India, Jan. 17 -- In her previous 22 Women's Premier League (WPL) outings, Radha Yadav had scored a total of 75 runs. She conjured up almost as many in one innings alone on Friday.

Early wickets were bound to test the batting depth of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at some point this season, and against Gujarat Giants (GG) they had their No.5 walk inside the Powerplay with a WPL average of just over 10.

Radha couldn't have chosen a more timely moment to spike that average, and thereby maintain RCB's winning start as they beat GG by 32 runs.

Radha's batting promotion by the RCB think-tank had raised eyebrows, only for the left-arm spinner to raise a composed first WPL half-century in return. Her 47-ball 66, partnering Richa Ghosh (44...