Delhi Capitals (DC) will face defending champion Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the fourth match of the Woman's Premier League 2025 (WPL). The match will be played at Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara at 7:30 pm this evening.
The team from Delhi and Bengaluru won their last match. RCB chased the biggest run in the history of the tournament in the first match. While DC beat Mumbai by 2 wickets in a thrilling match. Both teams faced each other in the WPL 2024 final for the last time. Here the RCB won the match by 8 wickets.
Match Details, Fourth Match RCB VS DC Date: February 17 Stadium: Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara Time: Toss – At 7:00 pm, Match start – 7:30 pm
Interesting facts of the match …
- Top 3 Better in WPL history – Mag Lanning (691 runs), Shefali Verma (601 runs) and RCB's Alice Perry (657 runs) will be seen playing in this match.
- Shefali Verma has hit the highest 35 sixes in WPL. On average, it hit a six in every 10 balls.
Bengaluru became the champion in the 2024 final Delhi Capitals and Bengaluru finally faced each other in the WPL 2024 final. Smriti Mandhana's Bengaluru team won by 8 wickets in the match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium. The Delhi team was all out for 114 in the first innings. In response, Bengaluru chased the target by losing 3 balls early.
Bengaluru team with WPL 2024 Trophy.
Delhi beats Bengaluru in 4 matches There have been 5 matches between DC and RCB in WPL so far. Delhi has won 4 of these, while Bengaluru has won 1. It is a match of last time.
Top Better of Captain Lanning DC Delhi's batting is very strong. Captain Mag Lanning is the top scorer. He has scored 691 runs in 19 matches. The squad has baters bat fast like Shefali Verma, Anabel Sutherland, Jemmah Rodrigas, Alice Capsie and Sarah Brees.
Shefali scored 43 off 18 balls against Mumbai. Fast bowler Shikha Pandey is the highest wicket -taker in Delhi. He took 2 wickets for only 14 runs in 4 overs against Mumbai.
Perry Bengaluru's top all -rounder In the opening match of the tournament, RCB beat Gujarat giants by 6 wickets. The team has strengthened the team with young players like Raghavi Bisht and Kanika Ahuja. The team also has experience with Mandhana, Alice Perry, Richa Ghosh and Danny Wyatt.
Alice Perry is the RCB's X Factor player. He is both the top scorer and the wicket borrower. In the first match against Gujarat, he scored 57 off 34 balls. Wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh played 64 off 27 balls.
Toss Roll and Pitch Report For the first time, a WPL match is being played at Kotambi Stadium. The stadium is built and the Indian women's team also played an ODI series against the West Indies. If we want the first 3 matches of the tournament, pitch is helpful for batters. High -scoring matches are being seen here. As the match goes on, spinners also get a turn. The boundary of this ground is 55 to 65 meters. Most teams decide to bowl by winning the toss here. The team won the team chasing all three matches.
Weather report The maximum temperature in Vadodara on Monday will be 25 degrees and the minimum temperature 13 degrees. There will be clouds in the sky. But there is no possibility of rain. The atmosphere will have 46% moisture, while the wind blows at 13 km / h.
Potential Playing-11 Delhi Capitals (DC) of both teams: Mag Lanning (Captain), Shefali Verma, Jemima Rodrigues, Annabel Sutherland, Alice Capsi, Nicky Prasad, Sarah Brees (wicketkeeper), Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy and Minu Mani.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB): Smriti Mandhana (Captain), Danny Wyatt, Alice Perry, Raghavi Bisht, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Kanika Ahuja, Georgia Wareham, Kim Garth, Prem Rawat, Joshita Vijay and Renuka Singh.
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