Delhi Capitals VS Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Delhi Capitals won this spectacular match by 1 run. Delhi Capital won the toss and elected to bat first. Jemimah Rodrigues scored 58 runs off 36 balls and Alice Capsey’s 48 runs off 32 balls helped Delhi Capitals to score 181/5 in 20 overs.
Ellyse Perry scored 49 runs and Richa Ghosh 51 runs innings still they were lost by 1 run Royal Challengers Bengaluru scored 180/7 in 20 overs. Jemimah Rodrigues won the Player of the Match award.
Delhi had 10 points in 7 matches they are at the top of the Women’s Premier League table. Royal Challengers Bengaluru had 6 points in 7 matches they are in the third position of the table.
Delhi Capitals starting eleven
Meg Lanning(captain), Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Arundhati Reddy, Taniya Bhatia(WK), Titus Sadhu, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav
Royal Challengers Bengaluru playing eleven
Smriti Mandhana (Captain), Sophie Divine, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh(WK), Georgia Wareham, Sophie Molineux, Shreyanka Patil, Shradda Bhau Pokharkar, Sobhana Asha, Renuka Singh.
Delhi Capitals VS Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Delhi Capitals won by 1 run.
Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat first. Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma opening pair came to bat for the Capitals and Renuka Singh had a first over for the Royal Challengers. Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning had a 54-run partnership. In the 7th over, Sobhana Asha’s bowls floated outside off delivery to Shafali Verma who played a sweep shot against the spin and ball took the leading edge of the bat and Sophie Molineux took the catch at backward point. Shafali Verma scored 23 runs off 18 balls.
In the 8th over, Shreyanka Patil bowls a flatter delivery in the middle to Meg Lanning. Meg Lanning tried to play pull but missed the ball and the ball hit the pads. The umpire’s decision was not out but Smriti Mandhana took review and there was no bat involved and the ball hit the decision Meg Lanning had to go Pavilion. Meg Lanning scored 29 runs off 26 balls.
Jemimah Rodrigues and Alice Capsey had a beautiful partnership of 97 runs for the third wicket. In the 18th over, Shreyanka Patil bowls a fuller-length delivery to Jemimah Rodrigues who gets inside the line to play a sweep but misses the ball, and the ball hits the wicket. Jemimah Rodrigues scored 58 runs off 36 balls.
In the 20th over first bowl, Shreyanka Patil bowled out Alice Capsey, scoring 48 runs off 32 balls. In the fourth ball, Jess Jonassen was stumped out by Richa Ghosh in the ball of Shreyanka Patil. Jess Jonassen scored 1 run off 2 balls. Marizanne Kapp scored not out 12 runs off 6 balls. Radha Yadav Scored 1 run off 1 ball. Delhi Capitals scored 181/5 in 20 overs.
Sophie Molineux ✅
Ellyse Perry ✅Both set batters are dismissed
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Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Molineux came to open for the Royal Challengers and Marizanne Kepp had first over for Delhi Capitals. In the second over, Alice Capsey bowls an arm ball to Smriti Mandhana who fails to defend it away, and the ball makes contact with the pads. Smriti Mandhana scored 5 runs off 7 balls.
Sophie Molineux and Ellyse Perry had an 80-run partnership in the 11th over, in a ball from Radha Yadav Sophie Molineux pushed the ball for and called for a single but there was miscommunication between Sophie Molineux and Ellyse Perry. Shika Pandey throws perfectly toward the keeper and Taniya Bhatia takes the bails off. Ellyse Perry scored 49 runs off 32 balls.
In the 12th over, Sophie Molineux was caught out by Jemimah Rodrigues at in-fields in the ball of Arundhati Reddy. Sophie Molineux scored 33 runs off 30 balls. Sophie Divine and Richa Ghosh had a 49-run partnership. In the 18th over, Sophie Divine was caught by Arundhati Reddy at deep mid-wicket in the ball of Marizanne Kepp. Sophie Divine scored 26 runs off 16 balls.
In the 19th over, Georgia Wareham was caught out by Radha Yadav at long-on in the ball of Shika Pandey. Georgia Wareham scored 12 runs off 6 balls. In the last over Bengaluru needed 17 runs. First ball Richa Ghosh hits a six in the first ball of Jess Jonassen. In the third ball, Richa Ghosh wanted to double but Disha Kasat was run out by Arundhati Roy. Disha Kasat scored 0 runs off 0 balls.
Richa Ghosh hits six in the fifth ball in the last ball Bengaluru needed 2 runs to win. Richa Ghosh tried to take a single but Shafali Verma quickly threw in the bowler’s end helping Delhi to secure victory by 1 run.