WPL 2023, RCB vs DC: Shafali, Lanning power Delhi to second-highest women’s T20 total

Shafali,
Lanning
set
Brabourne
Stadium
on
fire

Australia
T20
World
Cup-winning
captain
Meg
Lanning
blasted
72
runs
off
43
balls,
while
star
India
opener
Shafali
Verma
scored
84
off
45
to
forge
a
162-run
partnership
off
just
87
balls.
Lanning
smashed
a
total
of
14
fours,
while
Shafali
hit
ten
cracking
fours
apart
from
four
maximums.

South
Africa
Women
star
Marizanne
Kapp
and
Jemimah
Rodrigues
capitalised
on
the
momentum
and
scored
39(17)
and
22(15)
unbeaten
runs
each
to
help
Delhi
Capitals
Women
post
the
highest
total
of
the
inaugural
Women’s
Premier
League
(WPL).
In
the
opening
match
against
Gujarat
Giants
on
Saturday,
Mumbai
Indians
Women
posted
207
runs
for
the
loss
of
five
wickets.
Their
captain
Harmanpreet
Kaur
scored
65
off
30.
Later,
Gujarat
were
bowled
out
for
64
runs
only.

Shafali
broke
Harmanpreet’s
record
for
the
highest
individual
score
in
the
WPL
by
scoring
84
on
Monday.
RCB
pacer
Megan
Schutt,
who
was
sensation
for
Australia
in
the
recently-concluded
T20
World
Cup
2023,
leaked
45
runs
in
four
overs
and
was
the
most
expensive
bowler.
Renuka
Singh
gave
away
24
runs
in
three
overs,
Preeti
Bose
35
in
four
overs,
Ellyse
Perry
29
in
three,
Sophie
Devine
20
in
one
and
Asha
Shobana
29
runs
in
two
overs.
Off-spinner
Heather
Knight
picked
both
the
wickets
for
RCB.

RCB-W
will
count
on
the
likes
of
their
captain
Smriti
Mandhana,
Devine,
Knight,
Perry
and
Richa
Ghosh
to
chase
down
the
mammoth
target.

Sunday’ s
second
match
will
be
played
between
UP
Warriorz
and
Gujarat
Giants
at
the
DY
Patil
Stadium
in
Navi
Mumbai.