WPL Final: RCB beats Delhi Capitals by eight wickets, clinch maiden title

NEW DELHI: Nine-wicket haul between Spinners Shreyanka Patil, Sophie Molineux, and Asha Sobhana followed by Ellyse Perry's composed 35 helped Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) win the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2024 title with an eight-wicket win over Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium here on Sunday.

RCB's famous phrase of 'Ee Sala Cup Namde', which translates to 'this year the cup is ours', finally became a reality for the franchise by winning their first-ever WPL title and become just the second winners in the history of the competition.

Shreyanka was the pick of the bowlers by taking 4-12 and becoming the leading wicket-taker of the tournament, while Sophie’s three wickets and Asha’s two scalps reduced DC to113 in 18.3 overs. In the chase, Ellyse, the tournament's leading run-getter, stayed till the end to complete the chase in 19.3 overs.

Earlier, Delhi Capitals had a quick start by scoring 61 runs in the Power-play, and were looking all set to make a big total. But from 64/0 in seven overs, they lost all their wickets in just 49 runs.

Brief scores:

Delhi Capitals 113 all out in 18.3 overs (Shafali Verma 44, Meg Lanning 23; Shreyanka Patil 4-12, Sophie Molineux 3-20) lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore 115/2 in 19.3 overs (Ellyse Perry 35 not out, Shikha Pandey 1-11) by eight wickets.