WPL 2025: Renuka, Mandhana shine as RCB ease past DC by eight wickets

Fiery bowling spells by Renuka Singh and Georgia Wareham and an explosive fifty by skipper Smriti Mandhana guided Royal Challengers Bengaluru RCB to an eightwicket win over Delhi Capitals DC in their Womens Premier League WPL match at Vadodara on MondayWith this win RCB has two wins in two matches and is at the top of the table DC is in the third spot with a win and loss each After RCB won the toss and elected to bowl first they were off a fine start as dangerous Shafali Varma gave a simple catch to Smriti Mandhana at midoff on a Renuka Singh delivery on the very first ball of the inningsFollowing this early setback Jemimah Rodrigues joined her skipper Meg Lanning for a rebuild Rodrigues pressed the acceleration in the button against Ekta Bisht and Joshitha collecting some fours and sixes DC reached the 50run mark in 54 overs thanks to a six by RodriguesThe 60run stand between the duo broke as Georgia Wareham got Jemimah stumped by Richa Ghosh for 34 in 22 balls with four boundaries and two sixes DC was 602 in 65 overs Kim Garth also removed Lanning for 17 in 19 balls with three fours DC was 623 in 73 oversAnnabel Sutherland and Marizanne Kapp took DC to 833 in 10 overs with Sutherland 19 and Kapp 4 unbeaten However after the fall of Sutherland for 19 in 13 balls to Renuka thanks to a sharp catch by Smriti at extra cover it was all downhill for DC DC were restricted to 844 in 102 oversAfter that DC had no big partnerships though Sarah Bryce 23 in 19 balls with two fours and Shikha Pandey 14 in 15 balls with a four tried to put up a fightWareham Garth Renuka and Ekta Bisht tore apart the DC batting lineup cleaning it up for 141 runs in 193 oversRenuka 323 and Wareham 325 were the pick of the bowlers for RCB dismantling DC with their deadly mix of pace and spin Garth 219 and Bisht 235 played a good supporting cast as wellDuring the runchase of 142 runs openers skipper Smriti Mandhana and Danni Wyatt Hodge gave a fine start to their teamMandhana set the tone for the innings with two boundaries against Kapp in the opening over followed by Minnu Mani in the third overHodge picked up as the powerplays end came closer hitting Shikha Pandey for two foursRCB reached the 50run mark in 51 overs thanks to a four by Danni over short third manAt the end of powerplay RCB was 570 with Mandhana 32 and Danni 22 unbeatenMandhana had her foot on the accelerator finding boundaries against Jess Jonassen SutherlandThe lefthander reached her halfcentury in 27 balls with eight fours and a sixWith the help of a fine boundary by Danni through deep cover RCB reached the 100run mark in 10 oversThe 107run opening stand between Mandhana and Hodge was ended by Arundhati Reddy removing Wyatt for 42 in 33 balls with seven fours Rodrigues took a fine catch at deep cover RCB was 1071 in 105 oversMandhanas bat kept delivering blows after the partnership broke taking RCB to a brink of a victory Jonassen and Sutherland were getting pummeled Shikha ended Mandhanas stay at 81 in 47 balls with 10 fours and three sixes thanks to a catch by Arundhati RCB was 1332 in 151 oversRicha finished off things in style with a six with score of 1462 in 161 overs with Richa 11 and Ellyse Perry 7 unbeatenArundhati and Shikha took a wicket each for DCThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever