Tough To Express This Feeling In Words: Amanjot Kaur

Amanjot Kaur couldn’t hide her excitement after propelling Mumbai Indians (MI) to a stunning last-over win against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Match 7 of the Women’s Premier League (2025).

Chasing a target of 168, Harmanpreet Kaur smashed 50 off 38 deliveries but the MI skipper perished in the 18th over, with her team still needing 22 off 12 deliveries. That’s when Amanjot took control and smoked her close friend Kanika Ahuja for two sixes in the 19th over. G Kamalini hit a boundary off the penultimate delivery of the game and got MI over the line with four wickets remaining.

“Feels really happy and tough to express this feeling in words. I knew that if an offspinner comes to bowl, I can back my strengths. We (Kanika and I) play for the same domestic side and I knew that I had to stay till the end and make sure that 19th over goes big because of my positive match-up. My role with the ball is to bowl stump-to-stump and bowl the variations. Blessed and grateful,” said Amanjot, who scored 34* off 27 and also claimed three wickets in the first innings.

Talking about Amanjot, Harmanpreet said: “I just told her (Amanjot) that that was the last over (18th over) for the main bowler and there are no experienced bowlers after that. I knew she is a good player, but does not have that much experience in these situations, so credit to her.”

For RCB, Ellyse Perry slammed 81 off 43 in the first innings to propel her team to 167/7. RCB started the season with two wins and are still at the top of the table despite losing to MI. “Can't say one turning point but really proud of the way the girls fought back, we have two days and we will think about what went wrong,” said RCB captain Smriti Mandhana.

“The first time we batted first in the tournament so we won't be really critical about things today. For us it is important to stay positive in the next two days.”