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WPL Final: Average start to the tournament, hairline fracture but RCB’s Shreyanka Patil shines like a diamond

The first thing that strikes you about Shreyanka Patil, beyond her excellent skills as a bowler, is the confidence with which she carries herself. It made Ellyse Perry, the greatest allrounder the game has seen, gush about her during the first season of Women’s Premier League.“To see her come out and bat the way that she does, but then obviously her bowling talent…,” Perry gushed. “She’s a real special star for the future. I haven’t seen someone like that of her age around the world for a long time, with that kind of skill and just attitude. So, that’s really cool.” Fast forward a year, and Shreyanka has finished the second season with the Purple Cap as Royal Challengers Bangalore were crowned champions of WPL 2024 on Sunday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. With figures of 4/12 in the final...
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DC vs RCB Live Score, WPL 2024 Final: Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma kickstart Delhi’s innings

Smriti Mandhana’s RCB or Meg Lanning’s Delhi Capitals – who will win the franchise’s first T20 league title in India? Smriti Mandhana (L) and Meg Lanning were in a light-hearted mood ahead of the WPL final (Photo: Vinayakk M / Express) The second Women’s Premier League final on Sunday will end a long wait, either way. For starters, neither a Delhi franchise nor Royal Challengers Bangalore have won a title in the Indian Premier League. That will change at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, but it also remains a point of trivia as the teams involved in the title clash have very little to do with that history. It is the here and now that both Smriti Mandhana and Meg Lanning chose to focus on. After qualifying for the playoffs, Mandhana came up with a statement that reminded one of David Fincher’s ...
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DC vs RCB Live Score, WPL Final 2024: Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine off to a steady start after Delhi Capitals fold for 113

LIVE NOWTHE TIMES OF INDIA | Mar 17, 2024, 21:44:16 ISTDelhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Live Score Updates: Delhi Capitals captain Meg Lanning has won the toss and elected to bat first against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final of Women's Premier League (WPL) 2024 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday. Delhi Capitals have the upper hand over RCB in the head-to-head record for this season, at 2-0. Out of ten matches at the stadium in this edition of the tournament, teams batting first have won seven times, while sides batting second have emerged victorious thrice. After winning the toss, Meg said her team are unchanged from their previous game. “We will bat tonight, feel that's the best chance to win the game. The pitch looks good and we'll have to bat well. What has h...
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WPL Final: Maiden title beckons Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: It has been a thrilling second season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL). Close games, high-octane batting, sixes galore, and near sell-out crowds have highlighted the tournament. It could’ve been a repeat of last year’s final with Delhi Capitals once again taking on Mumbai Indians. But, Smriti Mandhana-led Royal Challengers Bangalore pulled off a heist and snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in the Eliminator against MI on Friday. It means Mandhana’s RCB will face Meg Lanning’s DC at a jam-packed Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday. Interestingly, the male counterparts of both teams have not won the IPL since its inception. Therefore, whoever lifts the 2024 WPL trophy – Mandhana or Lanning – it will end the long-awaited title drought for both franchises. DC, who were runner...
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WPL 2024 Final: Smriti Mandhana and Meg Lanning’s sides have history on the line, but insist on the here and now

The second Women’s Premier League final on Sunday will end a long wait, either way. For starters, neither a Delhi franchise nor Royal Challengers Bangalore have won a title in the Indian Premier League. That will change at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, but it also remains a point of trivia as the teams involved in the title clash have very little to do with that history. It is the here and now that both Smriti Mandhana and Meg Lanning chose to focus on. After qualifying for the playoffs, Mandhana came up with a statement that reminded one of David Fincher’s Fight Club. The only goal was to not talk about the goal, she’d say. Before the final, she elaborated: “It was very important for us to not connect anything with the men’s side because it brings a lot of pressure with it. The idea was to...
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If you are hot keep that going: Ravi Shastri’s advice to Virat Kohli | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli's 'bat-deep' approach has triggered the latest debate in the cricketing circles with the experts questioning whether such style of play is still suited in T20s. Opining on the matter, former India coach Ravi Shastri advised Kohli to not drop his tempo of his innings after getting a start. Citing the example of Delhi Capitals' Phil Salt innings, Shastri said that Kohli should try and up the ante once he has got a start. Kohli's approach was questioned after he made 55 off 46 balls in a losing cause against Delhi Capitals at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Saturday night.It was his sixth fifty plus score of the season but the pace of his innings probably cost the team another 20 runs.Asked if the under-performing RCB middle-order is forcing Kohli to play deep, Shastri told ...
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Virat Kohli, Sourav Ganguly bury the hatchet with a handshake | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Star batsman Virat Kohli and former India cricketer Sourav Ganguly have finally buried the hatchet. After the match between the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Delhi Capitals on Saturday, Virat and Ganguly were seen shaking hands.In the last match between these two franchises in Bengaluru, the former BCCI chief, and the star India batter had not shaken hands. The incident raised many eyebrows. There were rumours that the two legends had unfollowed each other on Instagram.01:53Salt assault keeps Delhi Capitals alive in IPLHowever, putting to rest all speculations around their personal equations, both players shook hands and were seen having a conversation at the end of a thrilling clash.1/10DC vs RCB IPL 2023: Philip Salt ruins Virat Kohli's homecomingShow Captions<p>...
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Countering Mohammed Siraj was the key, says David Warner | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals registered an emphatic seven-wicket win over visiting Royal Challengers Bangalore in Delhi on Saturday. After the win, DC captain David Warner said that the strategy was to target the pace ace Mohammed Siraj and just "take him on".DC cruised to a crushing win over RCB with Phil Salt playing a fiery innings of 87 runs and middle-order batter Rilee Rossouw chipping in with an unbeaten 35.Chasing 182 for victory, Delhi Capitals achieved the target for the loss of three wickets with 20 balls to spare.Countering Siraj was the key and both Warner and Salt went after the RCB pace spearhead from the word go, smashing him for 28 runs in two overs. Siraj never came back to bowl his full quota.1/10DC vs RCB IPL 2023: Philip Salt ruins Virat Kohli's homecomingShow Captions...
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Watch: Sourav Ganguly and Virat Kohli shake hands, put rift speculations to rest after DC beat RCB

Delhi Capitals Director of Cricket Sourav Ganguly and Royal Challengers Bangalore’s star batter Virat Kohli shook hands putting the speculations of a rift to rest on Saturday night after RCB lost to DC by 7 wickets. In their previous encounter earlier in the tournament in Bangalore, various videos suggested that the duo did not shake hands after the game. Multiple reports also suggested that both have unfollowed each other on the Instagram. The alleged source of friction between Ganguly and Kohli dates back to last year when the latter stepped down from captaincy, and the former was still BCCI president. एक्शन का रिएक्शन ऐसा होना चाहिए. यही लीजेंड की पहचान होती है. happy for Sourav Ganguly….#IPL2O23 #SouravGanguly #DelhiCapitals #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/gf8KWsngLY — Shivam शिवम (@sh...
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Countering Siraj was the key, we’re looking like a good team now: David Warner

Delhi Capitals skipper David Warner on Saturday said his team was wearing the look of a winning unit after the seven-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL, and that the strategy was to target the rivals’ pace ace Mohammed Siraj and just “take him on”. The home team scored a thumping win against RCB at the Feroz Shah Kotla with England cricketer Phil Salt playing a fiery innings of 87 runs and middle-order batter Rilee Rossouw chipping in with an unbeaten 35. Chasing 182 for victory, Delhi Capitals achieved the target for the loss of three wickets with 20 balls to spare. Countering Siraj was the key and both Warner and Salt went after the RCB pace spearhead from the word go, smashing him for 28 runs in two overs. Siraj never came back to bowl his full quota. “It was abso...
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IPL 2023: Philip Salt gives RCB wounds after Virat Kohli show at Kotla

By the time RCB ended on 181 for 4, it was already getting clear that it was not far from a par score as the pitch didn’t play as sluggish as it was expected. It once again led the focus to a mid-innings slowdown from Virat Kohli and RCB. With dew affecting the spinners, Salt ensured Delhi Capitals cruised in the chase with more than three overs to spare. Salt’s assault Among the many, a major crisis for the Delhi Capitals this season had been a string of poor starts leading to implosions of the batting order. On Saturday however, chasing 182 on the dry and slow patch at Kotla, the DC openers went offensive against a fairly successful RCB bowling attack from the word go. Adding 60 runs in the first five overs, David Warner and Phil Salt had managed to give the home side a hefty advanta...
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Want to put my head down and work hard: Virat Kohli on 7000-run milestone | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: As Virat Kolhi became the first batter to get to the elusive 7000-run mark in the IPL, the run-machine termed it just 'another milestone' and said he wants to put his head down and continue to work hard. On his homecoming to Ferozeshah Kotla, where he began his cricket journey, Kohli shined with a 46-ball 55 for his sixth half century of the season to guide Royal Challengers Bangalore to a strong 181 for 4 against Delhi Capitals. Kohli was playing in his 233rd match since the inception of the IPL in 2008 when he reached the 7000-run milestone. He had come into match with 6,988 runs from 232 matches."7000 runs is just another milestone during the journey of what I'm trying to do for my team. It's a nice number when you try to do something for your team," Kohli said after his l...
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IPL 2023: DC vs RCB | Phil Salt’s assault takes Delhi to win over Bangalore

Phil Salt came up with an outrageous display of ball striking as Delhi Capitals kept themselves alive in the Indian Premier League with a thumping seven-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in New Delhi on May 6.Virat Kohli (55 off 56) completed his ‘homecoming’ with a landmark fifty before Mahipal Lomror (54 not out off 29) came up with a career-best knock to take Royal Challengers Bangalore to 181 for four. Needing to win every game from here on to have a shot at a play-off berth, Delhi’s overseas batters played fearlessly to gun down the total in 16.4 overs.Besides Salt’s sensational 87 off 45 balls, David Warner (22 off 14), Mitchell Marsh (26 off 17) and Rilee Rossouw (29 not out off 21) produced timely cameos.It was Delhi’s second consecutive win and they need to win their ...
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DC vs RCB, IPL 2023: Tough task to win all games, says Delhi Capitals’ bowling coach James Hopes | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: With 3 wins in 9 games, Delhi Capitals are languishing at the bottom of the IPL 2023 points table. Delhi Capitals' fast bowling coach James Hopes said it will be "tough task" for the side to win all of their remaining games to qualify for the playoffs."We know we have to win all of our five games to qualify for the playoffs. It's a tough ask, but we've won three of our last four games. There is confidence within the group. We certainly expect more from our batters, but there's still hope and fight in this team, which one will see in our next game," Hopes said.01:05IPL 2023: Kotla awaits run-machine Virat Kohli's homecomingDelhi Capitals will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday.Hopes said DC will look to restrict RCB to a "manageable" sc...
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IPL 2023, DC vs RCB | Kuldeep-inspired DC spin attack restricts RCB to 174/6

Delhi Capitals bowler Kuldeep Yadav celebrates with teammates after the wicket of Royal Challengers Bangalore batter Glenn Maxwell during the IPL 2023 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals, at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Saturday, April 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Kuldeep Yadav led the charge in the middle overs as Delhi Capitals spinners restricted Royal Challengers Bangalore to 174 for six in their Indian Premier League match here on April 15.In pursuit of their first win of the tournament, bottom-placed DC found the going tough after inserting RCB in.RCB were going all guns blazing as Virat Kohli (50 off 34 balls) slammed his third fifty of the tournament and Glenn Maxwell (24 off 14 balls; 3x6) was in a six-hitting spree.But the DC spin trio...
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WPL 2023: Lanning hails Kapp, Jonassen for their calmness in Delhi’s close win over RCB | Cricket News – Times of India

Delhi Capitals' (DC) skipper Meg Lanning hailed batters Marizanne Kapp and Jess Jonassen for holding their nerves in the team's close win over Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Women's Premier League (WPL) on Monday. Delhi beat RCB by six wickets, but the match went into the final over of the evening as DC chased down Bangalore's 150/4 in 19.4 overs at the DY Patil Sports Academy.Kapp remained unbeaten on a run-a-ball 32 and Jonassen on 29 off 15 balls as the duo added 45 runs for the fifth wicket en route to the win. After being invited to bat first, a fighting fifty (67 not out off 52) by Ellyse Perry along with Richa Ghosh's quickfire knock (37 off 16) Bangalore to 150/4 in 20 overs.In reply, Alice Capsey (38 off 24) and Jemimah Rodrigues (32 off 28) set up Delhi's chase befor...
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WPL 2023: Delhi Capitals hand Royal Challengers Bangalore fifth consecutive loss in WPL

WPL 2023: Royal Challengers Bangalore succumbed to a fifth consecutive defeat in the Women’s Premier League on Monday night as Delhi Capitals clinched a six-wicket win in a tense finish. Chasing 151 on what turned out to be a challenging surface to bat on, Delhi Capitals were guided by the pair of Jess Jonassen (29 not out) and Marizanne Kapp (32 not out), who produced an all-round show. After delivering a superb 4-0-17-0 in the first half, Kapp guided Delhi past the finish line with an unbeaten 32 not out from as many balls, laced with three fours and one six. Jonassen smacked Renuka Singh for a six and a four to finish off the game with two balls to spare, reaching 29 not out off 15 balls with four fours and one hit over the fence. Delhi Capitals scored 154/4 in 19.4 overs. Delhi Capi...
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‘I was pretty nervous at the start’: Delhi Capitals’ Tara Norris after five-wicket haul

Delhi Capitals’ left-arm seamer Tara Norris picked the first five-wicket haul of the Women’s Premier League against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. Only player from the associate nations 🇺🇲 to be a part of the #TATAWPL First fifer of the tournament 🖐🏻👏🏻@Tara_norris98 has got us going Ta-ra-ra-ra 🎶😉 – By @28anand #RCBvDC | @DelhiCapitals pic.twitter.com/jKs0ucstnS — Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) March 6, 2023 The USA player scalped the all-important wicket of Australian star all-rounder Ellyse Perry at a crucial stage of the game which helped the Capitals to take all two points. Norris later picked up the wickets of Disha Kasat, Richa Ghosh and Kanika Ahuja. She later came back in the end to dismiss England skipper Heather Knight. Court...
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‘Nervous’ Shafali Verma credits Meg Lanning for helping her calm down | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Shafali Verma hit a sizzling 45-ball 84 in Delhi Capitals campaign opener against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Mumbai on Saturday. Shafali's explosive 162-run partnership with her opening partner and skipper Meg Lanning helped Delhi cruise to a commanding 60-run victory. After the match Shafali admitted that she was nervous at the start but Lanning played a pivotal role in calming her down. Delhi Capitals piled up an imposing 223 for two on a batter-friendly track as Shafali and Lanning (72) toyed with the RCB attack."I was a bit nervous at the start. The experience of playing with Lanning was good, she's a good friend of mine and she told me to be responsible with the bat," Shafali said at the post-match presentation ceremony.Shafali managed just 102 runs with a best of 33...
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American Tara Norris grabs first fifer of WPL | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: American pacer Tara Norris on Sunday etched her name in history books, becoming the first bowler to grab a fifer in Women's Premier League. Norris' feat came in Delhi Capitals tournament opener against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Match 2 at the Brabourne Stadium.The first bowler to take a fifer in the #TATAWPL USA's Tara Norris 🫡Remember the name! 👏👏Follow the match ▶️… https://t.co/pmBF0SjHmc— Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) 1678021880000The 24-year-old ripped apart RCB's middle-order in steep chase of 224 as Delhi beat Smriti Mandhana and co. by 60 runs to to open their campaign on the winning noteNorris' wickets included Ellyse Perry (31), Disha Kasat (9), Richa Ghosh (2), Heather Knight (34) and Kanika Ahuja (0) as she finished with superb figures of 4-0-29-5.Al...