Delhi Capitals Girls (DC-W) showcased their dominance within the Girls’s Premier League 2025 with a powerful nine-wicket victory over Royal Challengers Bengaluru Girls (RCB-W) on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Opting to bowl first after profitable the toss, Delhi’s bowlers put up a formidable present earlier than their batters made gentle work of the chase, led by a blistering knock from Shafali Verma.
Ellyse Perry anchors RCB to a aggressive whole
Batting first, RCB-W posted 147/5 in 20 overs, with Ellyse Perry taking part in a vital innings of 60 off 47 balls, together with three fours and three sixes. The highest order struggled as skipper Smriti Mandhana (8 off 7) and Danielle Wyatt (21 off 18) didn’t convert their begins. Raghvi Anand Singh Bist contributed 33 off 32, including stability to the innings. Nevertheless, the ending push was lacking, as RCB-W misplaced fast wickets within the remaining overs.
For Delhi, Shikha Pandey (2/24) and NR-Shree Charani (2/28) had been the standout bowlers, whereas Marizanne Kapp stored issues tight together with her 1/18 in 4 overs. Regardless of some costly spells from different bowlers, DC-W managed to limit RCB-W beneath the 150-run mark.
Shafali Verma and Jess Jonassen lead the chase in model
In reply, Delhi Capitals Girls chased down the goal in simply 15.3 overs, shedding just one wicket. Whereas Meg Lanning (2 off 12) fell early to Renuka Thakur (1/28), Shafali Verma took cost with a wide ranging 80 off 43 balls, hammering eight fours and 4 sixes. She discovered an ready companion in Jess Jonassen, who performed a fluent 61 off 38 balls, putting 9 fours and one six. The duo stitched collectively an unbeaten 137-run stand, dismantling the RCB-W bowling assault.
RCB-W bowlers had no solutions to the onslaught, with Kim Garth (0/25), Ellyse Perry (0/24), and Georgia Wareham (0/21) struggling to include the stream of runs.
With this dominant nine-wicket victory, Delhi Capitals Girls not solely secured two essential factors but additionally boosted their web run fee. Shafali Verma’s explosive innings was the spotlight of the match, and DC-W will look to hold this momentum into their upcoming video games. Alternatively, RCB-W might want to reassess their bowling assault and discover methods to complete stronger with the bat in future matches.
Right here is how Twitter reacted:
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— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) March 1, 2025
Excellent show @DelhiCapitals – convincing again to again wins – let’s hold it going @wplt20
— Parth Jindal (@ParthJindal11) March 1, 2025
Highest Partnerships in WPL:
Lanning & Shafali (1st wkt) – 162
JONASSEN & SHAFALI (2nd wkt) – 146*
Mooney & Wolvaardt (1st wkt) – 140
Healy & Vaidya (1st wkt) – 139*
Matthews & Sciver-Brunt (2nd wkt) – 133#WPL2025 #Cricket— Sahil Pednekar 🇮🇳 (@statsbysahil) March 1, 2025
Meg Lanning and Shafali deserves to raise WPL title this yr!
— Shivani Shukla (@iShivani_Shukla) March 1, 2025
Good technique once more by DC to ship Jonassen at No. 3 after Lanning’s tuktuk rating. Masterclass choice paid off twice. And Shafali most respected wicket for DC. #WPL2025#RCBvDC
— Ankush (@JustCricAK) March 1, 2025
That shot from lanning e book.. shafali is rising 🤣
— Devansh🎭 (T20 league period) (@Nexusofjoy) March 1, 2025
Shafali Lanning 🗣️
— Devaram (@GOATendradhoni) March 1, 2025
Shafali Verma wins Participant of the match award 🥇#girls #cricket #WPL2025 #RCBvDC #ShafaliVerma #CricketTwitter #WomenCricket pic.twitter.com/TUp9MC4QOe
— WomenCricket.com (@WomenCricketHQ) March 1, 2025
RCB Girls’s bought 4th Lurn of the season in 6 video games
Jess Jonassen who averages 12 in WT20Is scored 61* (38) placed on 146 in 13 overs with Shafali Verma 80*#WPL2025 pic.twitter.com/AHisNta2YX
— Abhijeet ♞ (@TheYorkerBall) March 1, 2025
Jess Jonassen simply has been making issues simpler at any time when she was promoted and Shafali Verma is as all the time giving a constructive vibes together with her fierced knock.. sustain spirit like that ..
— 2🤖0👽2😈5👾 (@0xmani777) March 1, 2025
And Shafali Verma joins them in the present day. She turns into first Indian to succeed in the milestone in @wplt20 #WPL2025 https://t.co/mdsGuJmhXd
— Arpit Rastogi | Cricket (@arptrastogi) March 1, 2025
Jonassen, Shafali assist DC hammer RCB by 9 wkts.
Winless at Dwelling leg
— Rohan R Shanbhag (@rony619619) March 1, 2025
Shafali 🔥
— Sathvik (@chittipraanam) March 1, 2025
Shafali Verma dropped this silencer efficiency infront of a packed Chinnaswamy 😭 GOATED 🐐
— Egyptian Cockroach (@NUFCashh) March 1, 2025
Shafali Verma but once more the one Indian among the many prime 5 run getters on this version
260 runs at a strike fee of 150+#WPL #WPL2025 #RCBvDC
— Mohit Shah (@mohit_shah17) March 1, 2025
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