RCB Women Vs DC Women Match Report
The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru was buzzing with excitement when Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women locked horns with Delhi Capitals Women in the 14th match of the Women’s Premier League 2025. The evening clash started at 7:30 PM local time, wherein Delhi Capitals Women won the match with ease, fetching the target of 148 runs set by RCB Women and smashing it in just 15.3 overs by nine wickets. The match was a contrast between RCB’s fighting effort with the bat and Delhi’s clinical dominance in the chase propelled by a blistering unbeaten partnership between Shafali Verma and Jess Jonassen.
Batting first, RCB Women set up a respectable target of 147 for 5 in their allotted 20 overs after losing the toss. The innings started with a shock as captain Smriti Mandhana was out early, caught by Meg Lanning off the bowling of Shikha Pandey for just 8 runs off 7 balls in the second over. Wyatt-Hodge then steered the innings, scoring a brisk 21 in 18 balls with four boundaries before being caught by Sarah Bryce off the bowling of Marizanne Kapp. RCB were then at 53 for 2 after 7.1 overs.
Perry and Raghvi Bist put together a crucial partnership of 66 runs for the third wicket, getting RCB back on track from early trouble. Perry finished with 60 runs, with seven fours, not out from 47 balls, showing maximum composure at the crease, while Bist made 33 runs from 32 balls, including three boundaries before being stumped off Nallapureddy Charani.
The loss of Richa Ghosh to a catch to Lanning off Charani after a dauntless 5 from 3 balls put the late middle order in trouble. Kanika Ahuja could only muster 2 runs off 3 balls, again caught off Pandey by Shafali Verma. With a 12-run contribution including a 10-ball cameo, Georgia Wareham and Perry finished off well on a total of 147 with the help of 6 extras.
The spoils were shared by the Delhi bowlers, with Shikha Pandey and Nallapureddy Charani each taking two wickets in their spell of four overs for the cost of 24 and 28 runs, respectively. Marizanne Kapp was frugal and economical at 1 for 18. Jonassen and Annabel Sutherland couldn’t break through, while they gave away 33 and 27 runs. During the power play, RCB made 45 runs that laid a foundation for what was to come, but it was during the middle overs that Delhi’s bowlers were really choked.
The respective chase of the Delhi Capitals Women’s begin with a minor setback, with capital Meg Lanning falling for 21 off 20 balls with a catch from Perry off Renuka Singh in the third over, putting the side for 5 for 1.
What followed was an illustration of aggressive batting, with the added benefit of a Shafali Verma and Jess Jonassen partnership that going unbroken with 146 that brought the RCB bowlers to their knees. Verma hammered not out 80 off 43 with eight fours and four sixes at 186.05. Jonassen helped her in the same with an inside-the-bark 61 not out from 38 balls that included eight fours and a six at a strike rate of 160.53. This batting might of theirs led to Delhi winning with 151 for 1 in just 15.3 overs, winning comfortably by 27 balls.
Delhi’s batters were dominant over the RCB bowlers. Renuka Singh was the only wicket-taker with 1 for 28 in four, while Kim Garth gave away 25 in three. Ellyse Perry’s two went for 24, and Georgia Wareham gave away 21 in three without breaking the partnership. Sneh Rana, Ekta Bisht, and Raghvi Bist got none shorter—Rana’s 1.3 overs cost 22, Bisht went for 15 in one over, and Bist gave up 11 in his one over. Delhi scored 41 runs in the power play, and after that, Verma and Jonassen smelled blood and happily cleared the ropes on the batting-friendly Chinnaswamy surface.
On the night, it emphasized the magnificence of the Delhi Capitals Women, restricting RCB to a chaseable total and the batters putting up a near faultless run chase. Perry’s half-century and Bist were the harbingers of hope for RCB but their bowling unit was not up to Delhi’s firepower. Shafali Verma’s floaty knock and Jess Jonassen’s overall poise stole the show for Delhi and pushed their case forward for a simple victory that cemented their campaign for WPL 2025. The game becomes one such reference point to testify to the experience of the Australian team in Bangalore, showcasing not only the depth of Delhi but RCB’s fighting spirit albeit in its quarterly discharge.
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