Women's Premier League, Match 11: Capitals bat their way to victory over RCB

by CricDirect Monday 13 March 2023

Delhi Capitals Women vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Women

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It was a combined effort from the Delhi Capitals batsmen as Capsey, Rodrigues, Kapp and Jonassen were instrumental in their 6 wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Match Summary

Women's Premier League, Match 11

Delhi Capitals Women 154/4 (19.4 ov)

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women 150/4 (20 ov)

Results - Delhi Capitals Women won by 6 wickets

SCORECARD

After winning the toss Delhi Capitals put RCB into bat, and after a few early wickets it was over to Ellyse Perry (67*) to rescue the innings.

She smashed 4 fours and 5 sixes on her way to a big half century to give RCB some footing.

Richa Ghosh added 37 as RCB headed in at 150/4.

It was a team effort in response, nobody scoring more than 40 runs, however four players scoring 29+ runs.

Alice Capsey (38) and Jemimah Rodrigues (32) started the fight back leading Delhi to a 6 wicket win.

Match Stats

Royal Challengers Bangalore Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Smriti Mandhana - 4.1 ov), 2-41 (Sophie Devine - 8.6 ov), 3-63 (Heather Knight - 12.4 ov), 4-137 (Richa Ghosh - 18.2 ov)

Delhi Capitals Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Shafali Verma - 0.2 ov), 2-45 (Alice Capsey - 4.5 ov), 3-70 (Meg Lanning - 8.4 ov), 4-109 (Jemimah Rodrigues - 14.3 ov)

Playing XI

Delhi Capitals - Meg Lanning(C), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Alice Capsey, Jess Jonassen, Taniya Bhatia(WK), Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Tara Norris

Royal Challengers Bangalore - Smriti Mandhana(C), Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight, Richa Ghosh(WK), Shreyanka Patil, Disha Kasat, Megan Schutt, Sobhana Asha, Renuka Thakur, Preeti Bose

Match Details

Date - 2023-03-13 14:00:00

Venue - Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai

Toss - Delhi Capitals Women elected to bowl

Umpires - Nitin Pandit (India), Saurabh Dhote (India), Madanagopal Kuppuraj (India TV)