Around 11.15 PM, Richa Ghosh was on the side pitch, taking throwdowns from Sunetra Paranjpe, and flexing her range-hitting skills. Arundhati Reddy, with a helmet on, joined in soon. Ghosh got only two balls to face in the match, Reddy got none. All they were left doing was taking advantage of some extra time in their hands, courtesy an early finish to the RCB-UPW contest.

On most days when Grace Harris explodes, no total is too big.

On most days when a team musters 143/5 at the DY Patil Stadium, it's undefendable.

On every day that Grace Harris explodes chasing 144 for a win, it's a one-sided contest.

All three situations played out on Monday ensuring Ghosh and Reddy were left unfulfilled with their time in the middle, and yet got ample time for a short training session. It was a day when UP Warriorz's attempt to go all-out attack with their lengthy batting order backfired faster than they would have anticipated. Somehow, Deandra Dottin, batting at No 7, found herself unusually playing a frontfoot defense in the ninth over of the innings.

They all had to swallow the bitter pill.

Even if UPW had lost Harleen Deol in the powerplay, they had done well to fairly evade Lauren Bell's swinging deliveries. 26 for 1 in five overs, it was a slow but cautious start, offering enough time to charge at the bowlers on a pitch where the bounce and pace were predictable.

Smriti Mandhana threw the ball to Shreyanka Patil, tempting the batters to go after her in the last over of the powerplay. There was more to it. Shreyanka, who had dismissed Meg Lanning twice in three encounters previously, was a strong matchup to get rid of the second opener as well. The move seemed to pay off immediately as the UPW skipper pulled a near-half tracker from the offie straight towards Arundhati Reddy at square leg, and winced in frustration. It was understandable. Lanning had braced the testing spell of swing bowling by Bell, and it was her time to cash in, which seemed to have gone to waste.

Interestingly, unless she had caught a glimpse from the corner of her eye, she wasn't even looking towards Reddy after playing that shot, when the catch was attempted. But as she started walking back towards the dugout, she made her suspicion known to the on-field umpires, who opted to review the decision with their peer who had access to TV replays. Reddy had gobbled it, and there was only one frame available to prove that. Lanning got a life, but not for too long.