Delhi Capitals has made it to the playoffs of the Women’s Premier League 2024. They defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 1 run in a thrilling match on Sunday. Jemimah Rodriguez batted brilliantly and scored a half-century for Delhi. He scored 58 runs in 36 balls. Alice Capsey played an important inning of 48 runs. Capsy also took one wicket. Richa Ghosh scored a half-century for RCB. But she could not make the team win. Shreyanka Patil took 4 wickets for RCB.
Delhi Capitals has become the second team to reach the playoffs. She has reached the top in the points table. Mumbai Indians have already made it to the playoffs. He is at number two. Delhi has played 7 matches and won 5. He has 10 points. Delhi is ahead of Mumbai in terms of net run rate. For this reason, despite both the teams having 10 points each, Delhi is on top.
Jemima scored a brilliant half-century for Delhi –
Batting first, Delhi scored 181 runs. During this, Jemima came to bat at number 3. Facing 36 balls, he hit 8 fours and 1 six. He scored 58 runs. Alice Capsey came to bat at number four. He scored 48 runs in 32 balls. During this period he hit 8 fours. Captain Meg Lanning scored 29 runs with the help of 5 fours. Shafali Verma contributed 23 runs. Kaap remained unbeaten after scoring 12 runs.
RCB lost by 1 run in a thrilling match –
While chasing the target given by Delhi, Bangalore was left just 1 run behind. He scored 180 runs with the loss of 7 wickets. For that, Richa Ghosh scored a half-century. But she could not bring victory. Facing 29 balls, he hit 4 fours and 3 sixes. Ellis Perry scored 49 runs in 32 balls. He hit 7 fours and 1 six. Sophia contributed 33 runs. Georgia Wareham was out after scoring 12 runs.
The last over was breath taking –
The last over of this match was breath-taking. RCB needed 17 runs to win in the last over. Richa was on strike for the team. Whereas Delhi handed the over to Jonason. Richa hit a six on the first ball. The second ball was a dot and Delhi got a wicket on the third ball. Disha, who was on non-strike for RCB, was run out. After this, Richa took 2 runs on the fourth ball and hit a six on the fifth ball. She was run out on the last ball.