Led by the inspirational Meg Lanning, the in-form Delhi Capitals hope to take on the brave Royal Challengers Bangalore in Sunday’s pinnacle showdown at the Arun Jaitley Stadium Team (Royal Challengers Bangalore), got second luck and won the Women’s Super League championship for the first time. After missing out on the title in the inaugural edition of the WPL last year and losing to Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets in the final, DC looks a whole new side this year. DC are in superb form this year, sitting atop the five-team table with 12 points from eight games.
Lanning leads DC with 308 runs in eight innings while South African all-rounder Marizanne Kapp and Australian left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen top the team with 11 scalps each The highest wicket.
DC’s only two losses this season were against Mumbai Indians and UP Warriorz. Those two games aside, they had a near-perfect season.
They will certainly be favorites heading into the final, having never lost to RCB in four meetings.
But having said that, past results mean almost nothing in the finals. It will be a new day and the team that can withstand the pressure and expectations will lift the trophy.
DC will be hoping the explosive Shafali Verma can give them a fast start alongside Lanning.
Jemimah Rodrigues has performed well in midfield but Lanning will be hoping for more from the likes of all-rounders Alice Capsey and Kapp.
In terms of bowling, Jonathan has been the star player but the likes of Kapp and Shikhar Pandey have also contributed.
Left-arm spinner Radha Yadav also performed well with 10 wickets and the home team will surely rely heavily on the spinners in the relatively slow conditions at the Kotla Stadium.
RCB, on the other hand, had an inconsistent performance in the league stage, picking up just 8 points in as many matches, but they delivered at crucial moments to eliminate defending champions MI by 5 points in the knockout round on Friday.
All-rounder Ellyse Perry will be key to RCB’s success on Sunday as the Australian, apart from being the top run-scorer with 312 runs, is also impressive with his ball-handling ability and his steals Took 7 wickets.
If not for Perry’s all-around performance against MI on Friday, the outcome might have been different. She started with a crucial 50-ball 66 and then returned with figures of 1/29, playing a key role in RCB’s journey to the final.
But Perry will look to captain Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine, Richa Ghosh and bat Sophie Molyneux (Sophie Molineux) and others for more support.
However, if RCB wants to stop DC, they will need efforts from the bowlers, especially Renuka Singh, Shreyanka Patil, Georgia Wareham ) and others.
All in all, this will be a tight contest, with the balance tilting slightly in favor of host Washington.
Team (from): Delhi Capitals: Tania Bhatia (WK), Laura Harris, Meg Lanning (C), Jemimah Rodriguez Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Marizanne Kapp, Shikha Pandey, Annabel Sather Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonassen, Minnu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Titas Sadhu , Radha Yadav, Ashwani Kumari, Aparna Mondal, V. Sneha Deepti.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Richa Ghosh (wk), Disha Kasat, Smriti Mandhana (c), Sabbhineni Meghana, Indrani Roy, Satheesh Shubha, Heather Knight, Simran Bahadur, Nadine de Klerk, Sophie Devine, Shreyanka Patil, Ellyse Perry, Asha Sobhana , Ekta Bisht, Kate Cross, Sophie Molyneux, Shraddha Pokkar, Renuka Singh, Georgia Wareham.
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