Royal Challengers Bangalore recorded an eight-wicket win in opposition to Delhi Capitals to clinch the Women’s Premier League 2024 title at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday.
Indian teenager Shreyanka Patil and Australian spinner Sophie Molineux took a mixed seven wickets to bowl out the Meg Lanning-led Capitals on 113. Then RCB’s high order produced essential knocks to chase down the low goal with eight wickets and three balls remaining.
A win additionally ended the franchise’s 16-year-long watch for the silverware having misplaced 3 times within the Indian Premier League finals (2009, 2011 and 2016). Captain Smriti Madhana lastly broke down RCB followers’ well-known ‘Ee Sala Cup Namde’ chant to script historical past.
Shreyanka, 21, took 4 wickets for 12 to clinch the Purple Cap and Ellyse Perry smashed an unbeaten 35 to declare the Orange Cap.
Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals have been off to a cracking begin after profitable the toss within the ultimate. Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma helped Delhi put up 61 runs with out shedding a wicket within the powerplay overs as RCB bowlers struggled with a brand new ball.
Molineux gave RCB a breakthrough within the eighth over by taking three massive wickets of Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues after which Delhi by no means discovered an opportunity to make a comeback.
Shreyanka took Lanning’s massive wicket after which took three extra to produce the most effective figures within the WPL ultimate, 4 for 12. Shafali top-scored with 44 off 27 balls however her valiant knock got here for the shedding facet.
Royal Challengers Bangalore additionally loved a formidable begin from Mandhana and Sophie Devine who added 49 runs for the opening wicket. Delhi bowlers produced grasping spells to maintain the sport alive and finally dragged it to the wire.
But Richa Ghosh and in-form Ellyse Perry stored their calm to keep away from any last-over drama with the previous smashing the profitable runs off Arundhati Reddy.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XI: Smriti Mandhana (c), Sophie Devine, Sabbhineni Meghana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham, Disha Kasat, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh.
Delhi Capitals Playing XI: Meg Lanning (c), Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Shikha Pandey, Minnu Mani.
