Preview:

The 17th match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 will be played between Delhi Capitals Women (DEL-W) and Royal Challengers Bangalore Women (BAN-W). Delhi Capitals is at the first position in the points table with 4 wins and 8 points in 6 matches. Royal Challengers Bangalore is in third place with 3 wins and 6 points from 6 matches.

Royal Challengers Bangalore had to face defeat by 19 runs against Gujarat Giants in the last match. Batting first, Gujarat Giants put 199 runs on the board at the loss of 5 wickets. While chasing the target, Royal Challengers Bangalore could score only 180 runs at the loss of 8 wickets.

Delhi Capitals team had to face defeat by 1 run in the last match against UP Warriors. Batting first, UP Warriors put 138 runs on the board at the loss of 8 wickets. While chasing the target, Delhi Capitals team was all out for 137 runs in 19.5 overs.

Match Details:

Pitch Report:

The pitch of Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi seems to provide more support to the batsmen. Due to the shot boundary, it is easy for the batsmen to hit fours and sixes here. As the game progresses, the spinners get more help here. The average score of the first innings on this pitch is 150 runs.

Head to Head Records:

Probable Playing XIs:

Delhi Capitals Women (DEL-W):

Meg Lanning (captain), Shafali Verma, Elise Capsey, Jemimah Rodriguez, Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonassen, Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Titas Sadhu, Tania Bhatia (wicketkeeper).

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women (BAN-W):

S. Meghna, Smriti Mandhana (captain), Ellyse Perry, Sophie Devine, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Georgia Wareham, Sophie Molineau, Simran Bahadur, Ekta Bisht, Asha Shobhana, Renuka Singh.

Probable Best Batter of the Match:

In the last match, Smriti Mandhana had played an inning of 24 runs in 16 balls with the help of 2 fours and 2 sixes against Gujarat Giants. Smriti Mandhana can bat brilliantly for the team against Delhi Capitals.

Probable Best Bowler of the Match:

In the last match, Jess Jonassen took 1 wicket for 31 runs in 4 overs. Jess Jonassen can be seen bowling brilliantly against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Who will win the match (Today’s Match Prediction):

Scenario 1

Delhi Capitals won the toss and chose bowling

powerplay score– 40-50

Score of first innings- 160-170

Delhi Capitals won

Scenario 2

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bowl.

powerplay score– 45-55

Score of first innings- 180-200

Royal Challengers Bangalore won