My 11 circle Fantasy prediction of RCB Womens vs DC Womens | WPL 2023
The highly awaited Women’s Premier League is finally off the mark with the opening game on Saturday. The second match of the WPL 2023 will feature Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals going head-to-head at Brabourne Stadium Mumbai on Sunday afternoon.
As you know the WPL is a five-team tournament for women to showcase their talent in front of a billion people and the whole world. There has been increasing interest among fans in women’s Cricket and the league is set to encash that. The demand can be understood by the fact that three of the first four-game tickets were sold out a couple of days before it began.
Coming to the two teams facing each other on Sunday, Royal Challengers Bangalore will be led by India superstar batter Smriti Mandhana. She will have a strong group of players, like Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight and Megan Schutt.
Delhi capitals will be led by none other than the world-champion Australian captain Mag Lagging. The five-time T20 world cup winning captain will have some talented and young players’ names in her list as Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Shafali Verma and Alice Capsey at her disposal.
Both teams will be looking to get their first-ever WPL journey off to a winning start when they meet on March 5th, 2023. Fans of both teams expect a thrilling contest between two quality sides.
Pitch Report and Weather Condition for RCB W and Delhi Capitals W
Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai has produced good batting pitches over the last few years and that should remain the same, at least in the first half of this tournament. A total of 10 women’s T20I matches have been played here with an average first innings score of 165. Few generally play a part, making batting second a better option.
According to reports, The weather in Mumbai is likely to be hazy and typically hot on Sunday afternoons with the temperature in mid 30 degrees.
Probable XI for Royal Challengers Bangalore – Smriti Mandhana (c), Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight, Richa Ghosh (wk), Disha Kasat, Megan Schutt, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Indrani Roy, Preeti Bose
Probable XI for Delhi Capitals – Shefali Verma, Alice Capsey, Meg Lanning (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Jess Jonassen, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Tara Norris, Poonam Yadav
Best captain picks for the RCB W vs DC W Match
Ellyse Perry: All-rounder, Royal Challengers Bangalore Women
Ellyse Perry has been in good form with the bat and is expected to bowl more for RCB.
Meg Lanning; Batter, Delhi Capitals Women
Meg Lanning has been amongst the best batters in the world recently and has been in good form right now. She scored three 40+ scores in five innings in the recent world cup.
Smriti Mandhana; Batter, Royal Challengers Bangalore
Smriti Mandhana had a great record in the shorter format in recent years. She has a great batting history on good batting pitches.
Top Differential Picks
Alice Capsey; Batter, Delhi Capitals Women
Alice Capsey is a talented young player from England, who recently smashed 51 runs in just 22 balls in the World Cup game. She averages 24 and a strike rate of 130 in the format.
Heather Knight: Batter, Royal Challengers Bangalore women
Heather Knight has over 5200 runs to his name in T20 Cricket, she has an average of 30 at a strike rate of 115. In death overs, she has been one of the best hitters in recent years. Picked in only 29% of the MPL teams.
Fantasy Team XI
R Ghosh ( wk), H Knight, S Devine, S Mandhana, M Lanning (VC), A Capsey, E Perry(c), S Verma, M Schutt, J Jonassen, S Pandey.
Where and at what time we can watch the match live in India
For those in India, you can watch the live broadcasting of the Women’s Premier League on Sports18 TV. You can also watch it live on the streaming platform Jio cinema.
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