Delhi Capitals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore. The Royal Challengers Bangalore, led by Smriti Mandhana, were defeated by 25 runs. RCB suffered its first defeat of the season. At the same time, the Delhi Capitals got their second win of the season. Royal Challengers Bangalore had set a big target of winning by 195 runs, but Smriti Mandhana’s team could only score 169 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. However, RCB captain Smriti Mandhana played a storming innings of 74 runs off 43 balls. He hit ten fours and three sixes in his innings but could not take the team to the brink of victory.
Royal Challengers Bangalore, who came to bat in response to Delhi Capitals’ 194 runs, got off to a good start. Openers Smriti Mandhana and Sophia Devine added 77 runs in 8.2 overs for the first wicket. Sophia Devine scored 23 runs off 17 balls. After this S. Meghna played an innings of 36 runs off 31 balls. Richa Ghosh scored 19 runs off 13 balls. But otherwise the rest of the batsmen were disappointing. 7 RCB batsmen failed to cross double figures.
At the same time, the points table has become very exciting after Delhi Capitals’ win. Apart from Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians have 4-4 points each. While UP Warriors have 2 points. While Gujarat Giants wait for their first win.
Jess Jonason was the most successful bowler for Delhi Capitals. Jess Jonason achieved 3 successes. Marriage Cap and Arundhati Reddy took wickets 2-2. Shikha Pandey got 1 success.
Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and opted to bowl. Delhi Capitals, who came to bat first, scored 194 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Shefali Verma scored the most runs for Delhi Capitals. Shefali Verma played a storming innings of 50 runs off 31 balls. He hit three fours and four sixes in his innings. Alice Capsey scored 46 runs off 33 balls. While Marijn Cap scored 32 runs in 16 balls. Jess Johnson played an excellent innings of 36 runs off 16 balls.
