WPL: Royal Challengers have slight edge over Delhi Capitals
NEW DELHI: When Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Capitals play in the WPL 2025 in Vadodara on Monday, they will try to solidify their positions after getting off to contrasting starts with their victories.
The Capitals had to endure a thrilling final-ball match before defeating the Mumbai Indians, while the reigning champions Royal Challengers easily defeated the Gujarat Giants by six wickets in the first game.
However, RCB has a little advantage over Delhi because to their overall balance, particularly in batting and bowling.
The Smriti Mandhana-led team easily chased down a target of more over 200, showcasing their batting prowess.
Young players like Raghavi Bist and Kanika Ahuja have strengthened them, blending in well with older players Danny Wyatt, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh, and Mandhana.
Bist and Kanika both contributed significantly to the team’s victory versus GG.
However, Perry’s decision to not bowl has somewhat decreased their efficiency in that area, and they may simply hope for a more orderly effort from their bowlers.
The Australian sensation will not be bowling, at least not in the early going of the WPL, as she recovers from a hip injury she suffered during the most recent Women’s Ashes.
Georgia Wareham and Kim Garth, both of whom leaked a lot of runs against Gujarat, will therefore need to contribute more to RCB.
Additionally, they hope that new players VJ Joshitha and Prema Rawat will step up and help out veteran Renuka Singh.
Delhi’s batting lineup, which includes captain Meg Lanning, Annabel Sutherland, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Alice Capsey, and Sarah Bryce, is really strong, thus it is essential.
In a mediocre chase against Mumbai, they fell short of expectations, but they will be trying to make up for it against RCB’s rather inexperienced bowling lineup.
The Bengaluru team, who did a good job of holding Mumbai to 164 in the last game, will have their work cut out for them when they go on the Delhi bowlers, who are led by seasoned pacer Shikha Pandey.
The RCB batting lineup, though, might provide them with a very different obstacle.
Squads:
Delhi Capitals: Meg Lanning (Captain), Alice Capsey, Sarah Bryce, Annabel Sutherland, Minnu Mani, Shafali Verma, Arundhati Reddy, N Charani, Shikha Pandey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Nandini Kashyap, Sneha Deepthi, Jess Jonassen, Niki Prasad, Taniyaa Bhatia, Marchizanne Kapp, Radha Yadav, Titas Sadhu
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Smriti Mandhana (Captain), Nuzhat Parween, Joshitha Vj, Richa Ghosh, Danni Wyatt, Kanika Ahuja, Sabbineni Meghana, Ekta Bisht, Kim Garth, Shreyanka Patil, Ellyse Perry, Prema Rawat, Georgia Wareham, Raghvi Bist, Heather Graham, Jagravi Pawar, Renuka Singh, Charlie Dean
