Delhi Capitals pulled off an exciting 1-run win towards Royal Challengers Bangalore within the essential Girls’s Premier League 2024 match and secured a playoff qualification with a sport in hand on Sunday.
A fast fifty from Jemimah Rodrigues and a vital 48 from Alice Capsey boosted Delhi to 181/5 whole batting first at New Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium. RCB struggled for the beginning however 51 runs off 29 balls from teen Richa Ghosh took the sport to the final ball.
Shafali Verma and Jess Jonassen mixed to expire Richa on the final ball of the sport when RCB wanted simply two runs to win the sport.
A win boosted Meg Lanning-led Delhi to the highest of the factors desk with 5 wins in seven video games, on a degree with defending champions Mumbai Indians. Bangalore and UP Warriorz chase the third and closing playoff qualification spot with Gujarat Titans out of the race.
Marizanne Kapp returned to Delhi’s enjoying eleven whereas Bangalore made three adjustments with Shreyanka Patil, Disha Kasat and Shradda Pokharkar coming in.
In-form Meg Lanning and Shafali Veram gave Delhi a powerful begin by including 50-plus runs in powerplay overs. However the returning Shreyanka and veteran Asha Sobhana balanced the sport with successive wickets of Delhi openers.
Jemimah and Capsey added 97 runs for the third wicket with the previous smashing her second fifty of the season. Jemimah top-scored with 58 off 36 balls with eight fours and one six and later clinched the Participant of the Match award.
Shreyanka Patil bowled a powerful spell within the dying overs to disclaim Delhi a 200-plus whole. Shreyanka took 4 wickets for 26 as Delhi posted 181/5 in 20 overs.
Chasing a troublesome whole, Royal Challengers Bangalore misplaced their captain and in-form opener Smriti Mandhana on simply 5 runs within the second over. However RCB made a surprising comeback with Australian stars Ellyse Perry and Sophie Molineux including 80 runs for the second wicket.
Molineux scored 33 off 30 balls, her highest WPL rating, whereas Perry missed her second fifty of the season by only one run. RCB misplaced each settled batters in successive overs to concede stress within the center overs.
However Richa Ghosh and Sophie Devine staged a outstanding comeback within the closing levels to take the sport to the wire. Devine scored 26 off 16 balls however Richa produced her second fifty of the season. She smashed two sixes off Jess Jonassen when RCB wanted 17 runs off six balls. However the teen didn’t discover a single on the final ball and was run out by Shafali and Jonassen.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Taking part in XI: Smriti Mandhana (c), Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh (wk), Disha Kasat, Georgia Wareham, Sophie Molineux, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Shraddha Pokharkar, Renuka Thakur Singh.
Delhi Capitals Taking part in XI: Meg Lanning (c), Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Arundhati Reddy, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Titas Sadhu.