 209/4 (20 Ov) by AUSW vs ENGW
• Lowest total recorded: 96/10 (17.4 Ov) by ENGW vs AUSW
• The highest score chased: 199/3 (18.4 Ov) by ENGW vs INDW
• The lowest score defended: 172/8 (20 Ov) by AUSW vs INDW

Disha Kasat, Erin Burns, Komal Zanzad, Indrani Roy, Sahana Pawar, Asha Shobana, Dane van Niekerk, Smriti Mandhana (c), Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight, Richa Ghosh (wk), Poonam Khemnar, Kanika Ahuja, Shreyanka Patil, Megan Schutt, Renuka Thakur Singh, Preeti Bose.