By Admin 
The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team, full of enthusiasm after performing well in every department of the game in the league stage, will try to win the second title in the final of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) to be held here on Thursday, while the last three-time runner-up Delhi Capitals team will leave no stone unturned to break the myth of defeat in the title match.
Looking at the recent performance of both these teams, it is certain that there will be an exciting contest in the finals.
Former champions RCB have performed brilliantly this season and have also proved their ability to bounce back in difficult situations. Thanks to this fighting spirit, he created history by starting his campaign with five consecutive wins. They became the first team to do so in WPL.
In this season, some player of RCB has performed well at the time of need, due to which it has become a challenge for any team to defeat him.
Smriti Mandhana-led RCB would like to match Mumbai Indians by winning the second title. He has performed brilliantly in the last two matches and has entered the finals with good rhythm.
In the last match, it defeated UP Warriors by eight wickets with the help of Australian legend Grace Harris’s stormy innings of 75 runs, while against Gujarat Giants, with the help of Gautami Naik’s 73-run innings, the 2024 champion team won by 61 runs.
RCB’s concern this season has been the lack of consistency in the performance of some of its batsmen. These also include Mandhana, Harris, Georgia Woll and Richa Ghosh but on some occasions their contribution has proved to be decisive. Whereas fast bowlers Nadine de Klerk and Sayli Satghare have performed brilliantly on important occasions.
South Africa’s Nadine de Klerk has taken 15 wickets in eight matches this season, in which her best performance is four wickets for 22 runs. His role in the final can prove to be decisive. Shreyanka Patil provides strength to the team in the spin department, proof of which was seen in the victory against Gujarat Giants, in which she took five wickets.
The specialty of Mandhana’s team is to be balanced and perform brilliantly at important moments. She must be hoping that some more players will contribute in destroying the challenge of Delhi Capitals by performing well in this title match.
Delhi Capitals is performing well this time under the leadership of new captain Jemimah Rodrigues. He is desperate for his first win in the finals after being runner-up in the last three tournaments.
Delhi Capitals have expressed full confidence in their bowling lineup, in which fast bowlers Chinley Henry and Nandini Sharma have performed brilliantly with the new ball. Nandani has staked her claim for a place in the Indian team by taking 16 wickets so far this season. She is continuously performing well.
Talking about batting, the batting lineup of Delhi Capitals has also started getting into rhythm. Liezel Lee made a useful contribution in the eliminator match against Gujarat Giants, while Shafali Verma put her poor form behind her and made a half-century partnership with the South African batsman. Laura Vollwart, a reliable top-order batsman, has provided that stability to the team throughout the season.
Influenced by the South African players, the Capitals have made huge gains in both batting and bowling. Each of its players will be desperate to give their best performance in the final. But if Delhi Capitals has to break the myth then it will have to perform well on important occasions of the game.
The teams are as follows:
Delhi Capitals: Jemimah Rodrigues (captain), Tania Bhatia, (wicketkeeper), Lucy Hamilton, Chinelle Henry, Marizanne Kapp, Alana King, Lizelle Lee, Minnu Mani, Nikki Prasad, Sneh Rana, Shafali Verma, Nandani Sharma, Sri Charani, Pragati Singh, Eddala Srujana, Laura Wolwart.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Smriti Mandhana (captain), Lauren Bell, Nadine de Klerk, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Grace Harris, Dayalan Hemlata, Gautami Naik, Shreyanka Patil, Kumar Prathyosha, Prema Rawat, Arundhati Reddy, Sayali Satghare, Lynsey Smith, Pooja Vastrakar, Georgia Woll, Radha Yadav.
The match will start at 7:30 pm.
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