Delhi Capitals VS Royal Challengers Bengaluru match ended with Delhi Capitals winning the match by 25 runs. RCB won the toss and elected to bowl first in M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Shafali Verma scored 50 runs and Alice Capsey scored 46 runs and Delhi Capitals scored 194/5 in 20 overs. Sophie Divine picked two wickets for RCB.
Smriti Mandhana scored 74 runs and Sabbhineni Meghana scored 36 runs but RCB middle order failed to deliver in this match. RCB scored 169/9 in 20 overs. Jess Jonassen picked 3 wickets. Marizanne Kapp took 2 wickets. Marizanne Kapp won the Player of the Match award for her all-round performance.
Delhi Capitals had 4 points in 3 matches and stand at the top of the Women’s Premier League table. Royal Challengers Bengaluru had 4 points in 3 matches and stands at the second position in the table.
Delhi Capitals starting eleven
Meg Lanning(captain), Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Arundhati Reddy, Taniya Bhatia(WK), Minnu Mani, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav
Royal Challengers Bengaluru playing eleven
Smriti Mandhana (Captain), Sophie Divine, Sabbhineni Meghana, Nadine de Klerk, Richa Ghosh(WK), Georgia Wareham, Sophie Molineux, Shreyanka Patil, Simran Bahadur, Sobhana Asha, Renuka Singh.
Delhi Capitals VS Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Delhi capitals beat RCB by 25 runs
RCB won the toss and invited Delhi Capitals to bat first. Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma came to open for the visitors and Renuka Singh had a first over of the match. Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma had a 28-run partnership for the first wicket.
In the 5th over, Meg Lanning was caught out by Georgia Wareham at Deep Cover and ball by Sophie Divine. Meg Lanning scored 11 runs off 17 balls. Shafali Verma and Alice Capsey had an 82-run partnership in 43 balls. In the 12th over, Shafali Verma was caught out by Georgia Wareham at deep mid-wicket and a ball by Shreyanka Patil. Shafali Verma scored 50 runs off 31 balls.
In the 13th over, Jemimah Rodrigues was caught by Simran Bahadur at mid-off and ball by Nande de Clarke. Jemimah Rodrigues scored 0 runs off 4 balls. In the 15th over, Nande de Clarke bowled out Alice Capsey who scored 46 runs off 33 balls.
Marizanne Kapp and Jess Jonassen had a 48-run partnership for the fifth wicket. In the 19th over, Marizanne Kepp was caught by Simran Bahadur at long off and ball by Sophie Divine. Marianne Kepp scored 32 runs off 16 balls.
Jess Jonassen scored not out 36 runs off 16 balls and Arundhati Roy scored 10 runs off 4 balls. Delhi Capitals scored 194/5 in 20 overs.
The @DelhiCapitals inch closer to victory here in Bengaluru! 🙌
Was this dismissal the turning point of the game 🤔#TATAWPL | #RCBvDC pic.twitter.com/S92BVrO4QX
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 29, 2024
Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Divine came to open for RCB and Marizanne Kepp had a first-over for Delhi Capitals. RCB had a great opening partnership they had 77 runs for the first wicket. In the 9th over, Sophie Divine was caught by Jess Jonassen at mid-wicket and ball by Arundhati Roy. Sophie Divine scored 23 runs off 17 balls.
In the 12th over, Smriti Mandhana was bowled out by Marizanne Kepp. Smriti Mandhana scored 74 runs off 43 balls. In the 16th over, Richa Ghosh was caught by Jess Jonassen at backward point, and the ball by Marizanne Kepp. Richa Ghosh scored 19 runs off 13 balls.
In the 17th over, Georgia Wareham was caught by Alice Capsey at mid-wicket and ball by Shikha Pandey. Georgia Wareham scored 6 runs off 7 balls. In the 19th over, Sabbhineni Meghana was run out by Taniya Bhatia. Sabbhineni Meghana scored 36 runs off 31 balls.
In the next ball, Nande de Clarke was caught by Annabel Sutherland (sub) at long-on and the ball was by Arundhati Roy. Nande de Clarke scored 1 runs off 2 balls. In the 19th over, Sophie Molineux was caught by Radha Yadav at mid-wicket and ball by Jess Jonassen. Sophie Molineux scored 1 runs off 2 balls.
Simran Bahadur was caught out by Meg Lanning at long on and ball by Jess Jonassen. Simran Bahadur scored 2 runs off 2 balls. Sobhana Asha was caught out by Annabel Sutherland at long-on. Sobhana Asha scored 0 runs off 1 ball. Renuka Singh scored not out 1 runs off 1 ball and Shreyanka Patil Scored not out 1 run off 2 balls.