RCB Locker Room Scene: Ellyse Perry Inconsolable, Smriti Mandhana Gutted as WPL 2024 Playoff Chances Hang by a Thread

RCB Locker Room Scene: Ellyse Perry Inconsolable, Smriti Mandhana Gutted as WPL 2024 Playoff Chances Hang by a Thread

Stars Smriti Mandhana and Ellyse Perry appeared extremely distraught in the team’s locker room after the Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in a thrilling match at the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 on Sunday. On Matchday 17 of the WPL 2024 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Richa Ghosh suffered grief as Meg Lanning’s DC team defeated RCB by a margin of just one run.

The Jemimah Rodrigues-led DC team has advanced to the WPL playoffs after their exciting victory over RCB. After DC outclassed Mandhana’s team in the thrilling last-ball match, the RCB players were devastated. The Bangalore head coach, Luke Williams, was seen inspiring the players in the locker room in a video that the RCB team posted on Monday. “One instant of ecstasy, the next anguish! So close, yet so distant. The team shared that “Coach Luke tried to cheer up the girls before the crucial game against Mumbai, but they were devastated after coming in second by the narrowest of margins.”

What happened in the RCB vs. DC showdown?

About the game, Richa set up RCB for a historic win with two sixes in the final over. But as DC defeated Bangalore by one run, the standout player for the Royals was run out on the very last ball. Richa kept RCB in the hunt to reach 182, scoring 51 points from 29 balls. Even though Richa smacked two sixes, the spinner Jess Jonassen of DC promptly removed the bails to guarantee that RCB finished behind DC.

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RCB’s playoff chances hang by a thread

“I’m glad I didn’t miss since I wasn’t focusing on the stumps, Kapp remarked. I was compelled to back away after inserting it into the slot and taking a six. After the game, Jonassen said, “I knew what I had to do; I hit the second-last ball clean too.” Player of the Match went to DC’s Rodrigues after she scored an incredible 58 runs off just 36 balls against her opponents. A spot in the WPL 2024 season has been obtained by the Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians (MI). RCB is in third place after seven games and six points. After seven games this season, the UP Warriorz have scored six points, trailing the RCB.