Royal Challengers Bangalore won the first title in WPL

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the first title in WPL: Defeated Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets

Bengaluru's victory which every RCB fan was waiting for for 16 years. In fact, the franchise has not won any Indian League title since the start of IPL in 2008. In such a situation, the fans were waiting for the trophy.

Royal Challengers Bangalore has won its first title in the Women's Premier League. The team defeated Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets. This is also Bengaluru's first win over Delhi in this league. Both have played 5 matches so far, out of which 4 have been in the name of Delhi.

Delhi Capitals, who came to bat after winning the toss at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday, were all out for 113 runs in 18.3 overs. In reply, Bengaluru chased the target with 2 wickets in 19.3 overs. Ellyse Perry contributed 35 unbeaten runs and Richa Ghosh contributed 17 unbeaten runs. Sophie Devine scored 32 runs and captain Smriti Mandhana scored 31 runs.

Earlier, Delhi opener Shefali Verma played an inning of 44 runs on 27 balls, while captain Meg Lanning contributed 23 runs. Shreyanka Patil took 4 wickets, while Sophie Molyneux took 3 wickets in an over. He was chosen player of the match.

Mandhana-Divine laid the foundation of victory, Richa won with fours

Bengaluru's batsmen chased the easy target of 114 runs in a very restrained manner. The foundation of the team's victory was laid by the opening pair of captain Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Devine. Both of them made an opening partnership of 49 runs on 49 balls. After that the captain along with Elise Perry (35 not out) took the team's score to 82 runs.

Here, after Smriti was out, Perry took command and along with Richa Ghosh (17 not out) took the team to the target. Shikha Pandey and Minnu Mani got one wicket each from Delhi.

Delhi team scattered after strong start

After winning the toss and opting to bat first, Delhi got off to a good start with Shefali Verma and captain Meg Lanning. Both made an opening partnership of 64 runs on 43 balls. From here it seemed that the team would score a big score, but as soon as opener Shefali Verma was out, the process of falling wickets started.

The team lost the next 9 wickets in scoring 55 runs. Captain Meg Lanning tried unsuccessfully to take over the innings. The remaining batsmen of the team could not do anything special. Shreyanka Patil took 4 wickets, Molemix got 3 successes

For Bengaluru, Shreyanka Patil took 4 wickets, while Sophie Molyneux took 3 wickets. Asha Shobhana got two wickets.

Playing-11 of finalist teams

Delhi Capitals: Meg Lanning (captain), Shafali Verma, Elise Capsey, Jemimah Rodriguez, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav, Minnu Mani, Tania Bhatia, Shikha Pandey.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Smriti Mandhana (captain), Sophie Devine, S (Sabbineni) Meghna, Ellyse Perry, Disha Kasat, Richa Ghosh, Sophie Molyneux, Georgia Wareham, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Shobhana, Renuka Singh.

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