17/02Result
4th Match (N), Women's Premier League at Vadodara, Feb 17 2025
RCB Women won by 8 wkts (22b rem)
Player of the Match
Renuka Singh
Renuka SinghRoyal Challengers Bengaluru Women
17/02Result
4th Match (N), Women's Premier League at Vadodara, Feb 17 2025
RCB Women won by 8 wkts (22b rem)
Player of the Match
Renuka Singh
Renuka SinghRoyal Challengers Bengaluru Women

That's that. A thumping win for RCB who are now sitting pretty at the top of the table with four points and a really good NRR. Back to the drawing board for Delhi Capitals, who had an evening to forget. If you missed any action, Vishal's report will be up soon. Thanks for tuning in. We will be in nice and early tomorrow to watch Gujarat taking on Mumbai. Till then, this is me Ashish Pant, signing off on behalf of Raghav and Vishal. Ciao!

Renuka Singh Thakur is the player of the match: Very happy memories on this ground. I had won two player of the match awards here in the last series I played. I have worked a lot on my bowling. I am now also working on my pace and outswing. [What she does when the going gets tough] I focus on my body. Sometimes I bowl wide of the crease, and then I tend to go down leg, so I get closer to stumps and correct my lines.

RCB captain Smriti Mandhana: Very pleased. The bowlers did a great job restricting DC to below 150. In fielding we saved 15-20 runs. And then Danni was great. [Bowling] The strategy was to bowl more pace. Depending on the conditions, Baroda doesn't play twice the same way. Renuka and Joshitha were great. As a team, we are proud. Ekta as well, was great. Danni and I know each other well. The bowlers did a great job. We kept going on, and the runs came.

Danni Wyatt-Hodge: What a win. We wanted to do two from two and we did it. I had the best seat in the house there with Smriti going the way she was. The bowling was great, so was our catching. [Partnership with Mandhana] She keeps me very calm. She was my coach tonight which was helpful. We played for Southern Brave, we know each other's games. RCB is a great franchise, they have been very welcoming . [On what Mandhana told her] Surface was on the slower side. She kept telling me to get forward, I was staying back. She just batted so well tonight. It is a pleasure to bat with her.

Delhi Capitals captain Meg Lanning: Not our best night. We got off to a reasonable start, but we lost wickets too quickly. RCB bowled well to peg us back. Disappointing. The batters got in at times, but couldn't carry on. Not our best night. [Not in groove in WPL 2025] We can improve a lot from game one. We showed a lot of fight there. Tonight wasn't our best night. Lot of things to looks to forward and we need to come back strongly. [Dew?] It did get better to bat in the evening. But RCB picked their chances. They bowled well as well. The dew didn't play a part. RCB were too good tonight

10.44pm Proper NRR-boosting win for RCB, who are now the only unbeaten team in WPL 2025. Not for nothing are they the defending champions and RCB are showing their prowess. That is a dominating win from them over last year's finalists. The victory was setup by the bowlers, in particular, Renuka Singh and Georgia Wareham, who picked three wickets apiece. That restricted DC to 141, which was never going to be enough. Smriti Mandhana and Danni Wyatt-Hodge came out flying adding 107 for the opening wicket off just 10.5 overs. And the game was almost sealed there. DC did manage to pick two wickets, but there wasn't much for them this evening. There was a lot of dew which played a part but Mandhana just looked unstoppable. Her timing and placement was spot on as she smashed her highest score in WPL.

gops: "Extraordinary is an understatement. I don't think I've ever seen Mandhana stepping out and moving around the crease so frequently in an innings. And the best thing to watch was how she decided to muscle it instead when Sutherland began following her in the 13th over. An innings of brutal genius."

16.2
6
Reddy to Ghosh, SIX, And she ends this in style! Banged in short down leg. She pulls this with aplomb and the ball travels over deep backward square leg for six. RCB down Capitals by eight wickets and 22 balls to spare. Utter domination.
16.1
1
Reddy to Perry, 1 run, On a length on her pads, she works this to deep backward square leg

RCB need 3 runs in 24 balls. Last over of the game?

END OF OVER:
16 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | RCB-W: 139/2 (3 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 8.68, RRR: 0.75)

  • Richa Ghosh5 (4b)
  • Ellyse Perry6 (12b)
  • Shikha Pandey4-0-27-1
  • Arundhati Reddy3-0-18-1

rssampat: "@ 15.1' Well, I would say that wicket was 80 runs too late.."

15.6
0
Pandey to Ghosh, no run, Banged in short. She eyes the pull, but misses

Three to win

15.5
4
Pandey to Ghosh, FOUR, SHOT! Juicy half-volley on off. Was the cross-seam delivery. Pandey laces the drive to the left of mid-off

Sijan: "Best knock from Smriti in RCB colours? Might think so .. she was near to perfection today with shot placement .." Agree

15.4
1
Pandey to Perry, 1 run, Good length ball on middle, she flicks this neatly to deep midwicket
15.3
1
Pandey to Ghosh, 1 run, Knee-high full toss on her pads, she helps this to deep backward square leg
15.2
0
Pandey to Ghosh, no run, Fuller in length on off, she drives towards cover

Richa Ghosh in at No. 4. Pandey is over the wicket

Also time for a time-out

15.1
W
Pandey to Mandhana, OUT, She can't finish the game, but what a knock this has been from Mandhana. Shuffles right across to the fuller length ball well outside off and sort of pre-meditates the scoop. Gets too close to the ball and feebly mistimes to Reddy who sprints forward from short fine leg and completes the catch.

S Mandhana c Reddy b Pandey 81 (68m 47b 10x4 3x6) SR: 172.34

Pandey for a second spell. She is over the wicket. Already a career-best for Mandhana in WPL

END OF OVER:
15 | 2 Runs | RCB-W: 133/1 (9 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 8.86, RRR: 1.80)

  • Ellyse Perry5 (11b)
  • Smriti Mandhana81 (46b)
  • Arundhati Reddy3-0-18-1
  • Jess Jonassen4-0-37-0

Kishore: "Smriti has that flair of Ganguly in her game. A treat to watch "

14.6
0
Reddy to Perry, no run, Back of a length ball outside off, she cuts to point
14.5
0
Reddy to Perry, no run, Length ball outside off, she dabs with an open face of the blade but can't beat point
14.4
0
Reddy to Perry, no run, On a length on off, she punches to mid-off
14.3
1
Reddy to Mandhana, 1 run, Backs away again, but Reddy follows her as Mandhana mistimes the length ball to long-on
14.2
0
Reddy to Mandhana, no run, Fuller on leg stump, she backs away a touch and drives to mid-off

Around

14.1
1
Reddy to Perry, 1 run, Back of a length ball down leg, she helps this to deep backward square leg

Reddy back from over the wicket

END OF OVER:
14 | 12 Runs | RCB-W: 131/1 (11 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 9.35, RRR: 1.83)

  • Smriti Mandhana80 (44b)
  • Ellyse Perry4 (7b)
  • Jess Jonassen4-0-37-0
  • Annabel Sutherland2-0-18-0
13.6
6
Jonassen to Mandhana, SIX, ALL THE WAY! Flighted delivery outside off. She gets across, takes a couple of steps down the track and slams her in the gap between deep midwicket and long-on
13.5
1
Jonassen to Perry, 1 run, Good length ball on middle and leg, she clips this to deep midwicket
13.4
0
Jonassen to Perry, no run, Flatter on off, she punches to extra cover
13.3
1
Jonassen to Mandhana, 1 run, Fuller just outside off, she shuffles across and pushes to long-on
13.2
4
Jonassen to Mandhana, FOUR, Lovely! Floated outside off, she steps down the track, gets to the pitch and drives inside out over covers for another four
13.1
0
Jonassen to Mandhana, no run, Huge appeal for lbw, not given. Tossed up outside off, she shuffles across and goes for a sweep. Misses and is rapped on the pad but was struck outside the line

END OF OVER:
13 | 7 Runs | RCB-W: 119/1 (23 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 9.15, RRR: 3.28)

  • Ellyse Perry3 (5b)
  • Smriti Mandhana69 (40b)
  • Annabel Sutherland2-0-18-0
  • Jess Jonassen3-0-25-0
12.6
0
Sutherland to Perry, no run, Full on the pads, she flicks but can't beat short midwicket
12.5
1
Sutherland to Mandhana, 1 run, Short and wide, she nails the cut but straight to Jonassen at point who collects it on the half-volley
12.4
4
Sutherland to Mandhana, FOUR, Muscled up and over! In the slot outside off, she backs away just a touch, deep into her crease and goes over mid-off. Not timed as cleanly as she would have wanted, but the result is what matters
12.3
1
Sutherland to Perry, 1 run, On a length well outside off, she slices to deep third

Over the wicket

12.2
1
Sutherland to Mandhana, 1 run, Good length ball on leg stump, she swats it past mid-on for a run

RCB Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st107DN WyattS Mandhana
2nd26EA PerryS Mandhana
3rd13EA PerryRM Ghosh