Within the ultimate of the Ladies’s Premier League (WPL), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) secured their first championship trophy by defeating Delhi Capitals (DC) with an eight-wicket victory on the bustling Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on March seventeenth (Sunday).
Within the first innings, Delhi Capitals collapsed like ninepins throughout the Grand Finale, after what appeared like a promising begin. Regardless of initially showing to set a formidable whole, Delhi capitulated and have been bowled out for simply 118 runs in 18.3 overs.
After profitable the toss, Meg Lanning elected to bat first towards Smriti Mandhana’s RCB. Lanning and Shafali Verma took cost on the crease for Delhi Capitals, getting DC’s innings off to a blazing begin as they reached 61-0 after 6 overs.
Shafali Verma launched a relentless assault, driving DC’s rating previous the 50-run mark very quickly. She took on Renuka Thakur, dispatching her for a six within the fourth over, and with Lanning’s partnership, DC amassed 19 runs from that individual over bowled by Thakur. Shafali confirmed no mercy, even towards RCB’s standout bowler, Ellyse Perry, who had beforehand delivered a wonderful over, conceding simply three runs. Shafali struck Perry for 11 runs, together with a six and a boundary, within the fifth over.
Sophie Molineux Derails Delhi Capitals’ Innings
Delhi Capitals gave the impression to be in whole management till the eighth over when Sophie Molineux made a big affect by taking three wickets in the identical over, placing the high-flying DC in a difficult place.
Molineux first dismissed Shafali Verma after which proceeded to dismiss Jemimah Rodrigues and Alice Capsey on consecutive deliveries.
Following this setback, Delhi Capitals struggled to get better as they continued to lose wickets resulting from poor shot choice from their gamers. RCB’s Shreyanka Patil and Sophie Molineux have been instrumental on this, accounting for seven of DC’s wickets.
In response to Delhi’s 118, RCB began cautiously, refraining from going for large pictures within the first six overs. Their rating after the ability play was 25-0, with Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Devine on the crease.
Sophie Devine accelerated the scoring fee by smashing 18 runs off the seventh over delivered by Radha Yadav. Nonetheless, Devine’s innings got here to an finish shortly thereafter, however not earlier than making certain that RCB have been nicely positioned to clinch their maiden WPL title. Mandhana, too, fell attempting to go massive within the course of. Nonetheless, fan-favourite Ellyse Perry and Richa Ghosh made certain that RCB chased down the goal comfortably.
