Royal Challengers lose to Delhi Capitals by 25 runs in WPL 2024

Royal Challengers Bangalore lost their first game of the Women's Premier League 2024 season on Thursday, 29 February. The home team, playing at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium did exceptionally well in their chase of 195 runs against Delhi Capitals. Chasing a record target, the RCB team came out all guns blazing and fell just short of target - by 25 runs against Meg Lanning's



team.

RCB were restricted to 169/9 after losing a flurry of wickets in the last 4 overs of the game.

It was a night for big hits as both teams hit a total of 19 sixes - a record in the WPL history. RCB accounted for 8 of those, but at the end of it, the target just became too much for the home side, despite Smriti Mandhana's majestic 74 off just 43 balls.