Ellyse Perry, Annabel Sutherland miss out; Nadine de Klerk makes WPL debut as RCB bowl first against DC

Royal Challengers Bangalore gained the toss and elected to bowl first against Delhi Capitals within the seventh match of the Women’s Premier League 2024 on Thursday. Both groups made one change to their enjoying eleven forward of the essential recreation at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

The star Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry is lacking out on the RCB’s enjoying eleven attributable to sickness and has been changed by South Africa’s Nadine de Klerk. Delhi Capitals have made one tactical change with the veteran spinner Jess Jonassen changing compatriot Annabel Sutherland. 

Both groups enter the sport after spectacular wins of their final video games and will likely be trying to strengthen their place within the factors desk. Bangalore stay the one unbeaten facet in WPL 2024 with two dominant wins of their opening two video games.  

Perry scored 23* off 14 against Gujarat Giants within the RCB’s final recreation after struggling to contribute against UP Warriorz within the first match. Nadine de Klerk changed Heather Knight who withdrew from the second version of the match to concentrate on England’s upcoming sequence against New Zealand in March. 

“We would like to field first,” Smriti Mandhana stated. “We have seen a trend where there is something for the bowlers in the first 5-6 overs. Also, it is better to know the target in T20 cricket. That was the talk even before the season, not to depend on certain players and all the XI are good enough to win a game on their own. Perry misses out due to an illness. Nadine comes in and makes her debut. They have turned up in huge numbers and we feel we have 10 runs more due to their support. Really thankful to them.”

Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XI: Smriti Mandhana (c), Sophie Devine, Sabbhineni Meghana, Nadine de Klerk, Richa Ghosh (wk), Georgia Wareham, Sophie Molineux, Shreyanka Patil, Simran Bahadur, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh

Delhi Capitals Playing XI: Meg Lanning (c), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Alice Capsey, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Arundhati Reddy, Minnu Mani, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey