List of Milestones and Records made during Match 17 – Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

Delhi top table and qualify after winning last ball thriller, hang RCB’s qualification hope still hanging. In the 17th match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 between the Delhi Capitals and the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, the former once again had a last-ball finish in the tournament and finally ended on the right side, unlike the last 2 times.

Alice Capsey and Jemimah Rodrigues
Alice Capsey and Jemimah Rodrigues

To start from the coin toss, Meg Lanning won the toss and elected to bat first as has been the trend in the Delhi leg. Delhi had a good start in the powerplay with 53 runs on the scoreboard for the loss of 1 wicket. It was once again a Jemimah Rodrigues and Alice Capsey show in the middle, with Jemimah notching up a quickfire fifty, her 2nd in the WPL, and also completing 300 runs in the competition, alongside Alice Capsey, who completed 200 runs in WPL 2024.

Fastest fifties in WPL 2024

Kiran Navgire – 25 balls

Jemimah Rodrigues – 26 balls

Jemimah Rodrigues – 27 balls

Beth Mooney – 27 balls

Dayalan Hemalatha – 28 balls

With the help of a 97-run partnership between Rodrigues and Capsey Delhi Capitals were able to capitalise and reach a total of 181 runs at a loss of 5 wickets.

2nd Highest 3rd wicket partnership in WPL

Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur 106* runs VS UPW Women 2023

Jemimah Rodrigues, Alice Capsey 97 runs VS RCB Women 2024

Tahlia McGrath, Alyssa Healy 82 runs VS MI Women 2023

Laura Wolvaardt, Ashleigh Gardner 81 runs VS DC Women 2023

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Jemimah Rodrigues, Alice Capsey 74 runs VS MI Women 2024

Following a lean patch, Shreyanka Patil found form and sent down an outstanding spell, even in the slog or the death overs. She picked up late wickets and finished with figures of 4/26.

Best Bowling Figures for RCB in WPL

Sobhana Asha: 5-22 VS UPW 2024

Shreyanka Patil: 4-26 VS DC 2024

Ellyse Perry: 3-16 VS UPW 2023

Sophie Molineux: 3-25 VS GG 2024

Kanika Anuja: 2-5 VS MI 2023

Coming to bat RCB captain Smriti Mandhana had a new opening partner this time in Sophie Molineux but they lost the wicket of Mandhana early in the innings. It was an overall effort from the RCB batters throughout the innings with Molineux scoring 33(30), Perry scoring 49(32), Devine scoring 26(16), and also completing her 11000 T20 runs, but it was the key innings of Richa Ghosh of 51(29) which nearly took RCB over the line in a 1 run loss against the Delhi Capitals.

Ellyse Perry’s run-out was a significant moment in the game, as was that of Richa Ghosh off the last ball.

Most runouts in WPL

7 runouts GG VS RCB 2024

3 runouts DC VS RCB 2024

2 runouts DC VS MI 2023 Final

2 runouts MI VS UPW 2023

2 runouts DC VS GG 2023

Orange Cap List

Meg Lanning – 7 matches 290 runs

Smriti Mandhana – 7 matches 248 runs

Harmanpreet Kaur – 5 matches 235 runs

Alice Capsey – 7 matches 230 runs

Beth Mooney – 6 matches 211

Purple Cap List

Radha Yadav – 7 matches 10 wickets

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Jess Jonassen – 5 matches 10 wickets

Marizanne Kapp – 5 matches 9 wickets

Sophie Ecclestone – 7 matches 8 wickets

Deepti Sharma – 7 matches 8 wickets

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