Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore – having fun with polar reverse fortunes within the inaugural WPL (Women’s Premier League) – face one another on the DY Patil Stadium right here on Monday.
Capitals go into the match after taking part in a near-perfect sport in opposition to Gujarat Giants as Marizanne Kapp picked up 5 wickets whereas Shafali Verma scored the quickest fifty by an Indian within the event.
RCB, nonetheless, has endured a woeful marketing campaign within the WPL as its star-studded batting order has failed to fireplace on nearly all events and its bowlers, too, have faltered. Ahead of the event, RCB appeared like a mirror picture of its males’s workforce with massive names like Ellyse Perry, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine and Heather Knight in its ranks. But the celebrities have didn’t gel as a unit, struggling 4 defeats.
Delhi’s top-heavy batting order, that includes the likes of captain Meg Lanning and Shafali, have bulldozed their method by many a bowling assault.
With gamers placing up distinctive performances with each bat and ball, Delhi will go into the sport with an intent to “keep getting better with each match” as rightly put by captain Lanning.
Having misplaced 4 matches, RCB has little likelihood of creating the playoffs. Young Shreyanka Patil, whose 15-ball 24 helped RCB put up a good 155 in opposition to Mumbai Indians, has made individuals take discover. Her bowling, too, in opposition to gamers of nice reputation, has earned her reward from all corners. But their star gamers have been off-colour in comparison with their performances for his or her nationwide sides.
They play their match in opposition to Delhi Capitals on the D.Y. Patil Stadium, their first on the floor, maybe hoping for a change in fortune with a change in venue. However, Delhi goes in with the arrogance of having overwhelmed them by 60 runs of their earlier encounter and was equally dominating in a 10-wicket win over Gujarat Giants.
While the match-up could appear lopsided, a workforce taking part in with nothing to lose has oftentimes proven extra gusto and that’s what RCB will hope to do in opposition to a powerful Delhi facet.
THE SQUADS
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Smriti Mandhana (c), Renuka Singh, Ellyse Perry, Sophie Divine, Richa Ghosh, Erin Burns, Diksha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Shreyanka Patil, Kanika Ahuja, Asha Shibana, Heather Knight, Dane van Niekerk, Preeti Bose, Poonam Khemnar, Megan Schutt, Sahana Pawar.
Delhi Capitals: Meg Lanning (c), Jemimah Rodrigues (vc), Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Marizanne Kapp, Titas Sadhu, Laura Harris, Tara Norris, Jasia Akhter, Minnu Mani, Taniya Bhatia, Poonam Yadav, Jess Jonassen, Sneha Deepthi, Arundhati Reddy, Aparna Mondal.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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