Cricket – Bangalore Win Maiden WPL Title After Delhi Batting Collapse In Final – News18

NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bangalore gained their maiden Women’s Premier League (WPL) title after their spinners restricted Delhi Captials to 113, setting the stage for an eight-wicket victory with simply three balls to spare in New Delhi on Sunday.

Chasing a modest complete, Bangalore began slowly and weathered the lack of openers Sophie Devine (32) and captain Smriti Mandhana (31) earlier than Ellyse Perry (35 not out) and Richa Ghosh (17 not out) led them to victory within the last over.

Delhi captain Meg Lanning gained the toss and selected to bat, the identical resolution she made final 12 months when her group misplaced the ultimate of the inaugural version to Mumbai Indians.

Shafali Verma (44) and Lanning (23) began properly with a blistering 64-run opening stand in seven overs earlier than Sophie Molineux (3-20) put the stops on their cost with three wickets in 4 balls.

Sobhana Asha (2-14) and Shreyanka Patil (4-12) then chipped in with wickets at common intervals to scrub up the center order and tail as Delhi collapsed and have been dismissed for 113 in 18.3 overs.

Delhi’s Shikha Pandey (1-11) and Minnu Mani (1-12) had some success in containing Bangalore’s run price within the first 12 overs, however Perry and Ghosh regained the momentum within the final 5 overs, to make sure victory.

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