Royal Challengers Bangalore Women Vs Delhi Capitals Women Match 2 05 March 2023

2nd T20 • Brabourne Stadium • Mumbai

Delhi Capitals Women

223/2 (20)

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women

163/8 (20)

DEL-W won by 60 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Playing XI

Videos

Player of the Match Tara Norris

5/29

DEL-W

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Info

Delhi Capitals Women

223/2 (20)

Batters

Meg Lanning

(C)

167.44

b HC Knight

Shafali Verma

186.67

c R Ghosh b HC Knight

Marizanne Kapp

229.41

Not out

Jemimah Rodrigues

146.67

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 5)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 11.15)

223/2

Did not Bat

Taniya Bhatia, Alice Capsey, Jess Jonassen, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Arundhati Reddy, Tara Norris

Bowlers

EXT

8.00

11.25

8.75

9.67

20.00

Sobhana Asha

14.50

Heather Knight

13.33

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Meg Lanning

b HC Knight

1-162

14.3

Shafali Verma

c R Ghosh b HC Knight

2-163

14.5

Royal Challengers Bangalore

163/8 (20)

Batters

Smriti Mandhana

(C)

152.17

c SS Pandey b A Capsey

Sophie Devine

127.27

c S Verma b A Capsey

Ellyse Perry

163.16

b TG Norris

Disha Kasat

81.82

c A Capsey b TG Norris

Richa Ghosh

50.00

c R Yadav b TG Norris

Heather Knight

161.90

c M Lanning b TG Norris

Kanika Ahuja

0.00

c S Verma b TG Norris

Sobhana Asha

66.67

c R Yadav b SS Pandey

Megan Schutt

157.89

Not out

Preeti Bose *

25.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 3)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.15)

163/8

Did not Bat

Renuka Thakur

Bowlers

EXT

8.75

9.00

7.00

5.00

12.00

7.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Sophie Devine

c S Verma b A Capsey

1-41

4.2

Smriti Mandhana

c SS Pandey b A Capsey

2-56

6.3

Ellyse Perry

b TG Norris

3-89

10.3

Disha Kasat

c A Capsey b TG Norris

4-90

10.5

Richa Ghosh

c R Yadav b TG Norris

5-93

12.2

Kanika Ahuja

c S Verma b TG Norris

6-93

12.3

Sobhana Asha

c R Yadav b SS Pandey

7-96

13.1

Heather Knight

c M Lanning b TG Norris

8-150

17.5

Match Info

Date & Time

05 Mar, 03:30 PM IST

Venue

Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Match

2nd T20,

Women's Premier League

Umpires

Chirra Ravikanthreddy (India), N Janani (India), Madanagopal Kuppuraj (India, TV)

Referee

Rajni Basnet (India)

Toss

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women elected to bowl

Player of the Match Tara Norris

5/29

Analysis

Commentary

Right then. So, the Mumbai Indians and the Delhi Capitals sit in the top two spots as the points table starts to take shape in this tournament. The two sides have got massive wins under their belt too, which could go a long way in the tournament as it progresses. Will the UP Warriorz join them to kick off their tournament with a win, or will the Gujarat Giants fight back tonight to get their first win on the board? Well, you can switch tabs to catch all the action from that game, but for now, that's all we have from this contest. This is Pratyush Rohra, signing off on behalf of my partner, Pradeep Somashekar. We hope you enjoyed our coverage as much as we enjoyed bringing it to you. Tata!

Tara Norris is the Player of the match! Here's what she has to say: Meg and Shafali started fantastically with the bat, takes the pressure of the bowlers, really happy. Never thought I would've dreamed of taking a fifer, just happy to be here. Probably the first wicket was pretty special, chance of playing and bowling was brilliant. Will take Perry's wicket any day!

Meg Lanning (Delhi Capitals captain): Lot of fun, great venue to play and the crowd were amazing, the atmosphere was there, nice to start off with a win. We were thinking about bowling too, it's a belter of a wicket, wasn't going to change throughout and Shafali was good at the other end. We were smiling a lot of the time, that's the great thing of such competition, you get to learn from the people you play with. We felt it was a good score, was a such a great wicket, if we bowl well and take wickets, up front we did that and we're happy to take the win and important to keep the momentum.

A dominating win for the Delhi Capitals 💥

Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning and Tara Norris were the stars of the show ✨

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— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) March 5, 2023

Smriti Mandhana (Royal Challengers Bangalore captain): Not the start we wanted, on the field we weren't great and gave away 20-30 runs more extra. As far as the bowling is concerned, we didn't use much of slower one's to effect, will try and come back to correct that. We're used to other franchises playing back to back games, just try and take the positives out of the game and come back stronger tomorrow. The pitch didn't change at all, we got the starts but didn't build on, don't think opting to bowl first was a wrong decision, we could've taken the game deep.

Delhi Capitals won by 60 runs!

Shafali Verma - 84 (45) | Tara Norris - 5/29
Smriti Mandhana - 35 (23) | Heather Knight - 2/40

Another day, another comprehensive victory for a side. That has been the case in the two games we've played so far in this tournament with the teams batting first running away with commanding wins to kick off their tournament with a statement of intent. It was Mumbai Indians last night, and it's the Delhi Capitals, today, displaying a clinical performance to get their first points on the board.

It was set by by the captain herself, delivering a sensational 162-run stand alongside Shafali Verma, with both batters recording half-centuries. That set the tone of the rest of the innings, and more or less the rest of the game, to be honest. The Capitals went on to post a mammoth total on the board courtesy of Kapp's cameo at the backend of the innings.

In reply, the Royal Challengers Bangalore got off to a rollicking start, keeping up with the demands of the situation they found themselves in. Mandhana and Devine made sure that their team has a decent Powerplay but it wasn't enough as Delhi kept chipping away at regular intervals. Capsey got the ball rolling by dismissing the two openers, and it was the Tara Norris show from thereon.

With the obvious focus on the batting, the only associate player in the tournament will take the headlines with her bowling. The USA international became the first bowler in the tournament to take a five-wicket haul, completely dismantling the rest of the RCB batting unit. Shikha Pandey also got herself a wicket with the rest of the bowling unit doing their bit to keep things tight.

All in all, it's a comprehensive victory for the Delhi Capitals as they get themselves off the mark in some style in this tournament. Stick around for the presentations to see what the captains have to say.

overs

163 /8 score

runs

Megan Schutt *

30 (19)

Preeti Bose

2 (8)

Shikha Pandey

1 /35

19.6 Shikha Pandey to Megan Schutt, FOUR MORE! Delhi Capitals get over the line as they finish a clinical victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore. Length delivery on the stumps. Schutt walks down the track and smacked it straight down the ground for back to back boundaries.

19.5 Shikha Pandey to Megan Schutt, FOUR! Capsey can't get to it this time, boundary for Schutt. Slower one on the stumps. Schutt walks down the track and swatted it down the ground as Capsey comes sliding at the ropes but beats her.

19.4 Shikha Pandey to Preeti Bose, full delivery on the stumps. Preeti skips down the track and yorks herself, squeezes it down to long-on for a single.

19.3 Shikha Pandey to Preeti Bose, good change of pace, short and angling over the middle and leg line. Preeti inside the line looks to pull but once again misses.

19.2 Shikha Pandey to Preeti Bose, back of a length on the fourth stump. Preeti steps down the track to swipe across the line, makes no connection.

19.1 Shikha Pandey to Megan Schutt, walks down the track for the low full toss. Schutt clips it behind square and they are happy with the single.

Shikha Pandey [3.0-0-25-1] is back into the attack

Final over of the contest coming up. If you hadn't noticed yet, the Delhi Capitals have already won this contest by a decent margin. A matter of wrapping up the formalities now.

overs

153 /8 score

runs

Preeti Bose *

1 (5)

Megan Schutt

21 (16)

Jess Jonassen

0 /28

18.6 Jess Jonassen to Preeti Bose, loopy length delivery on the stumps. Preeti lunges and defends to finish the over.

18.5 Jess Jonassen to Megan Schutt, steps down the wicket again. Schutt slices it down to mid-off and takes another quick single.

18.4 Jess Jonassen to Preeti Bose, down the track for the length delivery. Preeti doesn't get the timing right, drilled it down to long-on for one.

18.3 Jess Jonassen to Preeti Bose, OH! Fraction short that almost sneaks through the gates. Preeti gets forward to defend but misses, sneaks through to ping on the back thigh.