RCB defeated Delhi and captured the title

WPL 2024: women’s premier league 2024 Ended on Sunday. Smriti Mandhana Royal Challengers Bangalore won the title by defeating Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets in the final match. Till now, the RCB men’s team has not been able to win the Indian Premier League title even once, but the women’s team has created history. Despite poor performance in the league, RCB has won this title on the basis of excellent performance in the knockout. After winning the toss, strong Delhi Capitals captain Meg Lanning decided to bat first. The team could not take advantage of a solid and excellent start and the entire team was out on the score of 113. The openers made a partnership of more than 60 runs, but the team could not bear the pressure of the final and the entire team was out on the score of 113 in 18.3 overs.

WPL 2024: Delhi Capitals could not capitalize on the good start

Despite a good start, Delhi Capitals missed the title this year too by succumbing to the spinners of RCB. Last year, in the first phase of the tournament, Delhi Capitals lost to Mumbai Indians in the final. This was the first final of the RCB women’s team and after a slow start, they dealt with the pressure and won in the end. Due to the poor performance of Delhi Capitals batsmen in front of RCB bowling, they were reduced to just 113 runs in 18.3 overs. RCB, chasing this target, started slowly and moved at a snail’s pace to win the title by scoring 115 runs for two wickets in 19.3 overs.

WPL 2024: Delhi bows down to spinners

Its batsmen were under a lot of pressure on the field in the team’s first final but were successful in dealing with it in the end. Richa Ghosh (17 not out, 14 balls, two fours) hit the winning four for the team. Mandhana played a slow inning of 31 runs in 39 balls and Sophie Devine contributed 32 runs in 27 balls with five fours and one six. Ellyse Perry remained unbeaten after scoring 35 runs. This is the first title for RCB in women’s (WPL) and men’s franchise cricket (IPL).

WPL 2024: Delhi once looked in a strong position

Earlier, Delhi Capitals, who came to bat after winning the toss, made a good start by scoring 64 runs without losing wickets in 43 balls with the help of opener Shefali Verma (44 runs) and captain Meg Lanning (23 runs). But after this the team lost all 10 wickets in just 49 runs in front of 28,781 spectators. Australia’s left-arm spinner Sophie Molineau (3 wickets for 20 runs) started the process of collapsing Delhi Capitals’ batting order by taking three wickets in the eighth over.

WPL 2024: Shefali Verma played an amazing innings

After this, the host team could not recover from these shocks and faltered in the final after losing wickets at regular intervals. Shreyanka Patil also had an important contribution in this, who took four wickets for 12 runs in 3.3 overs. After winning the toss and opting to bat, Delhi Capitals’ second highest run scorer of the tournament, Lanning (23 balls) and Shefali (27 balls) made a good start. Shefali showed speed in the first 11 balls after a slow start. He hit three straight sixes in his innings. Sitting on his knees, opening his hands on the last ball of the second over, he hit the first six over Molineau over long on. In the fourth over, right arm fast bowler Renuka Singh was put to bowl, in whose over 19 runs were scored.

WPL 2024: Delhi in a very strong position in power play

Shefali showed aggression by hitting a six over his head which excited Lanning too. After this, Lanning hit two fours on the last two balls of the same over. Shefali hit a six and a four on Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry, taking Delhi’s score to 52 runs in five overs. Both the opening batsmen continued their aggression and hit a four each on Sophie Devine in the next over. After this, RCB managed to put the brakes on Delhi Capitals when Molynoo took three wickets in the eighth over, dismissing Shefali, Jemimah Rodrigues and Alice Capsey.

WPL 2024: Delhi lost 7 wickets for 23 runs

She was standing close to a hat-trick but it did not happen. The score of Delhi Capitals became 72 runs for three wickets. Lanning was trying to control the innings but was out LBW on Shreyanka’s ball. The home team continued to lose wickets in search of unnecessary big shots and lost six wickets for 81 runs. Delhi Capitals lost seven wickets for just 23 runs.

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