RCB vs DC, WPL 2023: The Delhi Capitals team on Sunday displayed a dominating show in their first match of the Women's Premier League 2023. Meg Lanning's Capitals thrashed Smriti Mandhana's Challengers as they registered a 60-run victory over them. The DC side had a near-perfect outing as they outplayed RCB with both bat and the ball in a high-scoring affair at the Brabourne Stadium.
Being forced to bat first, the Capitals had everything going for them. Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning notched a stand of 162 runs before Jemimah Rodrigues and Marizanne Kapp took over to help the team go past 220. In the chase, RCB were jolted with regular blows as Tara Norris and Alice Capsey starred. The Challengers finished at 163/8 and faced a 60-run loss.
RCB had a giant task ahead of them. But captain Mandhana and Sophie Devine provided them with a good start. RCB were at 41/0 after 4 overs but Capsey then struck a double blow in her two overs to send both the openers back. It all became worse for the challengers when America's Tara Norris scalped a few wickets and sent shockwaves in the RCB camp. She also scalped the first fifer of the tournament as she finished with the figures of 4-29-5. Heather Knight and Megan Schutt displayed some fight but that was only going to mitigate their margin of loss. The duo brought up a 54-run stand but it was all too much for them as RCB went down by 60 runs. DC are currently on second spot in the points table and have a lower run rate than Mumbai, who thrashed Gujarat on Saturday
RCB's Playing XI:
Smriti Mandhana (c), Sophie Devine, Heather Knight, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh (wk), Kanika Ahuja, Asha Shobana, Preeti Bose, Megan Schutt, Renuka Thakur Singh
DC's Playing XI:
Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning (c), Marizanne Kapp, Jemimah Rodrigues, Alice Capsey, Jess Jonassen, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Tara Norris
