WPL 2023 RCB vs DC: Delhi duo Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma create history against RCB

In
the
second
match
of
the
WPL
2023,
Royal
Challengers
Bangalore
are
taking
on
Delhi
Capitals.
Batting
first,
DC
got
a
blistering
start
courtesy
of
their
openers
–
Shafali
Verma
and
Meg
Lanning.

RCB
vs
DC:
Delhi
100+
opening
stand
against
RCB:

Meg
Lanning
and
Shafali
Verma
took
on
the
RCB
bowlers
and
decimated
them.
The
onslaught
started
in
the
second
over
when
Meg
Lanning
hit
three
consecutive
boundaries
of
Megan
Schutt,
and
the
rampage
continued.
The
pair
added
57
runs
in
the
powerplay
and
even
after
the
field
restriction
was
lifted,
the
carnage
continued.

Shafali
Verma
dominated
Asha
Shobana
on
the
9th
over
as
she
scored
22
runs
off
that.
Verma
hit
two
sixes
and
two
fours
in
that
over.
They
brought
the
century
stand
within
10
overs
and
ended
up
stitching
a
mammoth
partnership
of
162
runs
for
the
first
wicket.

This
was
the
first-ever
century
partnership
for
any
wicket
in
a
WPL
match,
and
it
will
need
some
batting
to
overtake
their
record.
There
was
a
boundary
or
six
in
each
over
of
their
partnership
except
the
very
first
over
of
the
match.

Lightning
Lanning
leads
from
the
front
for

@DelhiCapitals
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—
JioCinema
(@JioCinema)

March
5,
2023

Shafali
and
Lanning
dominance:

The
partnership
was
broken
in
the
15th
over
as
Heather
Knight
picked
up
both
batters.
Meg
Lanning
was
cleaned
up
but
the
DC
captain
departed
only
after
scoring
72
runs
off
43
balls.
Two
balls
later,
Shafali
Verma
also
got
out
after
a
blistering
knock
of
84
runs
in
just
45
balls.
Lanning’s
inning
had
14
boundaries,
while
Shafali
hit
10
fours
and
4
gigantic
sixes.

IPL
and
WPL
first
hundred
partnership:

Delhi
Capitals
also
registered
the
first
century
partnership
in
the
IPL
2008.
Known
as
Delhi
Daredevils
back
then,
Delhi
chased
down
a
target
of
130
runs
against
Rajasthan
Royals.
For
the
Daredevils,
Gautam
Gambhir
(58*
off
46
balls)
and
Shikhar
Dhawan
(52*
off
41
balls)
added
112
runs
for
the
second
wicket,
which
was
the
first-ever
century
stand
for
any
wicket
in
the
IPL.