Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore will face off for the title in the Women’s Premier League on Sunday. The tournament will get a new winner this year as the defending champions Mumbai Indians exited the tournament in the eliminator match.
In an exciting match, the Royal Challengers defeated the Mumbai Indians by just five runs. This low-scoring match became thrilling in the last two overs. This thrilling win will surely boost the confidence of the RCB team. RCB team was successful in protecting the low score. Most importantly, in the death overs, captain Smriti Mandhana trusted spinners Shreyanka Patil (9 wickets in 7 matches), Asha Shobhana (10 wickets in 9 matches) and they proved it worth it. Ellis Perry (7 wickets in 8 matches) has also been outstanding as a bowler.
Royal Challengers batting was not expected in the eliminator match. The team has high expectations especially from captain Smriti Mandhana (269 runs in 8 matches), Richa Ghosh (240 runs in 9 matches), Sophie Devine, Sabbineni Meghna in the final match. Ellis Perry (313 runs) has batted brilliantly in this tournament. Ellis Perry has made his mark in both the field of batting and bowling. Perry’s all-round performance is the greatest strength of the RCB team.
On the other hand, Delhi Capitals have reached the finals for the second time. Last year, Delhi Capitals lost to Mumbai Indians by seven wickets in the final. The Delhi Capitals team is in good form this year. The Delhi Capitals team is very balanced in batting as well as bowling. This year, the Delhi Capitals team is considered a strong contender for the title. With 12 points in the league match, the Delhi Capitals team has directly entered the final round.
Under the leadership of captain Meg Lanning, the Delhi Capitals team is considered a strong contender for the championship. The aggressive batting of Meg Lanning (308 runs in 8 matches), Shefali Verma (265 runs in 8 matches), Jemimah Rodrigues (235 runs in 8 matches), Alice Capsey (230 runs in 8 matches) is the strength of the Delhi Capitals team. Marizan Kapp (11 wickets in 6 matches), Shikha Pandey (7 wickets in 8 matches), Jonassen (11 wickets in 6 matches), Radha Yadav (10 wickets in 8 matches), Arundhati Reddy (8 wickets in 8 matches), Minnu Mani and Alix Kapsey There will be a lot of bowling. The batsmen and bowlers of Delhi Capitals team have performed brilliantly in the entire tournament. Therefore, Delhi Capitals team is considered heavy in the final match.
The winning team of this match will be given a prize money of Rs.6 crore and the runner-up team will be given a prize money of Rs.3 crore.
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