'Abey kuch Naya bol' - Fans react as Bangalore lost their first match against Delhi in Women's T20 League

Bangalore Women's Team (Source: twitter)

In their opening encounter of the Women's Premier League 2023 on Sunday, Delhi outplayed Bangalore to register a massive victory. Smriti Mandhana-led Bangalore was defeated by Meg Lanning's Delhi by 60 runs. In a high-scoring match at the Brabourne Stadium, Delhi produced a near-perfect effort to push Bangalore back with both bat and ball.

Despite being forced to bat first, the Blue Brigade smashed everything it could. Their opening pair of captain Lanning and Shafali Verma added 162 runs for the first wicket. Lanning scored 72 runs off 43 balls with the help of 14 fours while Shafali hammered 84 runs off 45 balls with 10 fours and 4 sixes. In the end, Jemimah Rodrigues and Marizanne Kapp added 60 runs to propel Delhi to a massive total.

Heather Knight was the only bowler to perform well for Bangalore. She dismissed both Lanning and Shafali in the spare of two balls and tried to provide a comeback for the Red Brigade. However, Bangalore failed to capitalize on the opportunity and let Delhi post 223 for 2 in 20 overs.

Bangalore lost five wickets for seven runs

In response to the massive score, the Smriti-Mandhana-led side started well as the skipper along with Sophie Devine added 41 runs in just four overs. Mandhana scored 35 runs off 23 balls with the help of five fours and one six. However, Alice Capsey and Tara Norris proved to be outstanding with the ball for Delhi. Capsey dismissed both openers in two consecutive overs while Tara forced Bangalore to collapse. Both restricted Bangalore to 96 for 7.

Meanwhile, Knight along with Megan Schutt tried to rescue Bangalore as both added 54 runs for the 8th wicket. Knight scored 34 off 21 while Schutt added an unbeaten 30 in 19 balls. Although fans react to the humiliating defeat of the Bangalore women's team. A Twitter user said, "Bangalore continuing their legacy."

Here are some Tweets:

Just a regular outing for RCB

— Ricky (@Ricky_criclover) March 5, 2023

Whether it is IPL or WPL

One thing is same

PERFORMANCE OF RCB

— khushanshu (@no1khush) March 5, 2023

Rcb team is so bad at winning that if u change current Aus women’s team name to rcb they will stop winning trophies 💀

— Avinash Reddy (@Avinash16929519) March 5, 2023

Rcb Wickets Falling Like Adani Shares🐍☄️

— Guri Pbks (@Guri_Pbks) March 5, 2023

Argentina lost their first match in WC and rest is history
Just wait and watch 😎 pic.twitter.com/JoWH30mE69

— Shivam Rajput (@shivamRajput_18) March 5, 2023

DC First wicket:- on 162 runs
RCB Last wicket:- on 163 runs

Hence proved RCB won this match by 1 run

— Ekansh Rai (@EkanshRai11) March 5, 2023

They delivered what they promised ☕ pic.twitter.com/DZd3ggr7YW

— Arj Roy (@ArijeetRoy20) March 5, 2023

Overhyped team even SRH is better than haarcb pic.twitter.com/xVNWR9f19v

— Ritika Malhotra 🇮🇳 (@FanGirlRohit45) March 5, 2023

Whether it is IPL or WPL

One thing is same

PERFORMANCE OF RCB

— khushanshu (@no1khush) March 5, 2023

E sala Cup gandme

— R.☢️ (@Extracover7) March 5, 2023

I blame chamiya chokli poor coaching for this he should learn from hitman 😂

— The Armor (@crazyleader049) March 5, 2023

RCB ☕☕ as usual Chokcb pic.twitter.com/0buwFZvwXV

— S U Y A S H 🥰🥰❣️❣️ (@suyash_padwal) March 5, 2023