WPL 2023 Highlights, RCB vs DC: Delhi Capitals win by 60 runs for first win of the season

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DELHI CAPITALS WIN BY 60 RUNS!

A comprehensive win for Delhi Capitals over Royal Challengers Bangalore. DC had batted RCB out of the game and then it was about managing the flow of runs which they did successfully. Capsey took wickets of the openers to send Mandhana, Devine back. Then USA bowler Tara Norris took five wickets to close things out for RCB's middle order. Knight and Schutt put together 50 runs to keep the margin of defeat smaller than it could have been

18:41 (IST)

HEATHER KNIGHT IS GONE!

Tara Norris has a fifer! USA pacer becomes the first to take a fifer in the newly created fifer. Slower ball, Knight makes room and tries to go over extra cover. Without the pace, there is no elevation and it goes straight to Lanning

Heather Knight c Lanning b Tara Norris 34(21)

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SIX! CRACKING SHOT! Full and outside off from Norris to Knight and she lofts it inside out over extra cover. No trouble clearing the boundary rope! Brilliant shot

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FOUR! Tara Norris to Heather Knight: Angled in, Knight creates room and pulls it in front of square for a four - creating gap between the long-on and deep mid-wicket regions

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SIX! Marizanne Kapp to Heather Knight: Full and into the slot, Knight lofts through the line. Sails over the in-field for a maximum!

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FOUR! Another delivery down the leg side, Schutt glances it fine of short fine

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FOUR! Heather Knight sits down and sweeps it backward of square leg off Tara Norris, one bounce and over the boundary ropes

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The middle order is back in the dugout and the flow of wickets is disrupted by a welcome, but belated, boundary. Megan Schutt waits for a Shikha Pandey ball to come through and nails the pull in front of square for a FOUR!

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ASHA SHOBANA DEPARTS!

RCB go from 89/2 to 96/7. Short of length delivery, Shobana goes for the pull but top edges it straight up and Radha Yadav settles underneath at short fine

Asha Shobana c Radha Yadav b Shikha Pandey 2(3)

18:21 (IST)

KANIKA AHUJA DEPARTS!

Two in two for Tara Norris. Short and outside off, Kanika wanted to steer it to third man but slices it straight to short third, Shafali completes the catch

Kanika Ahuja c Shafali Verma b Tara Norris 0(1)

18:17 (IST)

RICHA GHOSH IS GONE!

Richa walks forward, gets too close to the ball and is cramped for room, she mistimes the loft to long-on and Radha Yadav makes no mistake

Richa Ghosh c Radha Yadav b Tara Norris 2(4)

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DISHA KASAT IS GONE!

Second wicket in the over for Norris and it is Disha Kasat who has to walk back now. Short, down leg, Kasat pulls it straight down deep backward square's throat where Capsey completes the straightforward catch

Kasat c Capsey b Norris 9 (11)

18:10 (IST)

ELLYSE PERRY IS GONE!

Perry has dragged one on from Tara Norris who is bowling her first over. Perry comes down the track, looks to power it through the off-side region, but the ball stays slow and she ends up getting an inside edge onto the stumps

Perry b Norris 31 (19)

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FOUR! FOUR! FOUR! 16 runs from the 10th over as Ellyse Perry goes after Radha Yadav. First one towards long on, second towards square leg and the third one is smacked in the mid-off region

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FOUR! Short from Radha Yadav, outside off stump, Ellyse Perry backs away, opens up the off-side and pierces the gap between cover and cover-point with a cut shot

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SMRITI MANDHANA DEPARTS!

A sitter for Shikha Pandey at short fine leg and RCB have lost both their openers to Capsey. Tossed up, sliding down leg stump, Smriti Mandhana looked to paddle sweep it but couldn't roll her wrists over. Simple take for Shikha at short fine leg

Mandhana c Pandey b Capsey 35 (23)

17:41 (IST)

SOPHIE DEVINE DEPARTS!

Sophie Devine is gone on the second ball of the fifth over. Tough catch for Shafali Verma and she has held on - somehow. Replays check whether she got her hands underneath it and it is not an easy call. Eventually the third umpire declares, 'Fingers are under the ball and the ball has carried, so Devine is OUT.' Flighted delivery outside off by Alice Capsey, Devine smacks it to the right of mid-off where Shafali is stationed. The RCB opener dives and completes the catch

Devine c Shafali b Capsey 14 (11)

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Royal Challengers Bangalore have started confidently and strongly in the first four overs. Smriti Mandhana has raced off to 27 runs and Sophie Devine has moved to 14 runs.

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Brilliant stat

In 2008 - 1st #IPL match: KKR 222/3 & RCB 82
In 2023 - 1st #WPL match: MI-W 207/5 & GG-W 64

In 2008 - 2nd IPL match: CSK 240/4 & KXIP 207/4
In 2023 - 2nd WPL match: DC-W 223/2 & RCB-W ?#WPL2023 #DCvRCB #RCBvDC#TATAWPL

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) March 5, 2023

17:10 (IST)

RCB need 224 to win

Delhi Capitals put together 223 runs with Meg Lanning (72) and Shafali Verma (84) pick of the lot. Kapp (39) and Jemimah (22) with the finishing touches

Royal Challengers Bangalore need 224 to win

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12 runs from the final over of the innings. Two boundaries in the last over - one from Jemimah and one from Kapp. The South African, fittingly, scores a boundary to end this big-scoring inning

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JEMIMAH REVIEWS!

Jemimah Rodrigues has reviewed for a no ball. One of the innovations in the WPL where a wide or a no ball can be sent upstairs for a second look. The DC batter thinks this is over the waist but it is not. Not a no ball. 

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SIX! SIX! Raining sixes in the 19th over. Heather Knight is smacked for sixes by Marizanne Kapp. On the second ball, it lands on leg-stump, Kapp  launches the slog sweep over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. A ball later, it is six more. Same shot but this one is much straighter, over long-on

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SHAFALI VERMA IS GONE!

A ball later, Shafali Verma joins Meg Lanning into the dugout. Both openers are gone. Knight notices Shafali come down the track, slows it down, drags the length back as well and made Shafali reach for the big shot. The outside goes to Richa Ghosh who does well to hang on on a second attempt. Brilliant knock comes to an end

Shafali c Ghosh b Knight 84 (45)

16:43 (IST)

MEG LANNING IS GONE!

After flurry of fours and sixes, there's a wicket. Meg Lanning comes down the track to Heather Knight, looks to flick it into the leg side but the ball sneaks past her willow to crash into the leg stump. The partnership is broken after 162 runs

Lanning b Knight 72 (43)

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16 from the over as Shafali collects four more. Very full from Renuka, Shafali uses the strong bottom hand the fielders can't do anything to cut it out

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FOUR! Renuka Singh to Shafali: FOUR MORE! Shafali picks the slower ball, goes down on one knee and whacks the slog sweep wide of deep mid-wicket. One bounce, FOUR!

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FOUR! Renuka Singh comes into the attack. Too straight from her, Shafali Verma whips it backward of square for a boundary

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SIX! Carnage continues! Shafali comes down the track to Knight, gets close to the ball and extends her arms to send it over long-on

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FIFTY FOR LANNING

FOUR! Meg Lanning brings up her fifty now. Heather Knight strays down leg side, Lanning sweeps it and the ball goes fine for a boundary. Delhi skipper acknowledges the applause

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Delhi Capitals first 10 overs:

1️⃣ 3 runs
2️⃣ 14 runs
3️⃣ 5 runs
4️⃣ 7 runs
5️⃣ 8 runs
6️⃣ 20 runs 
7️⃣ 7 runs 
8️⃣ 8 runs 
9️⃣ 22 runs 
???? 11 runs

16:17 (IST)

FIFTY FOR SHAFALI VERMA!

Second day of the WPL and there's another fifty. Shafali Verma gets to the milestone in 31 balls after steering the ball to the long-on region for a simple single. It also brings up the 100-run stand

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After 22 runs in the previous over, an experienced head in Megan Schutt comes in to try and stop the flow of runs but she's dispatched for a four on the very first ball as well. Back of a length delivery, outside off, Lanning opens the face of the bat and guides it towards the vacant third man region

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SIX! Asha Shobana hopes for some reprieve but doesn't get one. Last ball of the over, she tosses it, Shafali jumps down the pitch and then hoists it high and over long-on for a MAXIMUM!

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Asha Shobana gets the treatment from Meg Lanning this time around. Lanning darts forward and smacks the ball over mid-on for a four

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FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for Shafali Verma. Asha tosses one, the right-hander bends and rolls her wrists over the sweep. She places it behind square on the on-side for a boundary

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SIX! Asha Shobana to Shafali Verma: Shafali comes down the track, gets to the pitch of the ball and hoists it over the bowler's head. It sails over for a maximum!

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FOUR! Preeti Bose to Meg Lanning: Slow, outside off, Lanning leans forward, stays leg-sided and drives it into the gap wide of cover for a boundary

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FOUR! Asha Shobana to Meg Lanning: RCB continue to bleed runs and boundaries. Short, down the leg side, Lanning rocks back and pulls it behind square for a boundary

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FOUR! Sophie Devine to Shafali Verma: Short, outside off and Shafali backs away and then flat-bats the drive over mid-off. 20 runs from the Sophie Devine over to close out the powerplay

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FOUR! Sophie Devine to Meg Lanning: Well outside the off stump line, Lanning goes across and then sends the cut behind square on the off-side for four more

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FOUR! Sophie Devine to Shafali Verma: Good length delivery to start the sixth over, Shafali leans across and heaves it over mid-wicket. It almost went all the way but bounces right in front of the boundary rope

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FOUR! Ellyse Perry to Shafali Verma: Good length, outside off, Shafali backs away and then places the drive into the gap wide of cover

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SIX! First maximum of the day comes from Shafali Verma's bat. Preeti Bose comes into the attack and is greeted with a thumping shot that goes over mid-off

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FOUR! 14 from the 2nd over by Schutt. Lanning collects four more runs. Short of a good length, outside off - Lanning waits for it and opens the face of the bat to run it through the vacant slip region

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FOUR! Schutt to Lanning: Short, outside off and Lanning swivels, rolls her  wrists and pulls it backward of square on the on-side for a four

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FOUR! Schutt to Shafali Verma: Good length, outside off and Shafali comes forward, uses her wrist and flicks it powerfully over mid-wicket

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FOUR! Renuka to Lanning! Good length delivery, slanting into the right-hander and Lanning uses the pace to whip it over backward square leg

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Teams

Delhi Capitals 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 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

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Smriti Mandhana at the toss: We will field first. Fresh wicket, bit of grass and we've some quality seamers. Four overseas players are Perry, Schutt, Sophie and Heather Knight. This  is a great platform, we were waiting for it and this is a chance to showcase our talent. This is big for women's cricket. We've had a quick turnaround, the team is looking in good stead and the management has been amazing as well.