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DC bundled out RCB for 109 runs as Nandani Sharma claimed a three-fer, before Laura Wolvaardt’s unbeaten 42-run knock helped Delhi over the road with 26 balls to spare.
DC’s Laura Wolvaardt stared with an unbeaten innings to take the Capital City side to victory against RCB. (WPL)
Delhi Capitals registered a convincing 7-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru on the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Saturday.
DC bundled out RCB for 109 runs due to Nandini Sharma’s three-wicket haul, before Laura Wolvaardt starred with an unbeaten 42-run knock to take the Capital City side over the road with 26 balls to spare.
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Delhi won the toss and opted to field first as Grace Harris and Smriti Mandhana opened the innings for Bengaluru and placed on 32 runs to begin the sport before Marizanne Kapp removed Harris for 9 off 13 deliveries. Smriti added 38 runs off 34 balls before Minnu Mani removed the RCB skipper.
Nallapureddy Charani dismissed Gautami Naik for 3 before Kapp doubled her tally with the removal of Georgia Voll for 11 off 14 to mark the start of a crumbling middle order Richa Ghosh was scalped for five runs by Mani.
Radha Yadav added 18 runs off 17 balls before Chinelle Henry joined in on the DC’s bowling act before Arundhati Reddy was trapped in front of the wicket by Nandini Sharma.
Sharma went on to dismiss Shreyanka Patil for a run-a-ball-seven, before completing her three-fer with the wicket of Sayalia Satghare for 3 to bundle out RCB for 109.
Delhi began their chase with Shafali Verma and Lizelle Lee, but faced an early roadblock as the previous fell to Satghare for 16 off 8 balls before the RCB bowler picked up her second with the removal of the opposite opener for six off 8 deliveries.
Laura Wolvaardt and skipper Jemimah Rodrigues stepped in to treatment the situation ad put up a 52-run stand to regular the ship, before Rodrigues was dismissed by Radha for twenty-four of 26 deliveries. Kapp got here out to interchange her fallen captain and accompanied Wolvaardt because the Protea duo took DC over the road with 26 deliveries to spare.
January 25, 2026, 06:00 IST
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