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Finally, the moment for which all the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) fans were waiting for the last 16 years. RCB Women won the second edition of the Women’s Premier League by defeating Delhi Capitals in the final at the Arun Jaitley stadium on 17 March, 2024. The moment Richa Ghosh scored that winning boundary off Arundhati Reddy in the final over, all the RCB fans were enthralled with joy and happiness as they could finally see their favorite team lifting the trophy after all these years of heartbreak and disappointment.
As the RCB players were celebrating their maiden title victory, there was a special person who joined them in their celebration virtually and it was none other than Virat Kohli. The star player from RCB Men’s team became a part of Women’s Team’s celebration through a video call. In a viral video, Kohli can be seen dancing with joy on video call and the Women Team players joined him as well in the celebration
Virat Kohli dancing with RCB team.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 18, 2024
– Video of the day. 🏆pic.twitter.com/JSj7u1SN5m
Virat Kohli has been a part of RCB franchise since the inauguration of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008. He took over as the captain of the franchise in 2013 and led them to their third IPL final in 2016. Earlier, RCB made it into the final two times in 2009 and 2011. As the men’s team hasn’t been able to win their first title for the last 16 years, RCB Women’s team ended their title drought in just the second edition of the WPL in 2024.
Talking about the final, after opting to bat first, Delhi Capitals had a fiery start in the title clash as the skipper Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma added 64 runs in seven overs for the first wicket. It was looking like DC will post a big total. However, things completely changed after Sophie Molineux took 3 wickets in a duration of just four balls in the eighth over. DC couldn’t recover from that as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals and were bowled out for just 113 runs in 18.3 overs losing the last 10 wickets for just 48 runs, Shreyanka Patil was a star with the ball with 4 scalps by conceding 12 runs in 3.3 overs, while Molineux registered the figures of 3/20.
Chasing a low total, RCB had a steady start as the skipper Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Devine put up a partnership of 49 runs for the first wicket in eight overs . At last, Richa Ghosh hit a boundary in the last over along with Ellyse Perry at non-strike as RCB players finally got the feeling of winning the trophy. On the other hand, DC lost their second WPL final in a row.
