Delhi Capitals misplaced the plot in opposition to Royal Challengers Bangalore spinners after a flying begin, crumbling like a pack of playing cards to be bowled out for 113 within the Women’s Premier League last on Sunday. DC had been cruising at 64 for no loss in 43 balls earlier than they dedicated harakiri, shedding 10 wickets for simply 49 runs in entrance of a 28,781 capability crowd, who seemed divided of their loyalties. Australia’s left-arm spinner Sophie Molineux (3/20) began DC’s downfall, selecting up three wickets within the eighth over. Thereafter, the hosts by no means actually recovered, shedding wickets at common intervals, courtesy some free photographs and off-spinner Shreyanka Patil‘s (4/12) exploits within the center and late overs hastened their finish.

Opting to bat, DC skipper Meg Lanning (23 off 23) and Shafali Verma (44 off 27) seemed in a special world as they upped the tempo in a linear vogue.

Lanning, the second highest run-getter within the event, performed the second fiddle as Shafali went hammer and tongs after a sluggish begin within the first 11 balls.

Shafali was significantly harmful straight down the bottom as she slammed her first three sixes in that area. She opened up her arms within the last supply of the second over when she went down on her knee to dispatch Molineux over lengthy on for the primary six of the innings.

Shafali Verma
Jemimah Rodrigues
Alice Capsey

That was one unbelievable 3⃣-wicket over from Sophie Molineux

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The right-arm quick bowler Renuka Singh was taken to process within the fourth over, which yielded 19 runs.

Shafali began the onslaught clobbering the bowler over her head for a six, which ultimately impressed Lanning.

Lanning then struck two boundaries off the final two deliveries of the identical over to match her companion.

Ellyse Perry additionally bore the brunt of Shafali’s wrath because the Australian all-rounder was hit over for a most after which a boundary as DC reached 52 in 5 overs.

The DC openers continued their attacking recreation and hit Sophie Devine for a boundary every within the subsequent over to take the house workforce ahead.

But RCB managed to place brakes on DC when Molineux scalped three wickets within the eighth over, dismissing Shafali, Jemmimah Rodrigues and Alice Capsey, the final two wickets even put her within the line for a hat-trick which ultimately did not occur.

After reaching 72 for 3 on the midway mark, DC’s mainstay Lanning, who was attempting to resurrect the innings, departed, trapped leg earlier than Shreyanka however not after she wasted a overview.

Thereafter, the house workforce stored shedding wickets searching for pointless huge photographs to stumble to 81 for six.

It was mayhem for DC as they misplaced seven wickets for mere 23 runs in that interval.

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