Delhi Capitals snatched victory in essentially the most thrilling trend as they defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 1 wicket on the Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi on Sunday.
Chasing 182, Richa Ghosh’s late assault of 51 off 29 nearly took Bangalore by however it was heartbreak as bowler Jess Jonassen held on to her nerves to prevail within the final over.
Alice Capsey had gotten Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper for five within the second over however Ellyse Perry and Sophie Molineux stitched an 80-run partnership to offer RCB with some reprieve. Sophie Devine, coming in at 4, scored a 16-ball 26 earlier than Marizanne Kapp introduced an finish to the innings.
Richa Ghosh’s heroics in useless as Delhi Capitals clinch a thriller by 1 run. Heartbreak for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
What. A. Match. 🔥
RCBW 180/7 (20)
DCW 181/5 (20)https://t.co/5LuSkeikqz pic.twitter.com/TQWMWmTV1t— The Area (@thefield_in) March 10, 2024
Nonetheless, Ghosh was on target to place up an excellent ending act. With 17 wanted off the final over, Jonassen and Arundhati Reddy mixed to inflict a run-out. She struck two large hits to convey the equation all the way down to 2 off 1.
A run-out after a fatigued Ghosh couldn’t make it by to her final run ultimately proved to be heartbreak for the Challengers.
Earlier, Jemimah Rodrigues put up one more commanding present as she scored a 36-ball 58 to propel Delhi to a aggressive 181/5 within the first innings.
Rodrigues employed sweeps, cuts, pulls and an excellent inside out lofted drive from the closet to knock 58 off 34 balls, accumulating 97 runs in simply 10.1 overs for the third wicket with Alice Capsey (48 off 32 balls).
Capsey, who initially let the Indian take extra of the strike, upped the ante through the loss of life overs.
This partnership got here after Shafali Verma (23) and Meg Lanning (29) contributed 54 to the opening partnership. Nonetheless, they had been each bowled in fast succession by Asha Sobhana and Shreyanka Patil respectively.
Off-spinner Patil took 4 for 26 in 4 overs and was excellent on the conclusion of the DC innings, placing a cease to the house crew’s rating. She dismissed the well-set Rodrigues, Capsey after which had Jess Jonassen overwhelmed for 1 within the last over.
Capitals, with their fifth win, at the moment are on 10 factors and lead the desk.