RCB vs DC Ball by Ball Commentary

FOUR! Winning runs! Shreyanka Patil bowls this quicker, short but down the leg side. Marizanne Kapp goes down on one knee and paddles it away as it races to the fine leg fence for a boundary. DC WIN BY 7 WICKETS, with 26 balls to spare!

Floated, full and on middle, Laura drills it down the pitch. Patil dives to her right but fails to stop it as it goes towards long on for a run.

Short again and on middle, Kapp nudges it through mid-wicket for a single.

Flatter, short and on middle, turns in, Kapp tucks it away to short mid-wicket.

Fires it full and on middle, Wolvaardt keeps it out safely to mid-wicket. DC are one hit away now. 5 needed.

Sliding down towards the leg stump, Kapp moves back and tickles it to square leg for a single.

Short and outside off, forced off the back foot to deep cover. Another single.

Fuller and on middle, Kapp knocks it down to long on for one.

Quicker one, it's on middle and tucked to deep mid-wicket for a single.

SIX! Absolutely smoked. Full and flighted around middle and leg, Laura clears the front leg and goes hammer and tongs. It whistles over mid-wicket and into the stands. Just 9 more needed now.

Skidding down the leg side, Kapp nudges it in front of square leg for a single. The siren has gone off, and it's a no-ball. Free Hit coming up...

Serves it full and on off, it's defended back to the bowler. 17 needed off 36 balls.

Skidding down the leg side, helped behind square leg for a run.

Fuller and around off, forced to long off for a single.

Short and on off, punched to deep cover for a single.

FOUR! Dispatched with authority. Extra air on it, full and on middle, and Kapp lines it up beautifully. She swings through the line and thumps it over mid off. She is clearly in a hurry now.

Quicker one, short and flat around leg, Kapp hangs on the back foot to hit it across the line but misses. It goes off the bottom edge to point.

Length ball around off, Kapp pushes it with an angled bat to point for one. So, for the first time this season, Bell goes wicketless in her spell.

On middle, a length ball, defended from the back foot.

FOUR! Lightning hands from Kapp and she is off the mark in style. Fuller on middle, she presents the full face of the bat and drills it past the diving mid-off fielder. Clean and confident!

Short and wide outside off, slapped to deep cover for a run.

Angles in a length ball on off, Laura defends it back from the crease.

FOUR! Easy pickings indeed. Bell strays full down the leg side, Laura Wolvaardt helps it off her pads and guides it fine to the fence. The equation comes down to 30 needed off 46 balls.

Flatter and on middle, Kapp moves back and helps it to mid-wicket.

Flighted around off, driven to mid off.

OUT! CAUGHT! Third time lucky and Smriti Mandhana shows them how it is done. Floated full around off, Rodrigues steps back and looks to go inside-out over covers but does not get the elevation. It is a straightforward catch for the RCB skipper, who removes her best friend and opposite number. The partnership is snapped and the equation now reads 34 needed off 50 balls.

Short and close to off, Wolvaardt gets back and cuts it to point for a run.

The fifty stand comes up! Radha drags her length short and delivers it on middle, Laura rocks back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a couple.

Flighted and full, around off, Laura Wolvaardt drives it to covers.

Short and on middle, pulled to deep square leg for one. 37 needed off 54 balls.

A length ball around middle and leg, Laura tries to flick but misses. She is hit on the front pad. The keeper appeals for an lbw but she is the only one doing so.

Full again, around off, Jemi drives it through covers and takes a run.

Shortish and on middle, Laura stays back and forces it to long on for a run.

Well placed. Fuller in length, on middle, Jemimah Rodrigues steps back to make room and drills it through covers. Gets three runs.

Short and on middle, pulled behind square leg for a single.

Slows it up, full and on off, Rodrigues steps across and works it towards mid on.

Short again and on middle, Laura nudges it towards mid-wicket for one more.

Short and around off, Jemi stabs it out towards extra cover for one.

Floated, shortish and on middle, Jemimah pats it back to the bowler.

DROPPED! Would you believe it? RCB has put down another chance here. Flatter, full and around middle. Jemimah Rodrigues gets down on a knee to swipe it but cannot get under it and hits it flat and aerially straight towards mid-wicket. Gautami Naik gets low but cannot hold on to that.

Fuller and around leg, Jemi glances it towards short fine.

Touch fuller and on middle, Laura tucks it away towards short mid-wicket. 10 from the over, going steadily are DC.

FOUR! An excellent effort but it goes in vain! Short of a length and just outside off, Laura Wolvaardt tries to cut it away but gets a thick outside edge that flies towards short third. Lauren Bell leaps high and tries to grab it with her outstretched right hand but it just bursts through and goes away for a boundary. If Bell can't reach it, no one can.

On a length and on middle, angling in. Jemi misses her flick and Ghosh only manages to parry it away. A bye taken.

FOUR! Up and over! Nadine De Klerk serves this full and on middle and leg. Jemimah Rodrigues clears her front leg away. She knows that mid on is up in the circle and lofts it nicely over that fielder to collect an easy boundary.

Fuller and on middle, Rodrigues steps forward and knocks it back to the bowler.

Back of a length and around off, Wolvaardt stays back and punches it through covers for a single.

Tossed up, full and around off, Laura strides out and drives it through covers for one more.

Flatter, short once more, on middle, Jemimah Rodrigues moves back and flicks it towards deep square leg for one.

WIDE! A quicker one, shortish and turning into leg, Jemimah Rodrigues opens up her stance to heave it away but it looks like she misses. Richa Ghosh, behind the stumps, fails to collect it cleanly to her left as the ball hits her left knee, where there is no protection. However, Patil thinks that the ball has hit something and convinces her skipper to challenge the wide call. UltraEdge and replay show that it has not hit the gloves or anything else. The third umpire wants to make sure that no part of the ball is inside the red guideline and confirms that it is a wide.

Short again and on middle, Wolvaardt pulls it away to deep mid-wicket for another run.

Drops it short and on middle, Jemi moves back and punches it to long on for a run. 50 UP FOR DC!

Flighted, full and on middle, Jemimah pushes it back to the bowler.

Floated, short and on middle, Laura moves back and clips it through square leg for a single.

FOUR! Oh...dear! More sloppy fielding from RCB. Overpitched and on middle, Jemi drives it with a straight bat back past the bowler. Reddy cannot stop it with her right foot. Harris at long on runs to her left to pick it up but gets tangled up and lets it through her legs for a boundary. 10 from the over and RCB have been a tad sloppy in the field.

EDGED AND FOUR! A seam-up delivery, full and around off, no swing at all. Jemimah Rodrigues strides out to push it away but gets a thick outside edge that flies through the vacant first slip region for a boundary. Second time in this game, this has happened now.

Good length and just outside off, Laura reaches out for it and stabs it towards sweeper cover for a run.

Full again and on middle and leg, Rodrigues steps across and clips it towards deep square leg. She calls for 'two' but has to settle for a single.

Goes fuller and on middle, Jemi prods forward and blocks it down the pitch.

Back of a length and around off, Jemimah Rodrigues stays back and tries to guide it away but misses.

Another full delivery, on off, Laura drills it down the pitch. Sayali gets her left hand on it on the follow-through to make a half-stop as the ball rolls away towards mid off. Four dots to end the over. DC are 38/2 after the Powerplay!

Full again and on middle and off, Wolvaardt gets behind the line of it and blocks it out.

Pitched up and on middle, Laura knocks it towards mid on.

Good comeback! Sayali hits the length hard and on off, nips it back in with some bounce. Laura throws her hands at it but misses. Ghosh, standing up to the stumps, takes it well, almost near the helmet.

FOUR! Gets it through! Back of a length and outside off, holds its line. Laura Wolvaardt gets the chance to free her arms and crunches it through backward point for a boundary.

Fuller in length and on off, shaping in, Laura stays back in her crease and keeps it out to the off side.

Full and angling in around off, Jemimah gets on the front foot and defends it back. End of a tidy over where a catch went down.

Wide! Slips a length ball down the leg side, the batter fails to flick and the keeper collects it with a dive to her left.

Shortish and on off, defended by Rodrigues.

In the channel outside off, on a length, Jemimah Rodrigues pushes inside the line and misses.

DROPPED! A sitter goes down and Sayali Satghare is the culprit. Still dwelling on the earlier misfield, she spills a straightforward chance. Length ball outside off, Rodrigues rocks back to cut but gets a thick outside edge to short third, and it pops out of Sayali's hands. A costly miss for RCB, chances like these have to stick in a chase.

Full and outside off, driven through point for a single.

FOUR! Gifted away through a misfield. Bell lands it on a length on middle, skidding in, and Wolvaardt is squared up in defence, the outside edge running towards short third. Sayali is right there but it slips through her legs and trickles away to the rope.

Slants in a length ball on middle, Jemimah defends it down from the back foot.

Presses forward to a length ball and defends it to the off side.

FOUR! Jemimah gets off the mark in a nervous fashion. Length ball outside off, Rodrigues looks to drive on the front foot but nicks it fine through the vacant slip region. Fortunate, but a boundary nonetheless.

OUT! CAUGHT! Sayali strikes again and she has both Delhi openers in her pocket. Length ball on middle, Lee goes down for the slog but cannot keep it along the turf. It flies flat towards deep square leg where Georgia Voll lunges forward and takes it cleanly. Delhi wobble at 24 for 2.

FOUR! Lee takes the aerial route and finally beats the infield. She had been finding cover riders with her drives, but this time she gets a full ball in her arc and lifts it cleanly over mid off for a welcome boundary.

Fullish and around off, Lizelle drives but finds the cover fielder.

Gets behind the line of the delivery and pushes it to the off side. A tidy over from Bell, good comeback.

Edgy! Outswinger from Bell, on a driving length outside off, Laura goes for it but edges it. It rolls to short third.

Bell bowls it full and on middle, Lee goes down and sweeps it to deep backward square leg. Gets a single.

Full again, outside off and shaping away, Lee uses her feet and drives but finds the cover fielder.

Fuller and around off, curling away, Lee pushes it defensively towards mid off.

Outside off, shaping away, tapped down to point for a run.

Sliding down the leg side, on a length, Laura eases it behind square leg and takes a run. Excellent over, 6 runs and a big wicket from it.

Short and outside off, played from the back foot to cover-point.

OUT! STUMPED! Sayali has the final word in the duel and RCB remove the danger batter. Length ball outside off, skidding on, Shafali stretches forward to play through the line but misses completely. Richa Ghosh, standing up to the stumps to a pacer, does the rest in a flash and whips the bails off. Shafali's back leg is outside the crease. The square leg umpire has no hesitation. Delhi lose their first after a brisk start and are 17 for 1, chasing a target of 110.

FOUR! Up and over and Shafali is in the mood. Short and around off, she picks the length in a trice, stays back and clubs it over mid on. No stopping that one. She looks the danger batter for RCB as the boundaries keep flowing.

Angling it in, on a length around off, Lee steps back and works it off the inner portion of her blade to deep mid-wicket. She opens her account with a single.

Drifting down the leg side, on a length, Lee tries to work it on the leg side but misses and is hit high on the front leg.

FOUR! Three boundaries in the opening over and that sends a clear message from Delhi. Short and around off, Shafali rocks back and thumps it over covers. This one beats the sweeper to her right and races away. A rare off-colour first over from Bell as the Capitals come out swinging. 12 from the first over!

Swinging away outside off, Shafali Verma slashes and misses.

Curling in around middle and straightens a touch from a length, Verma covers the line and defends it down.

FOUR! That is more like it from Shafali. Offered width outside off on a good length, she stays rooted, frees her hands and crunches it past backward point. The sweeper is in place but has no say as it races away.

Play and a miss! A touch short and outside off, Shafali throws her hands at it only to get beaten.

FOUR! Delhi Capitals are up and running. Back of a length and outside off, Shafali stays back and guides it square on the off side. Aerial but perfectly placed, threading the gap between short third and backward point.