WPL: Alice Capsey and Jess Jonassen lead Delhi Capitals to a 6-wicket victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Jonassen smacked Renuka Singh for a six and a four to finish with two balls to spare, reaching 29 not out off 15 balls with four fours and one over the fence. In 19.4 overs, the Delhi Capitals scored 154/4. The Delhi Capitals remained second in the points table with four wins and eight points, while RCB were pushed closer to elimination after a disastrous debut season in the WPL, losing all five matches.
Megan Schutt stunned the Delhi Capitals early on, dismissing the dangerous Shafali Verma on the second ball of the innings to give her team a promising start. But Alice Capsey took command, launching a barrage of boundaries to get Delhi back on track. Preeti Bose, however, halted her charge, dismissing the right-handed batter for a well-made 38 off 24 balls with eight hits to the fence.
Capsey’s knock was crucial because it gave her team much-needed momentum on a difficult surface where the RCB batters had struggled for the majority of their first innings. Meg Lanning and Jemimah Rodrigues, Delhi’s leadership pair, could only add 25 runs before their stand was broken in the ninth over.
Lanning danced down the track, attempting to hit Sobhana Asha over the ropes, but was unable to get the distance, and Heather Knight made a clean catch. The Orange Cap-holder Lanning was dismissed for 15 off 14 balls, her lowest score in the league.
A crucial moment in the game occurred on the first ball of the 12th over, when Preeti Bose at point dropped a regulation catch to give Rodrigues, who was batting on 17, a reprieve. Rodrigues, who had made 32 from 28 balls with three fours, was caught by Richa Ghosh off Asha in the 15th over. Kapp and Jonassen, who added 45 runs for the fifth wicket, knocked off the remaining runs.
Earlier in the game, RCB put up a competitive total in 20 overs, with Ellyse Perry (67 not out) and Richa Ghosh (37) providing late impetus. RCB were 50/2 at the halfway point, but their batters found their rhythm and added another 100 runs in the final 10 overs.
source: cricbuzzRCB scored 82 runs in the final six overs, with Perry finishing unbeaten on 67 from 52 balls with four fours and five sixes, and Ghosh producing her best knock in the tournament so far. The right-handed India and RCB wicketkeeper-batter swatted three fours and two sixes to make 37 from 16 balls before a mishit off Shikha Pandey ended her innings.
On Monday night, Pandey was in her element, snatching an important couple of wickets at the top in the form of the out-of-sorts Smriti Mandhana (8) and the dangerous Sophie Devine (21). Pandey also caught Heather Knight (11) off Tara Norris with a sharp and athletic catch at short fine-leg. However, Pandey dropped Perry on 29 off her own bowling, and the RCB batter took advantage of the opportunity.
Kapp, who had a brilliant five-for in Delhi’s previous outing, was unable to get a wicket on Monday but bowled another impressive spell of 4-0-17-0.