RCB defeats DC by eight wickets after Richa completes it with a six. Delhi Capitals vs. Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Watch all the highlights of Monday’s Women’s Premier League 2025 game between the Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Vadodara’s Kotambi International Stadium.
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4th Match (N), Vadodara, February 17, 2025, Women’s Premier League
Delhi Capitals vs. Royal Challengers Bengaluru
The spinners and Mandhana helped RCB defeat the Delhi Capitals.
Mandhana and Wyatt-Hodge easily chased down the target after Renuka, Wareham, and Bisht held the Capitals to 141 runs.
By eight wickets, Delhi Capitals vs. Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who were all out for 141 (Rodrigues 34, Renuka 3-23, Wareham 3-25), with 146 for 2 (Mandhana 81, Wyatt-Hodge 42).
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), the reigning champions, easily defeated the Delhi Capitals in Delhi Capitals vs.
Delhi Capitals vs. Royal Challengers Bengaluru match, limiting their potent batting lineup to 141 runs before skillfully chasing down the mark to win for the fourth time in a row. Even though Sophie Molineux, Shreyanka Patil, and Asha Shobhana were not with RCB.
In response, RCB’s opening pair, Smriti Mandhana and Dani Wyatt-Hodge, notched up their second century partnership, having previously achieved this feat in 2021 for Southern Brave in The Hundred.
Mandhana raced to her fastest WPL half-century off just 27 balls, while Wyatt-Hodge dominated the off-side, smashing six out of her seven boundaries during her 42-run knock off 33 balls. By the time Wyatt-Hodge was dismissed in the 11th over, RCB needed just 35 runs off 55 balls, and they comfortably reached the target in the 17th over.
DC is led by Rodrigues in Powerplay, but Lanning struggles once more in Delhi Capitals vs. Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
When Shafali Verma made the simplest catch to mid-off on the first ball, Renuka dealt DC the first serious blow, leaving for a golden duck. On the opposite end, Meg Lanning appeared uneasy, just as she had against Shabnim Ismail two days prior. It is really thrilling.
During the powerplay, DC was led by Jemimah Rodrigues. Despite having a rough start—she took six balls to get off the mark after surviving a review on zero—Rodrigues swiftly destroyed RCB’s spin attack with her aggressive intent, sending Ekta Bisht over cover for a spectacular six. A number of byes and extras were also advantageous to DC during the powerplay. In the sixth over, Rodrigues hit two fours and another six off VJ Joshiitha, which helped DC reach their second powerplay score of 50 or more in two games.
The powerplay caused DC to stumble once more.
But when RCB brought on Georgia Wareham in the seventh over, they had an advantage. DC lost another wicket in the following over when captain Meg Lanning was caught by Ellyse Perry at deep backward square leg off Kim Garth’s delivery after Rodrigues missed a reverse sweep and was stumped by Richa Ghosh after scoring 34 runs off 22 balls.
Annabel Sutherland quickly showed that DC would not be defeated by the twin blows by smashing a big six on the leg side off Bisht. However, Renuka’s second spell ended with a catch at cover as a result of their aggressive approach. New batter Jess Jonassen mistimed a shot to midwicket just five balls later, and suddenly, DC slipped from 60/1 to 87/5.
If Kanika Ahuja had dismissed Marizanne Kapp at short fine leg, the score could have been 95/6. Additionally, if Ahuja had reacted better after a mix-up between Kapp and Sarah Bryce, the score might have been 103/6. However, when Kapp was dismissed at long-off off Bisht’s 69.2 km/h delivery, DC found themselves at 105/6.
Bryce contributed 23 runs off 19 balls, helping RCB cross 125, but they needed much more to secure victory. Wareham delivered a double blow in the 18th over, while Garth took two wickets in the final over, conceding 19 runs. Renuka finished with 3 wickets for 23 runs, while Wareham also picked up 3 wickets, conceding 25 runs.
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