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Royal Challengers Bangalore women defeated the Delhi Capitals to win their first trophy by eight wickets in franchise history. For RCB, this was the team's first WPL final appearance and m anaged to take down the Capitals, who made the final in the previous edition as well. For RCB it was performances from Sophie Molineux, Shreyanka Patil and Ellyse Perry which propelled them to the first title in RCB history.
After winning the toss, Delhi Capitals decided to bat first and got off to a blistering start, courtesy the prolific opening pair of captain Meg Lanning and Indian star Shafali Varma. The pair took on RCB's new ball attack and posted a quick-fire 50-run stand before finishing the batting powerplay at a score of 61.
But after this roaring start, the Royal Challengers rocked back into the contest with Sophie Molineux's three-wicket over. She sent packing Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues and Alice Capsey which turned the game in Bengaluru's favour. Emulating Molineux, Asha Sobhana and Shreyanka Patil ripped through the remaining DC batters to inflict a massive collapse.
The Capitals went from 61-0 to 87-7 before stumbling to post a below-par score of 113 runs. The Royal Challengers Bangalore brought this momentum in the second innings with Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Devine putting up a 49-run opening stand.
But after Devine's wicket, things got tough for Bangalore with Mandhana and Ellyse Perry struggling to get going. This pressure led to the RCB captain's wicket and brought the Capitals back into the fixture. But Richa Ghosh and the in-form Perry found some form and finished off the game in the final over.
