WPL | Smriti’s blistering knock blistering knock makes it a cakewalk for RCB

Smriti Mandhana en route her 47-ball 81.
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru landed right here with out a few of its key gamers. That isn’t exhibiting, although.

Smriti Mandhana’s ladies got here up with a close to good efficiency on Monday evening to put up their second win in as many matches within the third version of the WPL. After bowling out Delhi Capitals for 141, RCB romped residence with eight wickets and three.4 overs to spare.

Smriti was certainly main from the entrance. After marshalling the troops nicely within the subject, she got here up with a scintillating knock (81, 47b, 10×4, 3×6) to entertain one other glorious crowd on the BCA Stadium.

The fashionable left-hander performed some pleasing strokes, akin to a stunning pull off Marizanne Kapp, as she constructed a 107-run partnership for the opening wicket with Danni Wyatt-Hodge (42, 33b, 7×4). The duo batted Capitals out of the match.

Earlier, it was but once more Renuka Singh that led the RCB assault on what’s quick turning out to be considered one of her favorite searching grounds. She eliminated the harmful Shafali Verma for a first-ball duck. The opener was a bit too formidable: she got here down the observe and gave a snug catch to mid-off, failing to center what was solely the second ball of the match.

However a second-wicket stand of 59 between skipper Meg Lanning (17) and Jemimah Rodrigues (34, 22b, 4×4, 2×6) raised hopes for the Capitals. And Jemimah was trying in good contact too, together with her nimble footwork and candy timing, as DC raced to 55 for one within the PowerPlay.

However within the very subsequent over a pointy piece of labor behind the wicket by Richa Ghosh had a reverse-sweeping Jemimah stumped off Georgia Wareham.

The next over noticed Lanning falling to a tumbling Ellyse Perry close to the rope on the square-leg boundary.

From 60 for one, DC slumped to 105 for six. There was no redemption for Lanning’s ladies on this evening.