Evenly-matched sides promise exciting EliminatorNEW DELHI: It’s time to enter the business end of the second edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL). The league stage is over and only two knockout matches remain – the Eliminator and final. While Delhi Capitals have made it to the decider by finishing on top of the table … Read more
Home Sports WPL 2024: Delhi Capitals Clinch Thrilling Win Over Royal Challengers Bangalore Despite Richa Ghosh’s Heroics Richa Ghosh blasted 51 off 29 balls in RCB’s chase of 182 but fell short by just one run as Delhi Capitals go atop the table. Delhi Capitals also qualify for the WPL 2024 playoffs after Mumbai Indians. … Read more
NEW DELHI: In front of a vociferous nearly-packed Arun Jaitley stadium, Sunday night was about celebrating the youth of Indian women’s cricket. If Jemimah Rodrigues offered the pleasure of watching clean T20 batting with her 36-ball 58, Richa Ghosh was a show of brutal power-hitting with her 29-ball 51. In the end, Jemimah’s effort helped … Read more
NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bangalore marked their first home Women’s Premier League (WPL) match with a hard-fought two-run victory over UP Warriorz in Bengaluru on Saturday, thanks to authoritative fifties by Richa Ghosh and S Meghana, well-supported by crafty leg-spinner Sobhana Asha.Richa (62, 37b, 12×4) and Meghana (53, 44b, 7×4, 1×6) propelled Royal Challengers to … Read more
NAVI MUMBAI: Alyssa Healy led from the front as Australia beat India by seven wickets in the deciding T20I to win the three-match series 2-1 at the DY Patil Stadium here on Tuesday. The Aussie skipper kept well, marshalled her resources to perfection and topped it up with her 16th T20I half-century to guide Aussies … Read more
NEW DELHI: Ace off-spinner Deepti Sharma expressed confidence on Monday, asserting that the Indian women’s team is determined to break Australia‘s winning streak against them at home “as soon as possible.” The team has faced nine consecutive ODI losses to Australia, including two defeats in the ongoing series.Australia secured a narrow three-run victory in the … Read more
NEW DELHI: Indian Women’s team fell narrowly short despite Richa Ghosh‘s career-best 96 and Deepti Sharma‘s 5/38 as Australia Women eked out a thrilling three-run win in the second ODI in Mumbai to seal the series 2-0. As India failed to overhaul the 259-run target, Australia took an unassailable lead in the three-match series. Ghosh’s … Read more
MUMBAI: Captain Harmanpreet Kaur rued the lack of “match awareness” by the Indian batters in the middle overs during the defeat to Australia in the second women’s ODI here on Saturday.The hosts looked in control of the proceedings in their pursuit of 259. However, the India batters lost steam in the middle overs and eventually … Read more