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Delhi Capitals take on RCB in a rematch of the last season's final

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Sunday, 16 February 2025 03:19

Delhi Capitals (DC) vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara, February 17, 2025, 7.30pm IST

It's a rematch of the last season's final. After topping the league stage in WPL 2024, DC must have fancied their chances of lifting the trophy. After all, they were playing at their home ground and had a 4-0 head-to-head record against RCB. However, they faltered at the final huddle for the second season in a row.
Both DC and RCB have started their 2025 campaign with a win. RCB beat Gujarat Giants in the tournament opener, while DC sealed a last-ball win against Mumbai Indians. But both wins were far from clinical. Chasing 202, RCB needed 79 from the last six overs before Richa Ghosh and Kanika Ahuja took them over the line. Similarly, DC would have lost If not for the three contentious run-out decisions going their way.
With a sickness going around in their camp, DC had to go in with one fewer overseas player in their XI. But if Marizanne Kapp is available, she could replace Niki Prasad. Finding a place for Jess Jonassen may not be as easy, though.

Delhi Capitals (probable): 1 Meg Lanning (capt), 2 Shafali Verma, 3 Jemimah Rodrigues, 4 Alice Capsey, 5 Marizanne Kapp/Niki Prasad, 6 Annabel Sutherland, 7 Sarah Bryce (wk), 8 Shikha Pandey, 9 Radha Yadav, 10 Arundhati Reddy, 11 Minnu Mani

With Shreyanka Patil ruled out of the tournament, RCB have signed Sneh Rana in a like-for-like replacement. Rana could be in the action straightaway, replacing Prema Rawat in the XI.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (probable): 1 Smriti Mandhana (capt), 2 Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 3 Ellyse Perry, 4 Raghvi Bist, 5 Richa Ghosh (wk), 6 Kanika Ahuja, 7 Georgia Wareham, 8 Sneh Rana, 9 Kim Garth, 10 VJ Joshitha, 11 Renuka Singh

Meg Lanning, who has retired from international cricket, looked rusty in DC's opening game. Shabnim Ismail beat her with pace on multiple occasions and eventually bowled her for 15 off 19 balls. Lanning and Shafali Verma's opening stands were the bedrock of DC's success in the first two seasons. The team will hope their captain is back to her best soon.
Smriti Mandhana does not seem to enjoy facing offspin, especially early on in her innings. In the previous match, she lasted just two balls against Ashleigh Gardner. DC are likely to test her with the same ploy. They have got not one but two offspinners: Alice Capsey and Minnu Mani. It will be interesting to see Mandhana's approach.
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