Delhi Capitals women take on RCB Women in match 17 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday, March 10. This is the reverse fixture between the two sides in WPL 2024.
Delhi Capitals are topping the table despite their loss against UP WArriorz in the last game. Delhi lost to UP after four back-to-back wins.RCB despite their loss against Gujarat Giants in their previous game have managed to hold onto the third spot.
Date and Venue
The Delhi Capitals Women vs RCB Women WPL 2024 match will be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on March 10. The match starts at 7.30 pm IST. Delhi will host 13 matches this season including the Eliminator and the Final.
Delhi Capitals Women vs RCB Women Match Preview- WPL 2024, Match 17
Delhi Capitals Women
Delhi Capitals women’s four-match winning streak was ended by the Warriorz in the last game with a their brilliant 1-run win. This is their third game in Delhi. Heading into this game, they have defeated Mumbai Indians women who lost to UP Warriorz in their previous two games.
The team is playing almost flawless cricket with the players putting their hands up. Different players have put their hands up in different games, making Delhi a complete side.
However, their batting collapse in the previous game against UP has now given the opposition teams an area to target for the Delhi Capitals. The batting lineup has been very dependent on their skipper Meg Lanning. Once she was out on the 14th over, the entire batting lineup rolled over inside the next six overs.
Delhi Capitals Women’s Squad
Meg Lanning(c), Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Taniya Bhatia(w), Arundhati Reddy, Titas Sadhu, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Minnu Mani, Ashwani Kumari, Aparna Mondal, Sneha Deepthi, Annabel Sutherland, Laura Harris, Poonam Yadav
Royal Challengers Bangalore Women
RCB ended the Bengaluru leg with a thumping win over the UP Warriorz. However, their loss to Gujarat Giants in their first match in Delhi has made this match almost a must-win for the side to stay alive in the tournament. RCB Women have never beaten DC women in the WPL so far. They lost two games last season and came second in a high-scoring encounter in their previous meeting in Bengaluru.
RCB women have played the last two games without any changes to their playing XI. A change in the batting order ensured that they had enough batting depth but they failed to chase 200 against the Giants. With the ball, Rebuka Singh has picked up just two wickets in this season so far. Smriti Mandhana will hope her strike bowlers strike form in the next match.
RCB Women Squad
Smriti Mandhana (C), Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry, Nadine de Klerk, Indrani Roy, Shradda Pokharkar, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Sophie Devine, Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross, Ekta Bisht, Shubha Satheesh, S Meghana, Simran Bahadur, Sophie Molineux
Key Battles
Smriti Mandhana vs Jess Jonassen
Smriti has a weakness against spin bowling something that Ashleigh Gardner showed in the last match. She has fallen to spin more often than not in her career, something that the Delhi spinner might want to exploit.
Meg Lanning vs Renuka Singh
The lead RCB bowler needs to strike form and dismiss the Delhi Capitals skipper Meg Lanning. Lanning has the most runs in the WPL history and if she fires on Sunday, it might well be curtains for RCB.
Shafali Verma and Jemimah Rodrigues vs Asha Shobana
The two Delhi batters like to go hard against the spinners. This is where it will be a key battle between Shafali and Jemimah against someone like Sobhana Asha. RCB also have Sophie Molineux in their ranks who can be used against the duo.
Key Players
For RCB Women, skipper Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine, Elysse Perry, and Indian bowlers Renuka Singh and Asha Shobana are the key players.
FOR DC Women, Lanning, Shafali Varma, and Jemimah Rodrigues are key with the bat. With the ball, Marizanne Kapp, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, and Jess Jonassen will be the key players.
Weather and Pitch
The weather conditions will be around 20 degrees in the evening with partly cloudy skies. However, the good thing is there is no chance of rain. There has been no significant impact of dew in Delhi in the first few games.
Talking about the pitch, its significant low bounce has been one of its main characteristics in the initial games. It might be one of the reasons why batters have found it tough to chase in the second innings.
Conclusion
RCB Women have never beaten DC women in the WPL so far. Delhi, on the other hand, are on a five-match winning streak heading into this one. This match has all the ingredients of being a humdinger of a contest.
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