WPL Live: Devine Departs But Mandhana Solid For 1-Down RCB In Chase vs DC

WPL Live: OUT

OUT!!! Big breakthrough for DC as Tara Norris removes Ellyse Perry for 31. Perry completely fails to judge Norris’ delivery as the balls rattles up the leg-stump and RCB lose their third wicket in the chase. 

RCB 89/3 (10.3 overs)

WPL Live: Back-to-back fours

FOUR!!! Ellyse Perry keeps the momentum towards RCB as she hits three back-to-back boundaries on Radha Yadav’s delivery. The first one comes after she she finds the gap between the mid-wicket. The second one comes after she places a short towards the square leg boundary while the third one was onto the covers. Brilliant batting from Perry. 

RCB 86/2 (9.4 overs)

WPL Live: FOUR

FOUR!! Disha Kasat joins the party and smashes a boundary on Marizanne Kapp’s delivery. Kasat makes a good use of the short length delivery and places a shot towards the fine-leg for a four. 

RCB 72/2 (9 overs)

WPL Live: FOUR

FOUR!!! Ellyse Perry joins the party and smashes a boundary off Radha Yadav’s delivery. She brilliantly finds the gap between the cover and cover point and steals four runs. RCB have lost two wickets and now eye a stable partnership. 

RCB 64/2 (7.5 overs)

WPL Live: OUT

OUT!!! Big blow for RCB as Alice Capsey strikes again and removes Smriti Mandhana for 35. Mandhana tries to go for a big shot but Shikha Pandey takes a brilliant catch at the short fine leg as RCB lose their second wicket. Good piece of bowling from Capsey. 

RCB 57/2 (6.3 overs)

WPL Live: FOUR

FOUR!!! Smriti Mandhana keeps the momentum towards RCB as she hits another boundary off Jess Jonassen’s delivery. She delivers a lofted drive towards the mid-off and gets a one-bounce four. RCB aim to cross the line from here. 

RCB 51/1 (5.1 overs)

WPL Live: OUT

OUT!!! DC finally take a sigh of relief as Alice Capsey removes Sophie Devine for 14. Devine tries to go for a big shot but Shafali Verma takes a brilliant catch at the mid-off. The third umpire reviewed it and Devine had to depart. Big loss for RCB as a strong partnership gets broken. 

RCB 41/1 (4.2 overs)

WPL Live: Back-to-back fours

FOUR!!! Smriti Mandhana hits back-to-back boundaries on Jess Jonassen’s delivery. The first one comes after she slogs sweep it over the mid-wicket for a one-bounce four while the second one comes after she makes a good use of the vacant slip. 

RCB 41/0 (4 overs)

WPL Live: Big over for RCB

Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Devine brilliantly thrash Shikha Pandey and steals 14 runs off her previous over. Devine smashes two Perfect boundaries on her delivery and give RCB a brilliant start in the chase. 

RCB 31/0 (3 overs)

WPL Live: FOUR

FOUR!!! Smriti Mandhana continues her carnage and brings the momentum towards RCB as she places another boundary off Marizanne Kapp’s delivery. RCB moves ahead with a great start to their chase. 

RCB 17/0 (1.5 overs)

WPL Live: SIX

SIX!!! Smriti Mandhana hits a huge maximum off Marizanne Kapp’s delivery. Mandhana unleashes a shot towards the long-off as the ball goes straight into the crowd. 

RCB 13/0 (1.3 overs)

WPL Live: FOUR

FOUR!!! Smriti Madhana welcomes Marizanne Kapp with a brilliant boundary. She leans forward and smashes it hard over Kapp’s head as the ball goes for a one-bounce four. Good start from Mandhana. 

RCB 7/0 (1.1 overs)

WPL Live: Good over from Shikha

Shikha Pandey successfully controls the flow of runs as she leaks only three run in the first over. RCB need to fire as soon so possible as they are chasing a whopping target of 224 in 120 balls. 

RCB 3/0 (1 overs)

WPL Live: We are back

Hello and welcome back to the second innings of the WPL match between DC and RCB. RCB need 224 runs to win from 120 balls. Smriti  Mandhana and Sophie Devine will be opening for RCB while Shikha Pandey will be bowling the first over for RCB. 

WPL Live: DC 223/2 in 20 overs

Delhi Capitals finish their innings at 223/2 with Marizanne Kapp (39*) and Jemimah Rodrigues (22*) standing unbeaten at the crease. Earlier, Shafali Verma (84) and Meg Lanning (72) gave a brilliant start to DC. For RCB, Heather Knight scalped two wickets. 

WPL Live: FOUR

FOUR!!! Marizanne Kapp hits another boundary on Megan Schutt’s delivery. Kapp makes a good use of the full-toss ball and smashe sit hard towards the leg-side and steals four runs. 

DC 216/2 (19.3 overs)

WPL Live: SIX

SIX!!! Marizanne Kapp takes DC across the 200-run mark as she hits a huge maximum on Heather Knight’s delivery. Kapp moves out of the crease and hammers the shot towards the deep mid-wicket for a six. Huge one from Kapp.

DC 202/2 (18.2 overs)

WPL Live: FOUR

FOUR!!! Marizanne Kapp hits another boundary on Megan Schutt’s delivery. She finds a gap between the short third and the backward point as the ball goes across the boundary rope. 

DC 193/2 (17.3 overs)

WPL Live: Back-to-back fours

Jemimah Rodrigues joins the party and hits two back-to-back boundaries off Preeti Bose’s delivery. The first one comes after she places a shot beside the wicketkeeper as the ball goes for a four. The second one comes after she lofts it inside out over extra cover.

WPL Live: SIX

SIX!!! Marizanne Kapp hits a huge maximum on Ellyse Perry’s delivery and keeps the momentum towards DC. She moves out of the crease and hits it hard as the ball goes straight into the crowd. 

DC 177/2 (16 overs)

WPL Live: OUT

OUT!!! Heather Knight strikes again in the same over as she removes Shafali Verma for 84. Shafali tries to go for a big hit but the ball hits the outside edge of the bat and lands safely into the hands of Richa Ghosh behind the stumps. Another breakthrough for RCB. 

DC 163/2 (14.5 overs)

WPL Live: OUT

OUT!!! RCB finally take a sigh of relief as Heather Knight removes Meg Lanning for 72. Lanning gets bamboozled by Knight’s spin as the ball cleans up the middle and the leg stump. Finally, RCB get a breakthrough as DC lose their first wicket. 

DC 162/1 (14.3 overs)

WPL Live: FOUR

FOUR!!! Meg Lanning hits another boundary off Heather Knight’s delivery. She makes a good use of the full toss delivery as she bends down and sweeps it over the square leg for a four. 

DC 157/0 (14.1 overs)

WPL Live: FOUR

FOUR!!!! Shafali Verma turns out to be lucky as her mishit also goes for a boundary. Ellyse Perry’s delivery hits the thick edge of Shafali’s bat and goes for a bizarre four on the leg-side. Shafali crosses the 80-run mark. 

DC 151/0 (13.4 overs)

WPL Live: FOUR

FOUR!! Meg Lanning gives a strong support to Shafali Verma as she steals another boundary from Preeti Bose. She hits it hard towards the square of the off-side and gets four runs. Brilliant batting from Lanning. 

DC 139/0 (12.1 overs)

WPL Live: Back-to-back fours

FOUR!!! Shafali Verma is roaring like a wild fire as she gets two back-to-back boundaries on Renuka Singh’s delivery. The first one comes after she bends down and slogs it over the deep mid-wicket while the second one comes after she makes a good use of the full delivery. 

DC 135/0 (12 overs)

WPL Live: FOUR

FOUR!!! RCB in deep trouble as Shafali Verma continues her powerful hitting. She hits another boundary off Renuka Singh’s delivery. She places a shot at the backward of square leg and finds a gap between two fielders and steals four runs. 

WPL Live: Fifty for Lanning

After Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning also brings up her half-century off 30 balls. She hits a brilliant boundary off Heather Knight’s delivery to cross 50-run mark. Beautiful piece of batting from the DC openers as they have given a fantastic start to their side. 

DC 111/0 (10.3 overs)

WPL Live: Fifty for Shafali

Shafali Verma takes a single and brings up her half-century off 31 balls. With this, DC also cross the 100-run mark and now aim for a big total in the rest of the innings. On the other hand, Meg Lanning is standing unbeaten at 46*. 

DC 100/0 (9.4 overs)

WPL Live: 22 runs off the over

Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma brutally thrash Asha Shobana as she leaks 22 runs overs off her previous over. Shafali is standing unbeaten at 49 while Lanning is batting at 41. 

DC 94/0 (9 overs)

WPL Live: Back-to-back boundaries

Shafali Verma thrashes Asha Shobana as she hits back-to-back six and four in her over. She brilliantly hammers over Shobana’s head as the ball goes sailing over the fence. The boundary came after she places a shot towards the deep mid-wicket. Shafali on the cusp of her half-century

DC 82/0 (8.2 overs)

WPL Live: FOUR

FOUR!!! Meg Lanning inches closer towards her fifty with a brilliant boundary. She finds the gap in the covers as the ball comfortably races towards the boundary rope. 

DC 68/0 (7.1 overs)

WPL Live: Good comeback from RCB

After a brutal tharshing of Sophie Devine with 20 runs in one over, Asha Shobana gives a sigh of relief to RCB as she leaks only 7 runs in her previous over. Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning are taking DC ahead in the game with their attacking style. 

DC 64/0 (7 overs)

WPL Live: FOUR

FOUR!!! Meg Lanning continues her carnage as she gets a boundary off Asha Shobana’s delivery. She hits it towards the square of the on-side as the ball crosses the boundary rope. Brilliant batting from Lanning. 

DC 61/0 (6.1 overs)

WPL Live: Back-to-back fours

Meg Lanning hits two back-to-back boundaries on Sophie Devine’s delivery. The first one comes after she leans across and hits it hard towards the off-side for a four. The second one comes after she hammers it to the square of the off-side as DC cross the 50-run mark.

DC 52/0 (5.3 overs)

WPL Live: FOUR

FOUR!!! Shafali Verma continues the carnage as she hits another boundary off Sophie Devine’s delivery. She leans across and unleashes a shot towards the mid-wicket as the ball goes for a four. 

DC 42/0 (5.1 overs)

WPL Live: FOUR

FOUR!!! Shafali Verma keeps the momentum towards DC as she hits another boundary off Ellyse Perry’s delivery. Verma perfectly places a drive towards the deep extra cover as the ball comfortably crosses the boundary line. 

DC 36/0 (4.4 overs)

WPL Live: SIX

SIX!!!  Shafali Verma hits the first six of the day off Preeti Bose’s delivery. She cracks it hard towards the long-off as the ball goes sailing over the fence. What a batting from Verma as DC now eye a big total. 

DC 28/0 (3.1 overs)

WPL Live: FOUR

FOUR!!! Meg Lanning hits another boundary on Renuka Singh’s delivery. Lanning uses the pace and hammers it hard over backward square leg as it goes for a one-bounce four. 

DC 22/0 (2.4 overs)

WPL Live: Back-to-back fours

Meg Lanning joins the party and smashes two back-to-back boundaries on Megan Schutt’s delivery. The first one comes after she makes a brilliant use of the short delivery and hammers a shot towards the on-side for a four. The second one comes after she places a short on the third man. 

DC 17/0 (2 overs)