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DC vs RCB, WPL Highlights: Delhi Capitals end RCB’s winning streak with commanding 7-wicket victory
After choosing to field, Delhi struck early and applied relentless pressure through the middle overs. Smriti Mandhana stood tall for RCB with a well-paced 38 off 34 balls, but found little support from the other end. Grace Harris fell early, and the middle order collapsed as DC’s bowlers mixed pace and length intelligently. Radha Yadav’s brief cameo of 18 was the only other notable contribution as RCB slipped from a steady start to 78 for 5 and were eventually bowled out for 109.
Nandani Sharma was the standout with three wickets, while Kapp, Minnu Mani and Chinelle Henry consistently hit the right areas to choke the scoring. The fielding effort further tightened the screws, ensuring RCB never recovered momentum.
Delhi’s reply was briefly unsettled by the early dismissals of Shafali Verma and Lizelle Lee, but the calm presence of Laura Wolvaardt restored order. The South African batter paced her innings beautifully, remaining unbeaten on 42. Jemimah Rodrigues complemented her with a composed 24 as the pair added 52 runs for the third wicket.
With the target in sight, Marizanne Kapp sealed the win in style, striking the boundary that completed a commanding chase with 26 balls remaining. The result pushed Delhi to second on the points table and breathed fresh life into their season, while RCB were forced to regroup after their first stumble.
Shreyanka Patil to Jemimah Rodrigues, Short and around off, Jemi stabs it out towards extra cover for one.
Shreyanka Patil to Jemimah Rodrigues, Floated, shortish and on middle, Jemimah pats it back to the bowler.
Shreyanka Patil to Jemimah Rodrigues, DROPPED! Would you believe it? RCB has put down another chance here. Flatter, full and around middle. Jemimah Rodrigues gets down on a knee to swipe it but cannot get under it and hits it flat and aerially straight towards mid-wicket. Gautami Naik gets low but cannot hold on to that.
Shreyanka Patil to Jemimah Rodrigues, Fuller and around leg, Jemi glances it towards short fine.
- Laura Wolvaardt 20 (20)
- Jemimah Rodrigues 19 (18)
Nadine De Klerk to Laura Wolvaardt, Touch fuller and on middle, Laura tucks it away towards short mid-wicket. 10 from the over, going steadily are DC.
Nadine De Klerk to Laura Wolvaardt, FOUR! An excellent effort but it goes in vain! Short of a length and just outside off, Laura Wolvaardt tries to cut it away but gets a thick outside edge that flies towards short third. Lauren Bell leaps high and tries to grab it with her outstretched right hand but it just bursts through and goes away for a boundary. If Bell can't reach it, no one can.
Nadine De Klerk to Jemimah Rodrigues, On a length and on middle, angling in. Jemi misses her flick and Ghosh only manages to parry it away. A bye taken.
Nadine De Klerk to Jemimah Rodrigues, FOUR! Up and over! Nadine De Klerk serves this full and on middle and leg. Jemimah Rodrigues clears her front leg away. She knows that mid on is up in the circle and lofts it nicely over that fielder to collect an easy boundary.
Nadine De Klerk to Jemimah Rodrigues, Fuller and on middle, Rodrigues steps forward and knocks it back to the bowler.
Nadine De Klerk to Laura Wolvaardt, Back of a length and around off, Wolvaardt stays back and punches it through covers for a single.
Strategic break! It has been an eventful first eight overs of the chase. Shafali Verma came out all guns blazing to set the early tone, but a couple of wickets followed soon after. Since then, Jemimah Rodrigues and Laura Wolvaardt have kept things steady, and with no towering target in front of them, there is little pressure. All they need to do is bat through and finish the job. No risks required. RCB need wickets, and they need them in a hurry, to keep their unbeaten run intact. For now, they are firmly on the back foot and will need something close to a miracle to force their way into a dominant position. Nadine De Klerk is into the attack now.
- Laura Wolvaardt 15 (17)
- Jemimah Rodrigues 15 (15)
Shreyanka Patil to Laura Wolvaardt, Tossed up, full and around off, Laura strides out and drives it through covers for one more.
Shreyanka Patil to Jemimah Rodrigues, Flatter, short once more, on middle, Jemimah Rodrigues moves back and flicks it towards deep square leg for one.
Shreyanka Patil to Jemimah Rodrigues, WIDE! A quicker one, shortish and turning into leg, Jemimah Rodrigues opens up her stance to heave it away but it looks like she misses. Richa Ghosh, behind the stumps, fails to collect it cleanly to her left as the ball hits her left knee, where there is no protection. However, Patil thinks that the ball has hit something and convinces her skipper to challenge the wide call. UltraEdge and replay show that it has not hit the gloves or anything else. The third umpire wants to make sure that no part of the ball is inside the red guideline and confirms that it is a wide.
Shreyanka Patil to Laura Wolvaardt, Short again and on middle, Wolvaardt pulls it away to deep mid-wicket for another run.
Shreyanka Patil to Jemimah Rodrigues, Drops it short and on middle, Jemi moves back and punches it to long on for a run. 50 UP FOR DC!
Shreyanka Patil to Jemimah Rodrigues, Flighted, full and on middle, Jemimah pushes it back to the bowler.
Shreyanka Patil to Laura Wolvaardt, Floated, short and on middle, Laura moves back and clips it through square leg for a single.
- Jemimah Rodrigues 13 (12)
- Laura Wolvaardt 12 (14)
Arundhati Reddy to Jemimah Rodrigues, FOUR! Oh...dear! More sloppy fielding from RCB. Overpitched and on middle, Jemi drives it with a straight bat back past the bowler. Reddy cannot stop it with her right foot. Harris at long on runs to her left to pick it up but gets tangled up and lets it through her legs for a boundary. 10 from the over and RCB have been a tad sloppy in the field.
Arundhati Reddy to Jemimah Rodrigues, EDGED AND FOUR! A seam-up delivery, full and around off, no swing at all. Jemimah Rodrigues strides out to push it away but gets a thick outside edge that flies through the vacant first slip region for a boundary. Second time in this game, this has happened now.
Arundhati Reddy to Laura Wolvaardt, Good length and just outside off, Laura reaches out for it and stabs it towards sweeper cover for a run.
Arundhati Reddy to Jemimah Rodrigues, Full again and on middle and leg, Rodrigues steps across and clips it towards deep square leg. She calls for 'two' but has to settle for a single.
Arundhati Reddy to Jemimah Rodrigues, Goes fuller and on middle, Jemi prods forward and blocks it down the pitch.
Arundhati Reddy to Jemimah Rodrigues, Back of a length and around off, Jemimah Rodrigues stays back and tries to guide it away but misses.
Powerplay is done and dusted. Arundhati Reddy comes into the attack, she is returning from an injury break.
- Laura Wolvaardt 11 (13)
- Jemimah Rodrigues 4 (7)
Sayali Satghare to Laura Wolvaardt, Another full delivery, on off, Laura drills it down the pitch. Sayali gets her left hand on it on the follow-through to make a half-stop as the ball rolls away towards mid off. Four dots to end the over. DC are 38/2 after the Powerplay!
Sayali Satghare to Laura Wolvaardt, Full again and on middle and off, Wolvaardt gets behind the line of it and blocks it out.
Sayali Satghare to Laura Wolvaardt, Pitched up and on middle, Laura knocks it towards mid on.
Sayali Satghare to Laura Wolvaardt, Good comeback! Sayali hits the length hard and on off, nips it back in with some bounce. Laura throws her hands at it but misses. Ghosh, standing up to the stumps, takes it well, almost near the helmet.
Sayali Satghare to Laura Wolvaardt, FOUR! Gets it through! Back of a length and outside off, holds its line. Laura Wolvaardt gets the chance to free her arms and crunches it through backward point for a boundary.
Sayali Satghare to Laura Wolvaardt, Fuller in length and on off, shaping in, Laura stays back in her crease and keeps it out to the off side.
- Jemimah Rodrigues 4 (7)
- Laura Wolvaardt 7 (7)
Lauren Bell to Jemimah Rodrigues, Full and angling in around off, Jemimah gets on the front foot and defends it back. End of a tidy over where a catch went down.
Lauren Bell to Jemimah Rodrigues, Wide! Slips a length ball down the leg side, the batter fails to flick and the keeper collects it with a dive to her left.
Lauren Bell to Jemimah Rodrigues, Shortish and on off, defended by Rodrigues.
Lauren Bell to Jemimah Rodrigues, In the channel outside off, on a length, Jemimah Rodrigues pushes inside the line and misses.
Lauren Bell to Jemimah Rodrigues, DROPPED! A sitter goes down and Sayali Satghare is the culprit. Still dwelling on the earlier misfield, she spills a straightforward chance. Length ball outside off, Rodrigues rocks back to cut but gets a thick outside edge to short third, and it pops out of Sayali's hands. A costly miss for RCB, chances like these have to stick in a chase.
Lauren Bell to Laura Wolvaardt, Full and outside off, driven through point for a single.
Lauren Bell to Laura Wolvaardt, FOUR! Gifted away through a misfield. Bell lands it on a length on middle, skidding in, and Wolvaardt is squared up in defence, the outside edge running towards short third. Sayali is right there but it slips through her legs and trickles away to the rope.
Will there be a bowling change? No, Bell to continue...
- Jemimah Rodrigues 4 (3)
- Laura Wolvaardt 2 (5)
Sayali Satghare to Jemimah Rodrigues, Slants in a length ball on middle, Jemimah defends it down from the back foot.
Sayali Satghare to Jemimah Rodrigues, Presses forward to a length ball and defends it to the off side.
Sayali Satghare to Jemimah Rodrigues, FOUR! Jemimah gets off the mark in a nervous fashion. Length ball outside off, Rodrigues looks to drive on the front foot but nicks it fine through the vacant slip region. Fortunate, but a boundary nonetheless.
DC lose both their openers now. Skipper Jemimah Rodrigues comes out to the middle now.
Sayali Satghare to Lizelle Lee, OUT! CAUGHT! Sayali strikes again and she has both Delhi openers in her pocket. Length ball on middle, Lee goes down for the slog but cannot keep it along the turf. It flies flat towards deep square leg where Georgia Voll lunges forward and takes it cleanly. Delhi wobble at 24 for 2.
Sayali Satghare to Lizelle Lee, FOUR! Lee takes the aerial route and finally beats the infield. She had been finding cover riders with her drives, but this time she gets a full ball in her arc and lifts it cleanly over mid off for a welcome boundary.
Sayali Satghare to Lizelle Lee, Fullish and around off, Lizelle drives but finds the cover fielder.
- Laura Wolvaardt 2 (5)
- Lizelle Lee 2 (5)
Lauren Bell to Laura Wolvaardt, Gets behind the line of the delivery and pushes it to the off side. A tidy over from Bell, good comeback.
Lauren Bell to Laura Wolvaardt, Edgy! Outswinger from Bell, on a driving length outside off, Laura goes for it but edges it. It rolls to short third.
Lauren Bell to Lizelle Lee, Bell bowls it full and on middle, Lee goes down and sweeps it to deep backward square leg. Gets a single.
Lauren Bell to Lizelle Lee, Full again, outside off and shaping away, Lee uses her feet and drives but finds the cover fielder.
Opting to field first, Delhi’s bowlers set the tone early and never let RCB settle. Apart from captain Smriti Mandhana’s fluent 38, the RCB batting line-up struggled badly against disciplined bowling and sharp fielding. Eight batters were dismissed for single-digit scores as RCB were bowled out for just 109 in 20 overs. Nandani Sharma led the attack with three wickets, while Marizanne Kapp, Minnu Mani and Chinelle Henry chipped in with two wickets each.
Delhi’s chase began on a shaky note as Shafali Verma and Lizelle Lee fell inside the powerplay, reducing DC to 24 for 2. However, Laura Wolvaardt and captain Jemimah Rodrigues calmly rebuilt the innings with a decisive third-wicket partnership. Wolvaardt anchored the chase with an unbeaten 42, while Rodrigues played a composed knock of 24 to guide DC close to the target.
Marizanne Kapp finished the job with an unbeaten 19 as Delhi reached 111 for 3 with more than four overs to spare. The win lifted DC to second place on the table with six points, while RCB remained on top despite the setback.
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Venue
BCA Stadium, Vadodara
