MATCH NO – FINAL MATCH
SERIES – Women’s Premier Leagues – 2024
DATE – 17th March, 2024
TIME – 07:30 PM IST
VENUE – Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
INTRODUCTION
Women’s Premier League is one of the most popular T20 leagues in Women’s cricket. This league started last year. In this league many big stars like Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet kaur, Harleen Deol, Shafali Varma, Meg Lanning, Alyssa Healy, Ellyse Perry, Sophia Devine, Sophie Ecceleston, Deepti Sharma, Shabnam Ismail, Annabeal Sutherland, Renuka Singh, Tahlia McGrath, etc play for many frenchies.
This t20 format started from 2023 by Board of Cricket Council of India (BCCI), This is an Indian professional t20 league and biggest T20 league in Women;s Cricket.
Women’s Premier League 2024 has started from 23th February. Last matches of Women’s Premier League Final match will be played between Royal Challengers & Delhi Capitals.
MATCH PREVIEW
The Final match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore Women (RCBW) and Delhi Capitals Women (DCW) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. In this Season Royal Challengers Bangalore team won 5 matches and lost 4 out of 9 matches and third position in the points table. RCB team won the eliminator match against Mumbai Indians by 5 runs and qualified for the Final in Women’s Premier league.Whereas Delhi capital team have won 7 matches and lost only 2 matches out of 9 matches and are table topper in Point table and first team who qualified in final.
Last time when both teams Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore played between each other, Delhi Capitals team scored 181 runs and Royal Challengers Bangalore team failed to chase this total and Delhi team won the match by 1 run.
Defending runner up Champion Delhi Capitals is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players. They have proven themselves in the last season with won 6 matches and lost only 2 matches out of 8 matches and topper in point table.They continued their form in this season also and won 7 matches and lost only 2 matches out of 9 matches and table topper of this season also. This season also this team qualified for the final.They have talented & aggressive batsmen like Meg Lanning, Shafali Varma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Alice Capsey.They have good all-rounders also like, Marizanne Kapp, Annabeal Sutherland. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy & Sikha Pandey adding depth and experience to their bowling line-up.
On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players. They had not proven themselves in the last season with won only 2 matches and lost 6 matches out of 8 matches and fourth position in point table.But this season this team started well and won the 5 matches and lost 4 matches and third position in point table. This is the first season where RCB team qualified for the Final. They have talented & aggressive batsmen like,Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Sabbhineni Meghana.They have good all-rounders also like,Ellyse Perry, Sophie Devine, Sophie Molineux, Wareham, Shreyanka Patil. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Sobana Asha, Renuka Singh, Shreyanka Patil, Kate Cross adding depth and experience to their bowling line-up.
Both teams boast of strong batting & bowling attacks, so the battle between the batsmen and bowlers will be crucial in deciding the outcome of the match.
Considering the form and capabilities of both teams, this match has the potential to be a close contest. It will be interesting to see how the teams strategize and adapt to the conditions. Fans can again expect an exciting and competitive match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals.
PITCH REPORT
Arun Jaitley Stadium is a cricket stadium located in the Capital of Country, Delhi, India. It is known for its lively pitches and high-scoring matches, particularly in limited-overs cricket, due to its true bounce and short boundaries.This Venue is the first time it will host the Women;s Premier league matches from this season.
- 1. Bounce and Carry: The pitches at Arun Jaitley Stadium often offer good bounce and carry for the bowlers, which makes it conducive to fast bowling. Seamers can extract movement off the surface, especially in the early stages of the match.
- 2. Batting-Friendly: Typically, pitches in Delhi are known to be batting-friendly, especially in the early parts of matches. However, as the game progresses, spinners tend to come into play more due to the dryness and cracks on the pitch. The weather conditions, especially during winter months, can also affect the behaviour of the pitch.
- 3. Short Boundaries: One notable characteristic of Arun jaitley Stadium is its relatively short boundaries, especially square of the wicket. This makes it easier for batsmen to clear the ropes and score boundaries, leading to high-scoring contests.
- 4. Spinners’ Role: While seamers may enjoy some assistance, spinners also have a role to play, particularly as the match progresses. The pitch tends to slow down as the game goes on, allowing spinners to vary their pace and extract turns.
- 5. Weather Conditions: Due to the dry and dusty weather conditions prevalent in Delhi, the pitches often tend to deteriorate over the course of a match, developing cracks that can assist spin bowlers. However, the exact nature of the pitch can vary depending on factors such as recent weather conditions, groundsmanship, and specific preparation for upcoming matches.
Overall, Arun Jaitley Stadium is known for producing entertaining and high-scoring matches, with something in it for both batsmen and bowlers. It’s a venue where fans can expect exciting cricketing action, particularly in limited-overs formats like T20 and One-Day Internationals.
GROUND STATS (WPL)
| TOTAL MATCH | 10 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 170+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 07 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 03 |
| NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 120 | 01 |
| BETWEEN 120 TO 139 | 03 |
| BETWEEN 140 TO 169 | 02 |
| ABOVE SCORE 170 | 04 |
BOWLERS STATS ON ARUN JAITLEY STADIUM (WPL)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 10
PACER WICKETS – 44
SPINNER WICKETS – 69.
DCW TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Delhi Capitals team performed superb in this season and won 5 matches and lost only 2 matches and table toppers in this season.
- This is the first team of Women’s Premier League who played back to back final matches.
- Last match played between Delhi Capitals & Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Capital team successfully defended a good score of 181 runs and won the match by 1 run.
- Meg Lanning has scored 308 runs with the help of 4 half centuries in 8 innings with a 41+average in this season of Women Premier League.
- Shafali Varma has scored 265 runs in 8 innings with the help of 3 half centuries in this season of Women Premier League.
- Jemimah Rodrigues has scored 235 runs in 8 innings with the help of 2 half centuries in this season of Women Premier League.
- Marizanne Kapp has scored 59 runs and taken 11 wickets in 7 innings in this season of Women Premier League.
- Alice Capsey has scored 230 runs in 6 innings with the help of 1 half century in this season of Women Premier League.
- Arundhati Reddy has taken 8 wickets in 8 innings in this season of Women’s Premier League.
- Shikha Pandey has taken 8 wickets in 8 innings in this season of Women’s Premier League.
- Jess Jonnasen has scored 51 runs and taken 11 wickets in 6 innings in this season of women’s premier league.
- Radha Yadav has taken 10 wickets in 8 innings in this season of Women’s Premier League.
- In the last match against Gujarat Giants, Delhi Capital team successfully chased 126 runs and won the match by 7 wickets.
- Shefai Varma scored 71 runs in just 37 balls, Jemimah Rodrigues scored 38 runs in just 28 balls, in the previous match against Gujarat Giants.
- Marizanne Kapp, Shikha Pandey and Minnu Mani, took 2-2 wickets each, and Jess Jonassen took 1 wicket in the previous match against Gujarat Giants.
- Both teams played 4 matches and Delhi Capitals team won all 4 matches and lost 0 matches against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
SQUADS
Batting – Meg Lanning ©, Shafali Varma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Laura Harris, Aparna Mondal (wk), Sneh Deepthi.
Bowling – Radha Yadav, Sikha Pandey, Minnu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Titas Sadhu, Ashwani Kumari.
All Rounder – Marizanne Kapp, Alice Capsey, Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonassenn.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Meg Lanning ©, Shefali Varma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Arundhati Reddy, Minnu Mani/Titas Sadhu, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Meg Lanning | 18r, 29r, 60r, 53r, 55r. |
| Shafali Varma | 71r, 23r, 15r, 28r, 13r. |
| Alice Capsey | 0r, 48+1W, 15+1W, 19r, 27r. |
| Jemimah Rodrigues | 38r, 58r, 17r, 69r, 7r. |
| Marizanne Kapp | 2W, 12+1W, 11+2W, 32+2W, 3W. |
| Jess Jonassen | 1W, 1+0W, 11+1W, 4+3W, 11+3W. |
| Taniya Bhatia | 0r, 0r, 1r, 4r, 3r. |
| Shikha Pandey | 2W, 1W, 1W, 1W, 1W. |
| Radha Yadav | 0W, 0W, 2W, 1W, 3W. |
| Arundhati Reddy | 0W, 1W, 1W, 0W, 1W. |
| Titas Sadhu | 0W, 2W, 1W, 0W, 0W. |
| Minnu Mani | 2W, 0W, 0W, 2W, 2W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON ARUN JAITLEY STADIUM (WPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Meg Lanning | 4 INNINGS – 160 RUNS. |
| Shafali Varma | 4 INNINGS – 137 RUNS. |
| Alice Capsey | 4 INNINGS – 82 RUNS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Jemimah Rodrigues | 4 INNINGS – 182 RUNS. |
| Marizanne Kapp | 3 INNINGS – 23 RUNS – 5 WICKETS. |
| Jess Jonassen | 4 INNINGS – 16 RUNS – 5 WICKETS. |
| Taniya Bhatia | 1 INNING – 0 RUN. |
| Shikha Pandey | 4 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS. |
| Radha Yadav | 4 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Arundhati Reddy | 4 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Titas Sadhu | 3 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Minnu Mani | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS RCBW (WPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS RCBW |
| Meg Lanning | 29r, 11r, 15r, 72r. |
| Shafali Varma | 23r, 50r, 0r, 84r. |
| Alice Capsey | 48+1W, 46r, 38+0W, 2W. |
| Jemimah Rodrigues | 58r, 0r, 32r, 22r. |
| Marizanne Kapp | 12+1W, 32+2W, 32+0W, 39+0W. |
| Jess Jonassen | 1+0W, 36+3W, 29+0W, 0W. |
| Taniya Bhatia | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Shikha Pandey | 1W, 1W, 3W, 1W. |
| Radha Yadav | 0W, 0W, 0W, 0W. |
| Arundhati Reddy | 1W, 2W. |
| Titas Sadhu | 0W. |
| Minnu Mani | 0W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS RCBW (WPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS RCBW |
| Meg Lanning | 4 INNINGS – 127 RUNS. |
| Shafali Varma | 4 INNINGS – 157 RUNS. |
| Alice Capsey | 4 INNINGS – 132 RUNS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Jemimah Rodrigues | 4 INNINGS – 112 RUNS. |
| Marizanne Kapp | 4 INNINGS – 115 RUNS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Jess Jonassen | 4 INNINGS – 66 RUNS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Taniya Bhatia | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Shikha Pandey | 4 INNINGS – 6 WICKETS. |
| Radha Yadav | 4 INNINGS – 0 WICKET. |
| Arundhati Reddy | 2 INNINGS – 3 WICKET. |
| Titas Sadhu | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
| Minnu Mani | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
RCBW TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Royal Challengers Bangalore team started this season with back to back 2 wins. They have won 5 matches and lost 4 matches out of 9 matches this season.
- Royal Challengers Bangalore team qualified for the Final in this season will play their first final.
- Last match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals, Delhi Capitals team scored 181 runs and RCB team failed to chase it and lost the match by 1 run.
- Smriti Mandhan has scored 269 runs in 9 innings with a 29+ average in this season of Women Premier League.
- Ellyse Perry has scored 312 runs in 8 innings with 62+ average and also taken 7 wickets in this season of Women Premier League.
- Richa Ghosh has scored 240 runs in 8 innings with 40+ average in this season of Women Premier League.
- Sophie Molineux has taken 9 wickets in 9 innings in this season of Women’s Premier league.
- Asha Sobhana has taken 10 wickets in 9 innings in this season of Women’s Premier league.
- Shreyanka Patel has taken 9 wickets in 7 innings in this season of Women’s Premier league.
- In the last match against Mumbai Indians, RCB team scored a low score of 135 runs and successfully defended the total and won the match by 5 runs.
- Ellyse Perry Scored 66 runs and also took 1 wicket in the last match against Mumbai Indians.
- Sjryanka Patil took 2 wickets and also Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham & Asha Sobhana took 1-1 wicket each in the previous match against Mumbai Indians.
- Both teams played 4 matches and Royal Challengers Bangalore team won 0 matches and lost all 4 matches against Delhi Capitals.
SQUADS
Batting – Disha Kasat, Smriti Mandhana ©, Shabbhineni Meghana, Richa Ghosh (wk), Indrani Roy (wk).
Bowling – Simran Bahadur, Ekta Bisht, Kate Cross, Renuka Singh, Shraddha Pokharkar, Sobhana Asha.
All Rounder – Ellyse Perry, Sophie Devine, Shubha Satheesh, Shreyanka Patil, Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Smriti Mandhana ©, Sophie Devine, Sophie Molineu, Richa Ghosh(wk), Ellyse Perry, Shreyanka Patel, Georgia Wareham, Ekta Bisht, Sobhana Asha Shraddha Pokharkar, Renuka Singh.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Smriti Mandhana | 10r, 11r, 5r, 24r, 80r. |
| Sophie Devine | 10+0W, 7+1W, 26r, 23+0W, 2+2W. |
| Sophie Molineux | 11+1W, 9+1W, 33+0W, 1W, 2W. |
| Ellyse Perry | 66+1W, 40+6W, 49r, 24+0W, 58r. |
| Richa Ghosh | 14r, 36r, 51r, 30r, 21r. |
| Disha Kasat | 0r, 0r, 2r, 0r, 9r. |
| Georgia Wareham | 18+1W, 12+0W, 0W, 48+1W, 2W. |
| Shreyanka Patel | 2W, 1W, 4W, 1W, 1W. |
| Asha Sobhana | 1W, 1W, 1W, 0W, 2W. |
| S B Pokharkar | 0W, 0W, 0W, 0W, 2W. |
| Renuka Singh | 0W, 0W, 0W, 0W, 0W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON ARUN JAITLEY STADIUM (WPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Smriti Mandhana | 4 INNINGS – 50 RUNS. |
| Sophie Devine | 4 INNINGS – 63 RUNS – 1 WICKET. |
| Sophie Molineux | 4 INNINGS – 56 RUNS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Ellyse Perry | 4 INNINGS – 179 RUNS – 4 WICKETS. |
| Richa Ghosh | 4 INNINGS – 131 RUNS. |
| Disha Kasat | 1 INNING – 0 RUN. |
| Georgia Wareham | 4 INNINGS – 78 RUNS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Shreyanka Patel | 3 INNINGS – 7 WICKETS. |
| Asha Sobhana | 4 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS. |
| S B Pokharkar | 2 INNINGS – 0 WICKET. |
| Renuka Singh | 4 INNINGS – 0 WICKET. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS DCW (WPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS DCW |
| Smriti Mandhana | 5r, 74r, 8r, 35r. |
| Sophie Devine | 26r, 23+2W, 21r, 14+0W. |
| Sophie Molineux | 33+0W, 1+0W. |
| Ellyse Perry | 49r, 67+0W, 31+0W. |
| Richa Ghosh | 51r, 19r, 37r, 2r. |
| Disha Kasat | 9r. |
| Georgia Wareham | 12+0W, 6+0W, 22+0W. |
| Shreyanka Patel | 4W, 1W, 0W. |
| Asha Sobhana | 1W, 0W. |
| S B Pokharkar | 0W. |
| Renuka Singh | 0W, 0W, 0W, 0W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS DCW (WPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS DCW |
| Smriti Mandhana | 4 INNINGS – 122 RUNS. |
| Sophie Devine | 4 INNINGS – 84 RUNS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Sophie Molineux | 2 INNINGS – 34 RUNS – 0 WICKET. |
| Ellyse Perry | 3 INNINGS – 147 RUNS – 0 WICKET. |
| Richa Ghosh | 4 INNINGS – 109 RUNS. |
| Disha Kasat | 1 INNING – 9 RUNS. |
| Georgia Wareham | 3 INNINGS – 40 RUNS – 0 WICKET. |
| Shreyanka Patel | 3 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS. |
| Asha Sobhana | 2 INNINGS – 1 WICKETS. |
| S B Pokharkar | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
| Renuka Singh | 4 INNINGS – 0 WICKET. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 04
- DCW WIN – 04
- RCBW WIN – 00
- NO RESULT – 00
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – R. Ghosh.
BATSMEN – M. Lanning, S. Varma, J. Rodrigues, S. Mandhana.
ALL-ROUNDERS – J. Jonassen, M. Kapp, A. Capsey, G. Wareham, E. Perry.
BOWLERS – S. Patil.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – R. Ghosh.
BATSMEN – M. Lanning, S. Varma, S. Mandhana.
ALL-ROUNDERS – J. Jonassen, M. Kapp, A. Capsey, S. Devine, S. Molineux, E. Perry.
BOWLERS – R. Yadav.
BACK-UPS – M. Mani, R. Singh, A. Reddy, S. Pandey.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – E. Perry, M. Kapp.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – J. Jonassen, A. Capsey.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
DELHI CAPITALS MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.
