{"id":1539,"date":"2026-01-24T23:28:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T17:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricketbyjb.in\/?p=1539"},"modified":"2026-01-24T23:28:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T17:58:02","slug":"wpl-2026-analysis-rcb-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricketbyjb.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/wpl-2026-analysis-rcb-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"WPL 2026 Analysis Match 15 – Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A rather odd fixture that. Delhi Capitals emerge victorious. The game was so weird that I lost all mood to analyse something except small bits of basics going wrong for both sides, in fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For starters, the pitch was sluggish in some weird way. Maybe it stayed a tad low, maybe the ball did not come on well post the powerplay. The curator spoke about playing straight as much as possible, and at least the RCB batters decided to do everything but meet the ball with a full, vertical bat face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were dot balls in RCB’s innings, lots of them. RCB played 54 dot balls, 9 overs worth of no runs; 45% of an innings where nothing came off the bat<\/strong>. Contrast that to Delhi’s 35.1%<\/strong>. They also played stupidly cross-batted shots, on a pitch that stayed low from time-to-time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mandhana’s knock was actually crucial, but she got herself out trying to accelerate at what seemed like the correct time to do it, in all honesty. At 62 for 1 in the 10th over with a small partnership brewing, Smriti was perfectly in her right to start taking off. Unfortunately, it did not pan out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mandhana played a good knock on a sluggish pitch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To RCB’s misfortune, the wickets of Gautami, Voll, and Ghosh all fell in quick succession as well. One tried to overdo it, the other played a horrible shot, and one was brilliantly caught by Laura Wolvaardt, her second brilliant catch on the offside for the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And honestly, it just kept on happening. Bad shots, good fielding, and everything went against RCB as they were skittled out for 109 in exactly 20 overs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the flip side, the Capitals actually had a worse powerplay<\/em> than RCB, but owing to a lack of scoreboard pressure and RCB’s mediocre work in the field, it was never really going to be a game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also helped them that Jemimah Rodrigues and Laura Wolvaardt, two dynamic players who are also sponges, were out there to absorb the pressure. Jemi also had a couple of reprieves, which added to the eventual comfort in chasing down the total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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