The upcoming match in the 2023 Women’s Premier League (WPL) is a extremely anticipated showdown between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Delhi Capitals (DC) on the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, hosted by the Cricket Club of India. Not solely is that this the primary time the 2 groups with counterparts in the Men’s Indian Premier League (IPL) face one another, however they’re additionally among the many strongest opponents in the league.
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In the second sport of the event, RCB captain Smriti Mandhana gained the toss and opted to bowl first. However, the actual intrigue got here when DC introduced their beginning lineup, which included 5 abroad gamers. This is notable as a result of RCB, in addition to Gujarat Giants (GG), Mumbai Indians (MI), and UP Warriorz (UW), are permitted to play solely 4 international gamers in their XI. DC, however, have obtained an exemption to the rule and have taken benefit of it by naming 5 of their six abroad gamers in the beginning XI.
What is the rationale for this particular allowance?
The Capitals are granted this particular allowance as a result of certainly one of their international gamers in the lineup is classed as an affiliate participant. DC has included Tara Norris, a participant from the United States of America (USA), an affiliate nation, in their group. The WPL’s enjoying rules enable groups to have as much as 5 international gamers in the lineup provided that certainly one of them is an affiliate participant. Besides the Meg Lanning-led group, not one of the different franchises have purchased a participant from an affiliate nation in the public sale.
In abstract, the stage is ready for an thrilling match between RCB and DC in the WPL, the place the latter group has been allowed an extra international participant in their lineup as a result of inclusion of an affiliate participant from the USA.
Teams:
Delhi Capitals Women (Playing XI): Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning(c), Marizanne Kapp, Jemimah Rodrigues, Alice Capsey, Jess Jonassen, Taniya Bhatia(w), Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Tara Norris
Royal Challengers Bangalore Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana(c), Sophie Devine, Heather Knight, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh(w), Kanika Ahuja, Asha Shobana, Preeti Bose, Megan Schutt, Renuka Thakur Singh
