Bruised RCB look to start out afresh towards Capitals

RCB look to get off the mark

Royal Challengers Bangalore can not go decrease in place within the factors desk. Delhi Capitals are hovering and are one of many groups to beat. As the second half of the Women’s Premier League begins, Royal Challengers would look to start out afresh.

The final time the 2 groups met was the beginning of a particular opening partnership for Capitals between Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning. Capitals opted to play Laura Harris of their earlier sport towards Gujarat Giants rather than Alice Capsey however the ten-wicket win denied her an opportunity to bat. A plethora of bowling choices within the XI – with even Minnu Mani chipping in towards Giants – permits for a cushion of consolation.

Players to observe

Laura Harris is without doubt one of the cleanest strikers of the ball in T20s. Her strike charge of 157.01 throughout 83 innings within the Women’s Big Bash League is the very best amongst those that batted in not less than ten innings within the competitors. Capitals’ decrease center order is bolstered by her presence within the XI.

Smriti Mandhana has had a horrid run to date. In every of the 4 innings, she has been dismissed by spinners – three of them towards offspin. It would be the first time she’s going to return to DY Patil Stadium, the place her 79-run knock helped India tie the second T20I towards Australia after which win it by way of a Super Over. Will that assist her flip her type round?

Playing XIs

Delhi Capitals (doable): 1 Meg Lanning (capt), 2 Shafali Verma, 3 Jemimah Rodrigues, 4 Marizanne Kapp, 5 Laura Harris, 6 Jess Jonassen, 7 Minnu Mani, 8 Taniya Bhatia (wk), 9 Shikha Pandey, 10 Radha Yadav, 11 Tara Norris

Royal Challengers Bangalore (doable): 1 Smriti Mandhaa (capt), 2 Sophie Devine, 3 Ellyse Perry, 4 Heather Knight, 5 Erin Burns/Dane van Niekerk, 6 Richa Ghosh (wk), 7 Kanika Ahuja, 8 Shreyanka Patil, 9 Renuka Singh, 10 Komal Zanzad, 11 Sahana Pawar

Stats and trivia

Quotes

“To see her do so well was great. She’s been a little bit down throughout the tournament. I don’t think she has bowled badly but it’s the nature of the game. She works very hard and is very hard on herself.”
Meg Lanning on her Delhi Capitals team-mate Marizanne Kapp

“Losing four games in a row in a brand new competition is really tough. The best part about playing team sport is you can go back and support one another and know one another’s feelings.”
Ellyse Perry after Royal Challengers Bangalore’s earlier loss