WPL 2024: RCB-W vs DC-W Match 7 Highlights: Unmissable video recap, turning points, match analysis, stats, and more

Delhi-Capitals. (Photo Source: WPL)Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals crossed swords in the seventh match of the ongoing Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 on Thursday, February 29, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

The Capitals won by 25 runs in a high-scoring affair.

Smriti Mandhana won the toss and opted to field first. Meg Lanning couldn’t get going as she only scored 11 off 17 deliveries. However, when Shafali Verma and Alice Capsey joined forces, Delhi got some much-needed momentum into their innings. The exuberant youngsters stitched an enterprising 82-run partnership to set a solid platform for the Capitals.

Shafali departed soon after scoring her half-century and the exciting Jemimah Rodrigues fell for a duck as Bangalore picked up two wickets in quick succession against the run of play. Capsey was also dismissed soon after and Delhi needed a partnership to help them finish strong.

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Jess Jonassen and Marizanne Kapp added 48 runs off 22 balls to give Delhi the acceleration they needed. Arundhati Reddy chipped in with a couple of boundaries in the last over as Delhi finished with a score of 194/5, the second-highest in the history of the tournament.

In reply, Smriti led the charge for Bangalore. Her breathtaking knock of 74 off 43 balls kept her team in the hunt. However, she didn’t get much support from the other end. Sophie Devine hit a couple of sixes and so did Richa Ghosh but they couldn’t capitalise on their starts.