WPL 2023, RCB vs DC Highlights: Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning, Tara Norris Guide DC To 60-Run Win Over RCB
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RCB Women vs DC Women, WPL 2023: Top knocks from Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning, followed by a five-wicket haul from Tara Norris propelled Delhi Capitals to a victory by 60 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals, WPL 2023 Highlights: Top knocks from Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning, followed by a five-wicket haul from Tara Norris propelled Delhi Capitals to a victory by 60 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their Women's Premier League match on Sunday. Put to bat first, DC posted a huge total of 223/2 in 20 overs with Shafali and Lanning smashing 84 and 72 runs respectively. Later, RCB made a good start to their chase with Smriti Mandhana (34) and Sophie Devine (14) anchoring the innings. However, Alice Capsey removed the openers, followed by Norris taking a five-wicket haul and restricting RCB at 163/8.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana(c), Sophie Devine, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh(w), Heather Knight, Kanika Ahuja, Asha Shobana, Preeti Bose, Megan Schutt, Renuka Thakur Singh
Delhi Capitals Women (Playing XI): Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning(c), Marizanne Kapp, Jemimah Rodrigues, Alice Capsey, Jess Jonassen, Taniya Bhatia(w), Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Tara Norris
Here are the Highlights of the WPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals, straight from Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai:
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WPL Live: DC win by 60 runs
DC (223/2) defeat RCB (163/8) by 60 runs and begin their Women's Premier League 2023 campaign on a winning note. Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning smash 84 and 72 runs respectively, followed by a five-wicket haul from Tara Norris. Alice Capsey also scalped two wickets. For RCB, Smriti Mandhana and Ellyse Perry scored 34 and 31 runs respectively.
OUT!!! Tara Norris takes the first five-wicket haul of WPL after she removes Heather Knight for 34. Knight goes for a big hit but skipper Meg Lanning takes a brilliant catch as RCB lose their 8th wicket in the chase.
SIX!!! Heather Knight hits a huge maximum on Marizanne Kapp's delivery. Knight leans forward and places a shot towards the long-off as the ball goes sailing over the fence..
FOUR!!! After facing a loss of back-to-back wickets, RCB finally get a sigh of relief after Heather Knight hits a boundary on Tara Norris' delivery. Knight makes a brilliant use of the poor length delivery as the ball goes for a four.
OUT!!! Shikha Pandey takes her first wicket of the night as she removes Asha Shobana for 2. The ball hits the top-edge of the bat as Radha Yadav takes a brilliant catch near the short fine leg. seven wickets down for RCB as DC on the cusp of winning the game.
OUT!!! What a spell from Tara Norris as she removes Kanika Ahuja for duck. After the dismissal of Ghosh, Ahuja comes to the crease and places a shot towards the third man but Shafali Verma takes a brilliant catch as RCB lose their sixth wicket. Hat-trick ball for Norris.
OUT!!! Tara Norris on fire as she gets another wicket and this time Richa Ghosh falls into her trap. Ghosh tries to go for a big hit but Radha Yadav takes a brilliant catch as RCB lose their fifth wicket in the chase. Third wicket for Norris.
OUT!!! Tara Norris strikes again in the same over and removes Disha Kasat for 9 runs. Kasat tries to go for a big hit but ends up giving a simple catch to Alice Capsey at the boundary line. Big blow for RCB as they lose their fourth wicket in the chase.
OUT!!! Big breakthrough for DC as Tara Norris removes Ellyse Perry for 31. Perry completely fails to judge Norris' delivery as the balls rattles up the leg-stump and RCB lose their third wicket in the chase.
FOUR!!! Ellyse Perry keeps the momentum towards RCB as she hits three back-to-back boundaries on Radha Yadav's delivery. The first one comes after she she finds the gap between the mid-wicket. The second one comes after she places a short towards the square leg boundary while the third one was onto the covers. Brilliant batting from Perry.
FOUR!! Disha Kasat joins the party and smashes a boundary on Marizanne Kapp's delivery. Kasat makes a good use of the short length delivery and places a shot towards the fine-leg for a four.
FOUR!!! Ellyse Perry joins the party and smashes a boundary off Radha Yadav's delivery. She brilliantly finds the gap between the cover and cover point and steals four runs. RCB have lost two wickets and now eye a stable partnership.
OUT!!! Big blow for RCB as Alice Capsey strikes again and removes Smriti Mandhana for 35. Mandhana tries to go for a big shot but Shikha Pandey takes a brilliant catch at the short fine leg as RCB lose their second wicket. Good piece of bowling from Capsey.
FOUR!!! Smriti Mandhana keeps the momentum towards RCB as she hits another boundary off Jess Jonassen's delivery. She delivers a lofted drive towards the mid-off and gets a one-bounce four. RCB aim to cross the line from here.
OUT!!! DC finally take a sigh of relief as Alice Capsey removes Sophie Devine for 14. Devine tries to go for a big shot but Shafali Verma takes a brilliant catch at the mid-off. The third umpire reviewed it and Devine had to depart. Big loss for RCB as a strong partnership gets broken.
FOUR!!! Smriti Mandhana hits back-to-back boundaries on Jess Jonassen's delivery. The first one comes after she slogs sweep it over the mid-wicket for a one-bounce four while the second one comes after she makes a good use of the vacant slip.
Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Devine brilliantly thrash Shikha Pandey and steals 14 runs off her previous over. Devine smashes two Perfect boundaries on her delivery and give RCB a brilliant start in the chase.
FOUR!!! Smriti Mandhana continues her carnage and brings the momentum towards RCB as she places another boundary off Marizanne Kapp's delivery. RCB moves ahead with a great start to their chase.
SIX!!! Smriti Mandhana hits a huge maximum off Marizanne Kapp's delivery. Mandhana unleashes a shot towards the long-off as the ball goes straight into the crowd.
FOUR!!! Smriti Madhana welcomes Marizanne Kapp with a brilliant boundary. She leans forward and smashes it hard over Kapp's head as the ball goes for a one-bounce four. Good start from Mandhana.
Shikha Pandey successfully controls the flow of runs as she leaks only three run in the first over. RCB need to fire as soon so possible as they are chasing a whopping target of 224 in 120 balls.
Hello and welcome back to the second innings of the WPL match between DC and RCB. RCB need 224 runs to win from 120 balls. Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Devine will be opening for RCB while Shikha Pandey will be bowling the first over for RCB.
Delhi Capitals finish their innings at 223/2 with Marizanne Kapp (39*) and Jemimah Rodrigues (22*) standing unbeaten at the crease. Earlier, Shafali Verma (84) and Meg Lanning (72) gave a brilliant start to DC. For RCB, Heather Knight scalped two wickets.
FOUR!!! Marizanne Kapp hits another boundary on Megan Schutt's delivery. Kapp makes a good use of the full-toss ball and smashe sit hard towards the leg-side and steals four runs.
SIX!!! Marizanne Kapp takes DC across the 200-run mark as she hits a huge maximum on Heather Knight's delivery. Kapp moves out of the crease and hammers the shot towards the deep mid-wicket for a six. Huge one from Kapp.
FOUR!!! Marizanne Kapp hits another boundary on Megan Schutt's delivery. She finds a gap between the short third and the backward point as the ball goes across the boundary rope.
Jemimah Rodrigues joins the party and hits two back-to-back boundaries off Preeti Bose's delivery. The first one comes after she places a shot beside the wicketkeeper as the ball goes for a four. The second one comes after she lofts it inside out over extra cover.
SIX!!! Marizanne Kapp hits a huge maximum on Ellyse Perry's delivery and keeps the momentum towards DC. She moves out of the crease and hits it hard as the ball goes straight into the crowd.
OUT!!! Heather Knight strikes again in the same over as she removes Shafali Verma for 84. Shafali tries to go for a big hit but the ball hits the outside edge of the bat and lands safely into the hands of Richa Ghosh behind the stumps. Another breakthrough for RCB.
OUT!!! RCB finally take a sigh of relief as Heather Knight removes Meg Lanning for 72. Lanning gets bamboozled by Knight's spin as the ball cleans up the middle and the leg stump. Finally, RCB get a breakthrough as DC lose their first wicket.
FOUR!!! Meg Lanning hits another boundary off Heather Knight's delivery. She makes a good use of the full toss delivery as she bends down and sweeps it over the square leg for a four.
FOUR!!!! Shafali Verma turns out to be lucky as her mishit also goes for a boundary. Ellyse Perry's delivery hits the thick edge of Shafali's bat and goes for a bizarre four on the leg-side. Shafali crosses the 80-run mark.
FOUR!! Meg Lanning gives a strong support to Shafali Verma as she steals another boundary from Preeti Bose. She hits it hard towards the square of the off-side and gets four runs. Brilliant batting from Lanning.
FOUR!!! Shafali Verma is roaring like a wild fire as she gets two back-to-back boundaries on Renuka Singh's delivery. The first one comes after she bends down and slogs it over the deep mid-wicket while the second one comes after she makes a good use of the full delivery.
FOUR!!! RCB in deep trouble as Shafali Verma continues her powerful hitting. She hits another boundary off Renuka Singh's delivery. She places a shot at the backward of square leg and finds a gap between two fielders and steals four runs.
After Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning also brings up her half-century off 30 balls. She hits a brilliant boundary off Heather Knight's delivery to cross 50-run mark. Beautiful piece of batting from the DC openers as they have given a fantastic start to their side.
Shafali Verma takes a single and brings up her half-century off 31 balls. With this, DC also cross the 100-run mark and now aim for a big total in the rest of the innings. On the other hand, Meg Lanning is standing unbeaten at 46*.
Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma brutally thrash Asha Shobana as she leaks 22 runs overs off her previous over. Shafali is standing unbeaten at 49 while Lanning is batting at 41.
Shafali Verma thrashes Asha Shobana as she hits back-to-back six and four in her over. She brilliantly hammers over Shobana's head as the ball goes sailing over the fence. The boundary came after she places a shot towards the deep mid-wicket. Shafali on the cusp of her half-century