RCB look to get off the mark
Royal Challengers Bangalore can not go decrease in place within the factors desk. Delhi Capitals are hovering and are one of many groups to beat. Because the second half of the Girls’s Premier League begins, Royal Challengers would look to start out afresh.
The final time the 2 groups met was the beginning of a particular opening partnership for Capitals between Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning. Capitals opted to play Laura Harris of their earlier recreation towards Gujarat Giants instead of Alice Capsey however the ten-wicket win denied her an opportunity to bat. A plethora of bowling choices within the XI – with even Minnu Mani chipping in towards Giants – permits for a cushion of consolation.
Gamers to look at
Laura Harris is likely one of the cleanest strikers of the ball in T20s. Her strike price of 157.01 throughout 83 innings within the Girls’s Huge Bash League is the very best amongst those that batted in not less than ten innings within the competitors. Capitals’ decrease center order is bolstered by her presence within the XI.
Smriti Mandhana has had a horrid run up to now. In every of the 4 innings, she has been dismissed by spinners – three of them towards offspin. It will likely be the primary time she’s going to return to DY Patil Stadium, the place her 79-run knock helped India tie the second T20I towards Australia after which win it by way of a Tremendous Over. Will that assist her flip her kind round?
Taking part in XIs
Delhi Capitals (doable): 1 Meg Lanning (capt), 2 Shafali Verma, 3 Jemimah Rodrigues, 4 Marizanne Kapp, 5 Laura Harris, 6 Jess Jonassen, 7 Minnu Mani, 8 Taniya Bhatia (wk), 9 Shikha Pandey, 10 Radha Yadav, 11 Tara Norris
Royal Challengers Bangalore (doable): 1 Smriti Mandhaa (capt), 2 Sophie Devine, 3 Ellyse Perry, 4 Heather Knight, 5 Erin Burns/Dane van Niekerk, 6 Richa Ghosh (wk), 7 Kanika Ahuja, 8 Shreyanka Patil, 9 Renuka Singh, 10 Komal Zanzad, 11 Sahana Pawar
Stats and trivia
Quotes
“To see her accomplish that effectively was nice. She’s been somewhat bit down all through the event. I do not suppose she has bowled badly nevertheless it’s the character of the sport. She works very arduous and could be very arduous on herself.”
Meg Lanning on her Delhi Capitals team-mate Marizanne Kapp
“Dropping 4 video games in a row in a model new competitors is absolutely robust. The very best half about taking part in staff sport is you may return and help each other and know each other’s emotions.”
Ellyse Perry after Royal Challengers Bangalore’s earlier loss
