Following her facet’s maiden Women’s Premier League (WPL) title win, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) bowling all-rounder Sophie Molineux remarked that the title clashes are at all times “funny games” and the crew knew that the match was taking place the wire. An all-round Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) led by one more stable knock by Ellyse Perry and sensible bowling spells from spinners Shreyanka Patil and Sophie Molineux captured their first-ever Women’s Premier League (WPL) title after defeating Delhi Capitals by eight wickets within the title conflict at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday.

Molineux obtained the ‘Player of the Match’ award for her bowling effort that put DC on the backfoot after a fiery begin.

“It was a great match. Finals are always funny games, we knew it was going down to the wire. DC are a great team, they fought all the way. Pretty happy we got over the line. I felt like I was bowing really slow tonight. In tournaments, you have to keep learning (from your mistakes) and look forward to the next game. this one (award) is special. To be picked by RCB after not playing cricket for a while. It is an incredible competition and it is only going to go from strength to strength. Proud to be a part of it,” stated Molineux within the post-match presentation.

Molineux ended the event with 78 runs and 12 wickets at a mean of 23.16 in ten video games.

DC received the toss and elected to bat first. Openers Shafali Varma (44 in 27 balls, with two fours and three sixes) and skipper Meg Lanning (23 in 23 balls, with three fours) began off very well for the crew with a quickfire 64-run opening stand.

However, Shreyanka Patil (4/12), Sophie Molineux (3/20) and Asha Sobhana (2/14) helped RCB bounce again simply after the powerplay and eliminated Delhi batters one-by-one, triggering an unfathomable batting collapse. DC was all out for 113 in 18.3 overs.

In the chase of 114, RCB placed on a 49-run opening stand, powered by Sophie Devine (32 in 27 balls, with 5 fours and a six). However, RCB was examined by Delhi bowlers in center overs and skipper Smriti Mandhana (31 in 39 balls, with three fours) departed at a vital juncture to depart RCB at 82/2 in 15 overs. However, Ellyse Perry (35* in 37 balls, with 4 boundaries) and Richa Ghosh (17* in 14 balls, with two fours) completed the chase with three balls left.

Minnu Mani and Shikha Pandey took a wicket every for DC.

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