WPL 2024

Kapp, Jonassen all-round show trumps Mandhana's maiden WPL fifty

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Jess Jonassen struck a 16-ball 36 not out before bagging 3 for 21
Jess Jonassen struck a 16-ball 36 not out before bagging 3 for 21 © BCCI

Led by Jess Jonassen's all-round show in the death (16-ball 36* & 3-21) and Marizanne Kapp's contributions with both bat and ball (32 off 16 & 2-35) Delhi Capitals registered a 25-run win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in what was the highest-scoring affair so far in WPL 2024. After posting 194 for 5 at the back of Shafali Verma's second consecutive half-century and quickfire knocks from Alice Capsey, Kapp and Jonassen, RCB were restricted to 169 for 9 despite Smriti Mandhana's maiden WPL half-century (43-ball 74).

A slow but dramatic start

After having won the toss and electing to field, RCB were a bit over the place. Desperate to find a wicket early, they lost a review off the first ball, hoping to have Meg Lanning dismissed legbefore. To add to their woes, off the last ball of the over, Shreyanka Patil put down a sitter, giving her a reprieve on 4.

However, much like it has been the case for most of the tournament in the starting overs, scoring wasn't easy early on. DC managed to post only 22 runs in four overs, before Lanning departed in the next cutting Sophie Devine to backward square leg.

Shafali and Capsey lead the charge

As the pitch settled down, the two in-form batters took control of the proceedings. Shafali showed the intent to attack in the last over of the powerplay when she went after Sophie Molineux, smashing her for a boundary and a six. Soon enough, Alice Capsey also joined her in the attack, going after S Asha, going down the track and hammering her a four before reverse sweeping her for the same result.

As the partnership flourished, the scoring rate also picked pace. In the 12th over, Shafali slog-swept Shreyanka Patil for two successive sixes and brought up her second successive half-century. She attempted to put away a third one as well when the offie bowled a short-pitched seam-up delivery, but it was pulled flat to the fielder at deep mid wicket.

That dismissal opened the gates for a brief stutter.

Nadine De Klerk makes an impressive debut

The South African all-rounder may have been welcomed to the tournament with a six over the mid wicket boundary. But off the next 17 deliveries, she conceded only 17 runs and picked up two wickets. She put her variations in pace and lengths to use, frustrated Jemimah Rodrigues early on and had her miscuing a shot to mid off. In her next over, she cleaned up Capsey with a yorker. She could have had the English batter dismissed on 41 in her previous over, but Devine put down a sitter at long on.

Kapp and Jonassen provide the late flourish

For a brief period, following three quick dismissals and the scoring rate controlled for a few overs, the momentum had shifted in RCB's favour. However, Marizanne Kapp took little time to get on the offensive. She smashed two sixes and a four off de Klerk's last over, before Jonassen went after S Asha, both overs helping the team add 38 runs to the total. Even as Devine dismissed Kapp in the next over, Jonassen ended DC's innings with a boundary and a six off Shreyanka in the last over, registering the highest team total of this year's WPL.

Smriti Mandhana leads the chase

Having not enjoyed the best of returns in WPL, the RCB skipper had her finest day out on Thursday. In the big run-chase, she got the chase going by carting Kapp for a couple of boundaries in the opening over through the legside. She kept attacking the shorter boundary through the powerplay. Even as Sophie Devine was struggling to maintain a similar tempo, Mandhana had hogged the majority of the strike and ensured the side was on track in the run chase.

By the time she brought up her half-century by punching Minnu Mani towards deep point and picking up a couple, Devine had only added 9 runs off 12 balls. With a heavily strapped leg, the New Zealander was also struggling to run as quickly as she usually does, but soon after Mandhana's fifty, she smoked a couple of massive sixes in the long on region. Devine's assault lasted only a brief while as she miscued a full toss by Arundhatai Reddy in the next over and it settled comfortably in the hands of Jonassen at mid wicket. Despite Devine playing a secondary role, the openers had added 77 runs in 51 balls.

Mandhana keeps the charge going, but DC fight back

Even as Mandhana kept finding boundaries at regular intervals, Kapp and Shikha Pandey bowled a couple of tight overs to keep RCB in check before Mandhana was cleaned up by Kapp. Once she departed, S Meghana and Richa Ghosh found the boundaries hard to come. The bowler bowled smartly to the plans, used the slower balls excessively, forced the batters to play towards the longer part of the boundary and attacked their inability to use the sweep shot effectively. With the required rate mounting, Ghosh departed top edging a pull by Kapp to the point fielder.

The death choke

Jonassen was sparingly used in the first 13 overs. However, in the last seven, she bowled three overs against the RCB batters who were left with little choice but to be on the attack. With Ellyse Perry missing the contest due to a niggle, the batting was already slightly weaker. And as many of them attempted to clear the bigger part of the boundary, they kept holing out to the fielders in the deep. In the process, Jonassen had Simran Bahadur, Sophie Molineux and S Asha caught in the final over. Before that, Pandey and Arundhati had dismissed Georgia Wareham and De Klerk similarly to not only power away to victory in the final overs, but with a significantly big margin.

With this victory that handed RCB their first loss of the season, Delhi Capitals have moved to the top of the closely contested tournament so far.

Brief Scores: Delhi Capitals 194/5 in 20 overs (Shafali Verma 50, Alice Capsey 46; Sophie Devine 2-33, Nadine de Klerk 2-35) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 169/9 in 20 overs (Smriti Mandhana 74, S Meghana 36; Jess Jonassen 3-21, Marizanne Kapp 2-35) by 25 runs.

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