Vadodara, February 5: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has secured the Women’s Premier League (WPL) title for the second time. The team triumphed over Delhi Capitals (DC) by six wickets at the BCA Stadium on Thursday.
Previously, RCB had won the WPL 2023/24 title. The first and third seasons were claimed by Mumbai Indians (MI). Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals reached the finals for the fourth consecutive time but missed the chance to lift the trophy.
In the match on Thursday, Delhi Capitals batted first after losing the toss, scoring 203 runs for the loss of four wickets. The opening partnership between Shafali Verma and Lizelle Lee provided a strong start, accumulating 49 runs in just 5.5 overs.
Shafali was dismissed for 20 runs, while Lizelle contributed 37 runs. The Capitals lost both openers by the time they reached a score of 72.
From there, Jemimah Rodrigues and Laura Wolvaardt formed a solid second-wicket partnership, adding 76 runs and putting the team in a strong position. Jemimah scored 57 runs off 37 balls, hitting eight boundaries, before being dismissed. Chinelle Henry (not out 35) then partnered with Wolvaardt (44) to add 54 runs for the fourth wicket, pushing the team’s total past 200. For RCB, Sayali Satghare, Arundhati Reddy, and Nadine de Klerk each took one wicket.
In response, RCB chased down the target in 19.4 overs. They lost Grace Harris (9) early, at a score of 9. Captain Smriti Mandhana then teamed up with Georgia Voll to build a massive partnership of 165 runs for the second wicket off 92 balls, bringing RCB firmly into control of the match.
RCB lost Georgia Voll at a score of 174; she scored 79 runs off 54 balls, including 14 fours. In the following two overs, RCB lost Richa Ghosh (6) and captain Mandhana, who scored 87 runs off 41 balls with three sixes and 12 fours.
The match became thrilling at this point, but Radha Yadav sealed the victory with 12 runs off five balls, including two boundaries. For the Capitals, Chinelle Henry took the most wickets with two, while Nandini Sharma and Minnu Mani each claimed one wicket.
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