Delhi Capitals 223 for 2 (Shafali 84, Lanning 72, Kapp 39*) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 163 for 8 (Mandhana 35, Knight 34, Norris 5-29) by 60 runs
It wasn’t like Royal Challengers did not have the firepower. Having Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry and Heather Knight in your line-up is an absolute dream. On a good batting surface, you expect these big names to show up. But Capitals have Lanning. And she is no ordinary captain. Actually, we can say it out loud: she is a five-time World Cup-winning captain.
She placed a mid-off and prompted Alice Capsey to bowl wide to Devine, who had been targeting that area for boundaries. That resulted in a superb catch by Shafali to dismiss the dangerous Devine for just 14. She brought on left-arm spinner Radha Yadav only after Mandhana was dismissed. And she never gave Royal Challengers a chance to recover after that.
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Source: ESPN Crickinfo