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Best performances - Batsmen

S Mandhana
74(43) 10x4 - 3x6
Control %88%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 27 runs
  • 4x4 - 1x6
5 5 4 5 28 14 5 8
Shafali Verma
Shafali Verma
50(31) 3x4 - 4x6
Control %70%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 8 runs
  • 0x4 - 1x6
0 0 1 3 1 15 9 21

Best performances - Bowlers

JL Jonassen
O4
M0
R21
W3
Eco5.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
SFM Devine
SFM Devine
O3
M0
R23
W2
Eco7.66
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50

Match days

29 February 2024 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Delhi Capitals Women 2, Royal Challengers Bangalore Women 0

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

END OF OVER:
20 | 2 Runs 3 Wkts | RCB-W: 169/9 (26 runs required, RR: 8.45)

  • Shreyanka Patil1 (2b)
  • Renuka Singh1 (1b)
  • Jess Jonassen4-0-21-3
  • Arundhati Reddy4-0-38-2

11:10pm Right. That will be all from us for tonight. There is more action lined up tomorrow, with the UP Warriorz, fresh off a win, looking to make it two wins from two against the Gujarat Giants, who are yet to get on the board. Until then, this is goodbye from all of us at ESPNcricinfo. Goodnight and take care!

Meg Lanning, Delhi Capitals captain: It looked like a reasonable wicket and the outfield is quick, so you come to the ground expecting plenty of runs. It is about restricting as many as a bowling unit. We did an excellent job with the bat, were able to keep the momentum going. Capsey and Shafali were great, Kapp and JJ too. Play to your strengths. Playing good shots gets you rewards here. As long as they are playing to their strengths, we will back them. When you are defending nearly 200, you need to stay as calm as you can. Going at that rate for 20 overs is tough. A couple of wickets makes it tough. Reddy bowled well, Kapp too. Just know that if you stick to it long enough, you will come through. Tough call (with selection). JJ came in and was excellent. Under pressure, she showed she can hold her nerve, nice to see her do well.

Marizanne Kapp, Player of the Match: (On being wicketless against RCB before tonight) I feel like I always get them on a flat wicket. While I was batting, I was just thinking that I had to bowl on this wicket (laughs). (On her batting) Have been hitting the ball really well, was trying to be positive and sticking to the areas where I am strong. She (Jonassen) played brilliantly. With the leggie coming in to her, she was great. Bowling pace on that wicket, it just sat up and you could hit through the line. Either had to bowl really full or into the wicket.

Smriti Mandhana, Royal Challengers Bangalore captain: (On the target) The way we bowled in the first two matches, we did not live up to our bowling. One bad game in a tournament like this
we will have to take whatever we can from this game and come back strongly. After the first innings, we felt they were plus-15 (in terms of runs). (On her playing through the leg-side more) With the way women's cricket is progressing, had to put in a bit of work into my leg-side shots. The boundary was short too and my eyes were constantly on it. (What they plan to work on) Won't be too critical because it is just one game. We did not bowl and field according to our standards. Hurrying up in the fielding. And when there is a big crowd, it is a challenge to maintain attention, and that is also something we will have to work on. That one extra fielder out might have made a difference.

Jess Jonassen: (Mindset when she went into bat) To be honest, I was just happy to be back on the field. There was not too much thought, just trying to put together a partnership with Kapp. (On the score they got) We were pretty confident. We new it was a good total, but we also knew we had to bowl well. The way Smriti came out, it put us on the back foot. We had to keep our composure throughout and hope the result went our way. We have got a great variety of players who can step up and do a job on any given night against any opposition.

10:50pm Phew. What a game. RCB gave it a proper rattle at the start, largely courtesy their skipper, who creamed her way to 74 off 43. Around her, though, there was not a lot, and that is what RCB were left ruing at the end. Devine and Meghana struggled, and while Ghosh did get a few boundaries away, her innings did not last long enough to really trouble the Capitals. Their batting unit also looked a little thin, especially as the death-overs dawned, and RCB ended up losing their last six wickets for just 19 runs.

Much of that was down to how disciplined the Capitals were. Apart from the odd No ball and the odd dropped chance, they executed their plans to perfection, using the longer side to their advantage as often as they could. Jonassen and Kapp, who played a big role in DC getting up to 194, picked up the bulk of the wickets. Kapp, in particular, was sensational, first knocking over Mandhana and then outwitting Ghosh. Jonassen, on the other hand, gave nothing away in the 18th and 20th over, and consigned RCB to their first loss of the season.

19.6
0
Jonassen to Patil, no run, The streak is over! DC win, and they do it rather comfortably in the end! Fired in full just outside leg. Shreyanka looks for the reverse and makes a hash of it. Gets pinged on the pads. Given not out by N Janani and DC do not bother with taking it upstairs. A 25-run win, and the Capitals have now made it two wins out of two!
19.5
1
Jonassen to Renuka Singh, 1 run, full on middle and leg. Renuka comes forward and stabs it towards deep mid wicket

Renuka is the last batter in

19.4
W
Jonassen to Sobhana, OUT, another for Jonassen! Given plenty of air on a length on middle and leg. Asha comes down the track and chips it straight to Sutherland at mid on. The wickets keep tumbling, and Jonassen keeps thriving!

A Sobhana c sub (A Sutherland) b Jonassen 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

It's been a procession in the last few minutes. Asha is in now

19.3
W
Jonassen to Bahadur, OUT, this is beautiful bowling! Slowed up on a length outside off. Bahadur does not read the flight and hares down aimlessly. Nowhere to the pitch of the ball and spoons it up to Lanning at extra cover!

SD Bahadur c Lanning b Jonassen 2 (6m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

19.2
1
Jonassen to Patil, 1 run, full on off. Shreyanka plants her front foot and powers it down the ground to long off

Shreyanka the latest to try her luck with the bat. Jonassen stays over the wicket

19.1
W
Jonassen to Molineux, OUT, taken at deep mid wicket! Throws up the bait outside off. Molineux has no option but to swing at it. Does not middle it and Radha, this time, pouches it at deep mid wicket!

S Molineux c Yadav b Jonassen 1 (2m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

Jonassen to bowl the final over. RCB need 28

RCB Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st77SFM DevineS Mandhana
2nd35S MeghanaS Mandhana
3rd26S MeghanaRM Ghosh
4th12S MeghanaG Wareham
5th14S MeghanaN de Klerk
6th0N de KlerkSD Bahadur
7th3S MolineuxSD Bahadur
8th1SD BahadurSR Patil
9th0A SobhanaSR Patil
10th1Renuka SinghSR Patil