Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women came out on top by eight wickets with 22 deliveries to spare against Delhi Capitals Women in Match 4 of the 2025 edition of the Women’s Premier League at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara.
The Capitals lost track after their batting powerplay, and a gradual downfall ensued. From 60/1, they managed to lose their fifth wicket on a score of 87. They somehow managed to garner 141. As far as the run-chase is concerned, Bengaluru ended their powerplay on a score of 57. They never decelarated regardless of the bowler bowling, and ended up powering towards the target.
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Talking Points from Match 4 of WPL 2025:
1. Renuka strikes gold
Renuka Singh was on the money right from the beginning. From dismissing Shafali Verma on the second delivery of the game to containing the batters in her next three overs, it was a flawless bowling effort by the right-armer.
2. Another middle-order meltdown
This is the third game in a row which witnessed the middle-order batters imploding in no time. The dismissals of Marizanne Kapp and Jess Jonassen were the telling blows.
3. Smriti crushes DC-W into smithereens
Smriti Mandhana took the game away from the Capitals right from the word go. Her blistering 81-run knock, which included the skipper bringing up her fastest WPL fifty, snatched the tiniest of hope which the opposition unit possessed.
Who Said What?
Losing skipper, Meg Lanning
Not our best night. We got off to a reasonable start. RCB bowled well in the middle phase to peg us back. The batters got in but weren’t able to carry on. RCB were too good. Great fight showed. You just need to find a way to win games. You get to play pretty soon. We will come back better in a couple of days’ time. It did get easier as the night went on. The RCB team took their game to us. The new ball nibbled a little. We were off to a good start. RCB were just too good tonight.
Winning skipper, Smriti Mandhana
The bowlers did a great job. Restricting them to under 150 was a great thing. Wyatt was brilliant in batting. The strategy was to bowl more pace but we took the call depending on the situation of the game. This ground never plays the same twice. The way we started was brilliant. As a team, we are proud of our bowlers. Ekta got hit in the first over but came back really well. Me and Danny have batted so many times together. Last game, we were gutted as we couldn’t get a good start. We kept going today and the shots came off today.
Player of the Match, Renuka Singh
I have good memories from this ground. I got the Player of the Tournament while playing here. The crowd is really good here as well. I keep working on a lot of things. I have been working on my pace. I want to try out more things. I focus on my body as well. Sometimes, I go wide of the crease. And sometimes to get rhythm, I bowl from close to the wickets as well.
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