Just a few days they are left for the Women’s Premier League 2024 play-off stage. All the teams are locking horns with their absolute best in the remaining matches. Competition is tough and this stage is spreading thrills in every match. On the 17th match of the tournament, Delhi Capitals locked horns with Royal Challengers Bangalore in Delhi.
The match was crucial for both teams as they were in the playoff race. After winning the toss, DC decided to bat first. Delhi gave a decent start, Sobhana Asha picked up the first wicket then Shreyanka Patil followed in her footsteps. After that, Jemimah Rodrigues and Alice Capsey were going well.
As the partnership was going strong, the match was turning into DC’s way. But Shreyanka Patil showed her excellence again. She dismissed Jemimah Rodrigues. After that, in the first ball of the last ball, she dismissed Alice Capsey. In 20 overs, DC scored 181 runs.
While chasing the target, Alice Capsey dismissed Smriti Mandhana on 5 runs. After that, Shikha Pandey made an amazing runout and broke Alice Capsey and Sophie Molineux’s partnership. Marizanne Kapp, Shikha Pandey, and Arundhati Reddy took 1 wicket each. RCB lost the match just by 1 run.
The Purple Cap Race:
| Bowler | Team | Wickets | Matches | BBI | Average | Economy Rate |
| Radha Yadav | DEL-W | 10 | 7 | 4/20 | 15.2 | 6.91 |
| Jess Jonassen | DEL-W | 10 | 5 | 3/21 | 13.4 | 7.05 |
| Marizanne Kapp | DEL-W | 9 | 5 | 3/5 | 15.44 | 6.95 |
| Sophie Ecclestone | UP-W | 8 | 7 | 3/20 | 21.13 | 6.15 |
| Deepti Sharma | UP-W | 8 | 7 | 4/19 | 24.38 | 7.5 |
| TP Kanwer | GUJ-W | 8 | 6 | 2/21 | 19.88 | 7.57 |
| Asha Shobana | BAN-W | 8 | 7 | 5/22 | 18.25 | 7.68 |
| Arundhati Reddy | DEL-W | 8 | 7 | 2/27 | 22.38 | 7.78 |
| Shabnim Ismail | MI-W | 7 | 5 | 3/18 | 17.71 | 6.2 |
| Saiqa Ishaque | MI-W | 7 | 7 | 3/27 | 19.71 | 6.9 |
