Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) by 8 wickets in the fourth match of WPL 2025 played at Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara.
In the match, captain Smriti Mandhana batted explosively, while Renuka Thakur troubled the Delhi team with her sharp bowling.
DC vs RCB First innings: Delhi’s difficulties
After losing the toss and batting first, Delhi Capitals had a very bad start. In the very first over, Shefali Verma returned to the pavilion without opening the account. Captain Meg Lanning (17) and Jemima Rodrigues (34) tried to handle the innings, but the team kept losing wickets in front of Renuka Thakur’s brilliant bowling.
The innings of Marizanne Kapp (12), Jess Jonason (1), and Sarah Bryce (23) also could not last long. In the end, thanks to the short innings of Shikha Pandey (14) and Minnu Mani (5*), Delhi team was all out after scoring 141 runs in 19.3 overs.
Renuka’s brilliance in bowling
Renuka Thakur took 3 wickets for just 23 runs in her 4 overs. Apart from her, Georgia Wareham also took 3 wickets, while Kim Garth and Ekta Bisht took 2-2 wickets. RCB’s fielding was also very good, due to which Delhi team could not score big.
DC vs RCB Second innings: Mandhana’s storm
Chasing 142 runs, RCB had a great start. Captain Smriti Mandhana and Daniel Wyatt made a brilliant partnership of 107 runs for the first wicket. Wyatt scored 42 runs in 33 balls with the help of 7 fours.
But the hero of the match was Smriti Mandhana, who played a stormy innings of 81 runs with the help of 10 fours and 3 sixes in just 47 balls. Due to her innings, RCB achieved the target in just 16.2 overs.
WPL 2025 – 4th Match DC vs RCB Women Scorecard
Venue: Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara
Winner: Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women won by 8 wickets
Delhi Capitals Women – 141/10 (19.3 Ovs)
- Jemimah Rodrigues – 34 (22), 4 fours, 2 sixes
- Sarah Bryce – 23 (19), 2 fours
- Annabel Sutherland – 19 (13), 1 six
Best Bowlers (Royal Challengers Bengaluru):
- Renuka Thakur – 3/23
- Georgia Wareham – 3/25
- Kim Garth – 2/19
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women – 146/2 (16.2 Overs)
- Smriti Mandhana – 81 (47), 10 fours, 3 sixes
- Danielle Wyatt – 42 (33), 7 fours
- Ellyse Perry – 7* (13)
Best Bowlers (Delhi Capitals):
- Arundhati Reddy – 1/25
- Shikha Pandey – 1/27
- Annabel Sutherland – 0/18
RCB-W chased down the target with 22 balls remaining, led by captain Mandhana’s brilliant 81!
WPL 2025 DC vs RCB, Statement after the match
Renuka Singh Thakur has been judged Player Of The Match! Here’s what she has to say:
Have some good memories of this ground. Like the previous series I was player of the tournament, so I came in with a positive mindset that the pitch here and the crowd are quite good. I work on it, for now I’m working on pace, been working on the outswing too but it’s not as much required now. I’ll try to do more in the upcoming matches. I focus on my release points for the swing – if it’s going down leg often I try to bowl from close to the stumps, once the rhythm returns I go back to wide of the crease.
Smriti Mandhana (Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain):
The bowlers did a great job, restricting a batting line-up like DC to under 150 was a great job. We almost saved 15-20 runs in fielding. In batting, Danni was brilliant. The strategy was to bowl more pace early on, Baroda never plays the same way. The way we started was brilliant. Joshita came back really well in her second over. That shows her character. Really proud of our bowlers, even Ekta, the way she came back. Me and Danni batted a lot together at the Hundred, we know each other really well. We discussed we had to keep going. It was about reacting to the ball and it came off.
Danny Wyatt-Hodge [Royal Challengers Bengaluru]:
Pretty satisfied, yes. Before the game I told in the team huddle, let’s make it two in two, that’s what we did. I had the best seat in the house to watch Smriti put on a show. Hopefully we can keep it up. She keeps me very calm, she was much coach tonight, she was helpful. We played for Southern Braves together, know each other very well. RCB is a great franchise, very welcoming. A little bit on the slow side, she kept saying, come back and go forward. She batted so well, pleasure to bat with her.
Meg Lanning [Delhi Capitals Women captain]:
Not our best night, we got off to a reasonable start, but kept losing wickets. RCB bowled really well in the middle, pegged us back. We couldn’t take the wickets at the start, disappointing that our batters got in but just couldn’t carry on, myself included. RCB just too good tonight. We felt like we could’ve improved a lot from game on, we always need to find a way to win the game. Tonight certainly not the best night. Good thing about this tournament is you come back and turn things around. It does get easier as you bat on, RCB took advantage of that. Bowlers have to bowl well with the new ball. We were 60 odd after the powerplay, but lost our way.
