RCB’s Playoff Hopes Diminish in Thrilling Loss to DC

For the third consecutive night, the 2024 Girls’s Premier League (WPL) unfolded one other gripping match on the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Delhi Capitals secured their spot within the playoffs, changing into the second staff to take action after Mumbai Indians, with a nail-biting one-run victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore. Whereas Richa Ghosh showcased resilience with a speedy 29-ball 51, harking back to Harmanpreet Kaur’s heroics for Mumbai Indians within the earlier match, her efforts weren’t sufficient to steer RCB to victory. Consequently, the guests suffered a setback to their playoff aspirations.

RCB’s Run Chase:

In New Delhi on Sunday, RCB confronted an early setback as they misplaced captain Smriti Mandhana in pursuit of 182 runs. Nonetheless, a resilient 80-run partnership between Sophie Molineux and Ellyse Perry revived their hopes. Delhi Capitals struck again by dismissing each batters inside 5 balls, however RCB rallied once more with a 49-run partnership between Sophie Devine and Ghosh. 

Regardless of Devine’s dismissal after the timeout by Marizanne Kapp, Ghosh continued to combat alone within the chase. With 17 runs required off the ultimate over, Ghosh showcased nerves of metal, hitting two sixes to scale back the equation to 2 runs off 1 ball. Nonetheless, the strain proved an excessive amount of as she fell simply wanting main RCB to an exciting victory.

On the final supply, Ghosh tried to drive Jess Jonassen’s fuller supply in the direction of backward level, however Shafali Verma fielded the ball there and rapidly returned it to the bowler. Jonassen swiftly broke the stumps as Ghosh’s determined dive fell brief, leading to RCB’s one-run loss.

After The Loss Smriti Mandhana’s Phrases:

Richa Ghosh sat crestfallen, her head bowed in despair till comforted by opponents Shafali and Jemimah Rodrigues. DC captain Meg Lanning approached and embraced her in comfort. Smriti Mandhana, visibly distraught, fought again tears as RCB suffered their second consecutive defeat within the event.

Smriti Mandhana mentioned, “Powerful loss to take. We’ve got seen quite a lot of Richa in WPL and worldwide cricket, Perry was going effectively, sadly she acquired run out. The sport may have gone anyplace within the final ball and good on Delhi as effectively to maintain their nerve and win. One run doesn’t make us a nasty staff. Good effort with the shorter boundary to limit them to 180. We actually believed that we may chase this down.”

RCB retains a possibility to strengthen their bid for a playoff berth with an upcoming match in opposition to Mumbai Indians on Tuesday. This important fixture may doubtlessly sway their playoff qualification hopes.

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