WPL 2023 Live Score, RCB vs DC: Lanning, Shafali take Delhi Capitals to mammoth 223 runs

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Royal Challengers Bangalore have started confidently and strongly in the first four overs. Smriti Mandhana has raced off to 27 runs and Sophie Devine has moved to 14 runs.

Brilliant stat

In 2008 - 1st #IPL match: KKR 222/3 & RCB 82
In 2023 - 1st #WPL match: MI-W 207/5 & GG-W 64

In 2008 - 2nd IPL match: CSK 240/4 & KXIP 207/4
In 2023 - 2nd WPL match: DC-W 223/2 & RCB-W ?#WPL2023 #DCvRCB #RCBvDC#TATAWPL

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) March 5, 2023

RCB need 224 to win

Delhi Capitals put together 223 runs with Meg Lanning (72) and Shafali Verma (84) pick of the lot. Kapp (39) and Jemimah (22) with the finishing touches

Royal Challengers Bangalore need 224 to win

12 runs from the final over of the innings. Two boundaries in the last over - one from Jemimah and one from Kapp. The South African, fittingly, scores a boundary to end this big-scoring inning

JEMIMAH REVIEWS!

Jemimah Rodrigues has reviewed for a no ball. One of the innovations in the WPL where a wide or a no ball can be sent upstairs for a second look. The DC batter thinks this is over the waist but it is not. Not a no ball. 

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SIX! SIX! Raining sixes in the 19th over. Heather Knight is smacked for sixes by Marizanne Kapp. On the second ball, it lands on leg-stump, Kapp  launches the slog sweep over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. A ball later, it is six more. Same shot but this one is much straighter, over long-on

SHAFALI VERMA IS GONE!

A ball later, Shafali Verma joins Meg Lanning into the dugout. Both openers are gone. Knight notices Shafali come down the track, slows it down, drags the length back as well and made Shafali reach for the big shot. The outside goes to Richa Ghosh who does well to hang on on a second attempt. Brilliant knock comes to an end

Shafali c Ghosh b Knight 84 (45)

MEG LANNING IS GONE!

After flurry of fours and sixes, there's a wicket. Meg Lanning comes down the track to Heather Knight, looks to flick it into the leg side but the ball sneaks past her willow to crash into the leg stump. The partnership is broken after 162 runs

Lanning b Knight 72 (43)

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16 from the over as Shafali collects four more. Very full from Renuka, Shafali uses the strong bottom hand the fielders can't do anything to cut it out

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FOUR! Renuka Singh to Shafali: FOUR MORE! Shafali picks the slower ball, goes down on one knee and whacks the slog sweep wide of deep mid-wicket. One bounce, FOUR!