Women’s Premier League 2023: Delhi Capitals have had a great start in the Women’s Premier League. The Delhi team has made many records in its first match. The second match of this tournament is being played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals. In this match, RCB captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and decided to bowl first, but Delhi’s openers proved her decision completely wrong. Let us tell you the report of the first innings of this match.
Delhi has made a record by scoring 223 runs in its first match of WPL history against RCB. The Delhi team made a mountain of 223 runs by losing only 2 wickets in 20 overs. The biggest contribution in reaching this score has been given by the openers of Delhi. Delhi’s opener batsman captain Mag Lanning and Shefali Verma had taken the team towards a big score by sharing 162 runs in just 14.3 overs for the first wicket.
Two great partnerships took him past 200
After that, Marijn Cap, who came to bat at number three, and Jemimah Rodrigues, who came at number four, played unbeaten innings of 39 runs in 17 balls and 22 runs in 15 balls respectively, not only taking the team’s score beyond 200 but also the highest score ever. Means reached to 223 runs. There was a partnership of 60 runs in just 31 balls for the fourth wicket between these two.
Now it has to be seen how the RCB team under the leadership of Smriti Mandhana chases such a big score. Although, there is more than one batsman in RCB’s team too, but still it will not be easy for them to chase such a big score.
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