WPL 2023, RCB vs DC Highlights: RCB sink to fifth consecutive defeat as DC take match by six wickets

Jonassen drags this down middle and off, Perry rocks back and smacks it over deep square for her fourth six. 

Norris goes full down the leg side, PErry smashes it over the fine leg fence. Half century up for the Australian in 45 balls, she has stepped up and how. RCB 117/3 in 17 overs.  

If they keep this going, RCB might just end up putting a very competitive total here. Ellys Perry deposits the first ball of the 17th over from Norris over deep square leg. 

Ghosh steps down the track against Capsey and sends it soaring back over the bowler's head. RCB finally get some momentum for themselves. 

A six at last and it has come right after Shikha Pandey dropped a sitter from Perry off her own bowling. Perry smashed the last ball of the 15th over long on. RCB are 80/3 in 15 overs. 

First delivery of the 15th from Pandey, Perry gives herself some room and swats between long-on and deep midwicket. RCB need so many more of these, they are 72/3 in 14.1 overs.   

Norris with a length deliver on off, Knight walks accross to pull it towards short fine leg. It has been hit with some pace and Pandey dives to her left and holds on to the ball. A catch of the season contender right there.

Heather Knight c Pandey b Norris 11 (12), RCB are 63/3 in 12.4 overs

Through the gates and Devine roars in frustration. Pandey sends it in cross-seamed, gets it to move a little into the batter off the pitch and knocks over the off-stump. This is a frustrating passage of play for RCB, no quick runs and now they lose Devine. 

Devine b Pandey 21 (19), RCB 41/2 in 9 overs 

Perry is on 10 off 16, Devine on 20 off 17. RCB are choosing steadiness over speed, just one four in the last three overs and not a single six thus far.

Delhi Capitals firmly in control thus far. RCB have two of their best out in the middle in Devine and Ellyse Perry and so they still have the time to get back into this.  

What a nightmare first season Smriti Mandhana is having. Shikha Pandey gets the RCB captain off her very first ball to a pull shot, one of Mandhana's strengths. 

Mandhana c Rodrigues b Pandey 8 (15), RCB 24/1 in 4.1 overs

Alice Capsey sends the first ball of the second over short and wide and Devine cuts it through the offside for four. Not a great first ball to send to Devine and RCB are off the mark. 

Marizanne Kapp is breathing fire at the moment while Smriti Mandhana is struggling to find her touch and all that has come together to bring about a maiden over to start off the match. 

As Smriti Mandhana said in her interview at the toss, RCB have only played at the Brabourne Stadium thus far and clearly it wasn't working out for them. They play this game at the DY Patil Stadium, how much is that going to change things.

"We are going to have a bowl this evening. We want to make the most of any help that is there in the surface. We need to do both very well. RCB have some really good players and we have to be on top of our game to beat them. We will see how the conditions are and then assess what would be a good score. Capsey and Reddy come into the team."

"We all had the chat about getting out of CCI. We couldn't play the cricket we wanted to play there, hopefully change of fortunes for us. We didn't get much time having played four games in six days, but we had a couple of days off and had a good practice session yesterday. We have a few changes."

Smriti Mandhana(c), Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight, Richa Ghosh(w), Shreyanka Patil, Disha Kasat, Megan Schutt, Asha Shobana, Renuka Thakur Singh, Preeti Bose

Meg Lanning(c), Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Taniya Bhatia(w), Jess Jonassen, Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Tara Norris

Meg Lanning has won the toss and Delhi Capitals will bowl first. 

DC's Marizanne Kapp took five wickets in their last game to restrict the Gujarat Giants to 105/9 but what ensued after that was the kind of power hitting you rarely get to see at any level of cricket. DC opener Shafali Verma smacked an unbeaten 76 off, wait for it, 28 balls, to get DC a 10 wicket win with just under 13 overs to spare.

Smriti Mandhana(c), Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Kanika Ahuja, Heather Knight, Shreyanka Patil, Erin Burns, Richa Ghosh(w), Komal Zanzad, Renuka Thakur Singh, Sahana Pawar, Poonam Khemnar, Disha Kasat, Megan Schutt, Dane van Niekerk, Preeti Bose, Indrani Roy, Asha Shobana

Meg Lanning(c), Shafali Verma, Laura Harris, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Taniya Bhatia(w), Minnu Mani, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Tara Norris, Arundhati Reddy, Jasia Akhtar, Alice Capsey, Aparna Mondal, Titas Sadhu, Sneha Deepthi, Poonam Yadav

DC have a direct qualification spot for the final in sight, RCB have their pride to fight for. DC have been imperious almost throughout the season, with the exception of when they were torn to shreds by Mumbai Indians, whereas RCB have been the opposite of that. But, RCB are a side brimming with talent that have yet to somehow win a match and DC would be hoping that today is not the day when it all finally comes together for those players.