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DC’s Marizanne Kapp Reflects on Match-Winning Spell Against RCB: ‘Was a Bit Nervous, But Backed Myself

The Royal Challengers Bangalore, the hometown favorites, suffered their first loss of the year at the hands of the Delhi Capitals. All-rounder Marizanne Kapp of South Africa spearheaded the visitors’ late charge with a performance that won the match. After winning Player of the Match, Kapp talked during the post-match presentation ceremony and admitted that she was anxious about bowling in the batting-friendly M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The batters took advantage of the favorable circumstances and set a new record in WPL history by hitting a total of 19 sixes. “Tonight, I was a little nervous, thinking that you’ll have to bowl on this wicket,” the all-round player added. I simply backed myself as Smriti was striking the ball nicely and scoring in all areas.

She had taken out Smriti Mandhana, who appeared to be unbeatable, and given the Capitals the game-changing moment. With a slower delivery, she took the batter off guard and picked up the wicket as the ball crashed onto the stumps. Kapp had earlier in the first inning led the late charge and chipped in with her bat as well. After she quickly reached 32 out of 16 deliveries, Sophie Devine removed her. Speaking about the bowling conditions, she disclosed that the velocity at which the bowls were being bowled in Bengaluru was begging to be hit. This made her employ her variations and pull her lengths back on the odd delivery, which proved to be effective for her.

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“We had to go short and use more variations because the wicket was sitting up to be smacked due to the bowling pace,” the woman stated. Due to their better net run rate, Smriti Mandhana’s squad trails the Delhi Capitals, who are currently leading the standings with four points, in a tie with the Royal Challengers Bangalore. After taking six wickets at an average of under 12 in the three games played, the South African stands second in the standings for most wickets taken. Amelia Kerr, the leader, is at seven wickets; she is one wicket behind. In the tenth game of the tournament, they will take on the Gujarat Giants, who they want to continue their winning ways and advance toward their first championship.

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