WPL 2025: Smriti Mandhana’s fifty, RCB won the second consecutive match, defeated Delhi Capitals badly

Last update:17 February, 2025, 22:52 IST

The team of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals came face to face in the Women’s Premier League on Monday. RCB registered a stunning victory in this match. Smriti Mandhana jumped a fantastic fifty.

New Delhi. The team of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals came face to face in the Women’s Premier League on Monday. Delhi lost the toss and gave a target of 142 runs to Bangalore while batting first. While chasing, Royal Challengers Bangalore won in the 17th over itself. For RCB, captain Smriti Mandhana played a brilliant 81 -run innings and gave the team the second win of the tournament.

The three-three wickets of bowler Renuka Singh and leg-spinner Georgia Wareham, thanks to the Royal Challengers Bangalore, consolidated the capitals for 142 runs. Renuka (three wickets for 23) and Georgia (three wickets for 25) besides Kim Garth (two wickets for 19) and Ekta Bisht (two wickets) also took two wickets each, which caused Delhi team to 19.3 The pavilion returned in the over.

On behalf of Delhi Capitals, Jemima Rodrigues scored the highest 34 runs while only Sara Bryce (23) could touch the 20 -run figure. The Delhi Capitals, who came out to bat after losing the toss, had a bad start, which lost the wicket of Shefali Verma (00) on the second ball. Shefali handed Smriti Mandhana an easy catch at the mid -off off Renuka.

RCB, who came out to chase, won in the 17th over itself. Smriti Mandhana played a brilliant innings for Bangalore. he/she scored 81 runs, facing 47 balls and hit 10 fours and 3 sixes during the innings. his/her strike rate was around 172. At the same time, Daniel Vayet, who came with him/her, also played a good innings of 42 runs. Delhi had already lost half the match with the partnership of these two. Richa Ghosh scored an unbeaten 11 and Ellis Perry scored an unbeaten 7 to give RCB an easy win.