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The Shafali-Lanning show flattens RCB before Tara Norris' five-for

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Sunday, 05 March 2023 05:48

Delhi Capitals 223 for 2 (Shafali 84, Lanning 72, Kapp 39*) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 163 for 8 (Mandhana 35, Knight 34, Norris 5-29) by 60 runs

It was just over a week ago when a disappointed Shafali Verma was watching Australia captain Meg Lanning celebrate a thrilling win over India in the T20 World Cup semi-finals in Cape Town. On Sunday, the two came together to feast on a listless Royal Challengers Bangalore bowling, fist-bumping their way to a rollicking 162-run stand in 14.3 overs at the Brabourne Stadium.
Delhi Capitals amassed a whopping 223 for 2, the second 200-plus total in a row in the WPL, and in turn, Royal Challengers could only get to 163 for 8, as USA's Tara Norris - the only Associate player in the tournament - bagged five wickets.

It wasn't like Royal Challengers did not have the firepower. Having Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry and Heather Knight in your line-up is an absolute dream. On a good batting surface, you expect these big names to show up. But Capitals have Lanning. And she is no ordinary captain. Actually, we can say it out loud: she is a five-time World Cup-winning captain.

She placed a mid-off and prompted Alice Capsey to bowl wide to Devine, who had been targeting that area for boundaries. That resulted in a superb catch by Shafali to dismiss the dangerous Devine for just 14. She brought on left-arm spinner Radha Yadav only after Mandhana was dismissed. And she never gave Royal Challengers a chance to recover after that.

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