New Delhi. 2024 champions Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals face each other in the final of the Women’s Premier League in Vadodara. RCB is being captained by Smriti Mandhana, while DC is being captained by Jemimah Rodrigues. DC is playing its fourth Women’s Premier League final and a win will give them their first Women’s Premier League title and first franchise title.
Delhi Capitals has entered with this playing eleven
Delhi Capitals Women (Playing XI): Lizelle Lee (wicketkeeper), Shafali Verma, Laura Wolvaardt, Jemimah Rodrigues (captain), Marijne Kapp, Chinelle Henry, Nikki Prasad, Sneh Rana, Minnu Mani, Shree Charani, Nandini Sharma.
The playing eleven of RCB is as follows
Grace Harris, Smriti Mandhana (C), Georgia Woll, Richa Ghosh (W), Radha Yadav, Nadine de Klerk, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Sayali Satghare, Shreyanka Patil, Lauren Bell.
RCB won the toss and chose bowling
RCB captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and asked Jemimah Rodrigues-led Delhi Capitals to bat first. Both the teams have excellent players and have been performing brilliantly at the league stage. The final is expected to be exciting.
For RCB, victory would mean winning both the IPL and Women’s Premier League titles at the same time and would be their third franchise title. RCB topped the league stage with six wins from eight matches. Their captain Smriti Mandhana has led the team. In which batsmen and bowlers like Lauren Bell and Grace Harris have played an important role in this season.
Delhi Capitals made it to the finals by winning the eliminator against Gujarat Giants. The team has reached the WPL finals for the fourth consecutive time, but has not been able to win the title yet. Captain Jemimah Rodrigues’ team includes players like Lizelle Lee, Shefali Verma and Nandini Sharma and Chinelle Henry.
Teams:
RCB: Smriti Mandhana (captain), Grace Harris, Nadine de Klerk, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Dayalan Hemlata, Linsey Smith, Lauren Bell, Arundhati Reddy, Richa Ghosh (wk), Georgia Woll, Shreyanka Patil, Kumar Pratyosha (wk), Sayali Satghare, Gautami Naik and Prema Rawat.
Delhi Capitals: Jemimah Rodrigues (captain), Shafali Verma, Lizelle Lee, Nandini Sharma, Marizanne Kapp, Chinelle Henry, Sneh Rana, Laura Wolvaardt, Alana King, Tania Bhatia (wk), Minnu Mani, Pragathi Singh, Nallapureddy Sri Charani, Nikki Prasad, Lucy Hamilton, Shrujana.