Leaders Online Desk: Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Delhi Capitals by eight wickets in the Women's Premier League (WPL) final today. Delhi won the toss and batted first, scoring 113 runs in 18.3 overs. RCB easily achieved this target with the loss of two wickets in 19.3 overs. (WPL 2024)
This is RCB's first title in the tournament. Bangalore men's team has never won the IPL trophy. But the women's team won the title in the second season of the WPL. Sophie Devine and Smriti Mandhana gave RCB a good start as Delhi chased down the target. They shared a partnership of 49 runs for the first wicket. Delhi's Shikha Pandey broke the partnership by dismissing Devine for 32 runs. After this, skipper Mandhana took control of the innings, but Minnu Mani sent her to the pavilion on 31 runs. Elise Perry and Richa Ghosh then took the team to victory in the last over.
(WPL 2024)
Delhi batting
The WPL final was played between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. In this match, thanks to the brilliant bowling of Bangalore's Shreyanka Patil and Molineux, RCB ended the innings of Delhi for 113 runs in 18.3 overs. (WPL 2024)
After winning the toss and batting first, Delhi got off to a good start with the opening pair of Shefali Verma and captain Meg Lanning. Both the batsmen played aggressively and put pressure on the RCB bowlers, but the spinner Molineux, who came to bowl the eighth over, dismissed Shefali, Capsi and Jemima in this over and nailed the Delhi innings.
After this, Shreyanka Patil did not give the Delhi batsmen a chance to settle down. Delhi's batting was so poor that the team that had once scored 64 not out could not even play the full 20 overs and were bowled out for 113 runs. For RCB, Shreyanka Patil took four wickets, Molineux three and Asha two. Interestingly, RCB's spinners took nine wickets while Radha Yadav was run out. (WPL)
The Smriti Mandhana-led Royal Challengers Bangalore reign supreme! 🏆
Presenting before you – Champions of the #TATAWPL 2024! 🙌 🙌
Congratulations, #RCB! 👏 👏#DCvRCB | #Final | @RCBTweets | @mandhana_smriti pic.twitter.com/mYbX9qWrUt
— Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) March 17, 2024
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