New Delhi: Women’s Premier League Twenty20 cricket final today. Delhi Capitals will face Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Arun Jaitley Stadium from 7.30 pm.
Delhi Capitals entered the final after defeating Gujarat Giants by seven wickets. Royal Challengers beat Mumbai Indians by five runs in the semi-final on Friday. RCB batted first. 135 runs for six wickets. Batting in reply, Mumbai managed to score 130 runs for six wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Eliza Perry’s (66 including one six and eight fours in 50 balls) and the brilliant bowling of the spinners took RCB to the final.
Malayali leg-spinner Asha Shobhana, Georgia Warhem, Sophie Molyneux and Eliza Perry took one wicket each. Shreyanka Patil shone with both the wickets. The struggles of Nat Sheaver Brent (23 off 17 balls), heroine Harmanpreet Kaur (33 off 30 balls) and Amelia Kerr (27 not out off 25 balls) were not enough to take Mumbai to the final.
Mumbai needed 12 runs to win in the last over bowled by Asha Shobhana. Faced with the first ball, Pooja Vastrakar took a run. Amelia faced the second ball and took a single.
Vastrakar scored two runs in the third ball. On the next ball, Vastrakar (four out of four balls) who tried to hit Sobhana, made a mistake. Easy stumping by wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh. With that, Mumbai’s target was eight in two balls. Amanjot reached the crease and scored a run on the fifth ball.
If the last ball hits a six, it is a super over. Shobhana’s poke bowled Amelia as she tried for a six. Batylurasia to the pant point. Result is one run. With that, for the first time in history, RCB In the women’s league final. Mumbai’s Malayali star Sajana Sajeev (one in three balls) also failed to shine yesterday.
2024-03-16 19:39:00
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