Delhi Capitals secured a 9-wicket victory in the WPL 2025 match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on March 01 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
They secured their third straight win and have 5 wins out of seven matches and have retained their top spot in the WPL 2025 points table. With this win, they have been the first team to secure a spot in qualifiers.
Batting first, Smriti Mandhana and Danni Wyatt opened the innings while Marizanne Kapp opened the bowling attack.
However, they lost the wicket of Smriti Mandhana for 8 runs and scored only 45 runs in the powerplay.
Ellyse Perry joined Danni Wyatt in the batting to speed up their run score to put a big total in the scorecard.
After Danni Wyatt dismissed for 21 runs, Raghvi Bist joined Perry to balance the side and helped the side to cross 100 run mark. Meanwhile Ellyse Perry slammed fourth fifty of the season and went on to score 60* runs off 47 deliveries.
Successive Games Dominated! 👊
Delhi Capitals are through to the playoffs with a commanding 9️⃣-wicket win 👏
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— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) March 1, 2025
After the dismissal of Raghvi Bist for 33 runs by Nallapureddy Charani, the latter went on to bag the wicket of Richa Ghosh in the same over.
With Georgia Wareham’s 12 runs, RCB women was able to put the score in the match.
Shikha Pandey and Nallapureddy Charani bagged two wickets each while Marizanne Kapp picked a wicket for Delhi Capitals.
In the pursuit of chasing the 147 runs, Meg Lanning and Shafali opened the innings where the former was sent out for two runs by Renuka Singh.
Jess Jonassen joined Shafali in the chase to score 41 runs in the powerplay. Despite losing the wicket of Meg Lanning for two runs, Shafali Verma and Jess Jonassen forged a partnership and led the side to victory.
They went on to score fifties each and shared a 146-run partnership during the match. Delhi Capitals secured a comfortable win with 27 balls to spare.
