New Delhi. The second season of the T20 league started for women on the lines of the Indian Premier League was in the name of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Reaching the finals for the second consecutive time, Delhi Capitals’ dream of winning the title was shattered once again. Meg Lanning, who won 7 ICC trophies for Australia, looked very sad after this defeat. She was found crying in disappointment in the duckout.
In a very exciting match played on Sunday 17 March in the second edition of the Women’s Premier League, Royal Challengers Bangalore created history by registering victory. For the first time she was successful in winning this title. Along with this, captain Smriti Mandhana also ended the franchise’s ongoing drought of winning trophies. Batting first, Delhi team, after a good start, was bundled out for just 113 runs due to continuous loss of wickets. RCB won by losing 2 wickets in 19.3 overs.
sad to see Meg Lanning crying, she has 7 ICC trophies with Australia and still sheds tears over this loss. This shows how determined she is to win and how big the WPL has become #WPL2024 pic.twitter.com/BhDjOOofQg
— sohom (@AwaaraHoon) March 17, 2024
Meg Lanning cried after the defeat
The champion captain, who won 7 ICC trophies for Australia, could not lead the Delhi Capitals team to the Women’s Premier League title. This team, which had reached the finals for the second consecutive edition, had to be content with becoming the runner-up again. After the defeat in the match, Captain Lanning was seen crying in the dugout. She could not stop her tears after the defeat.
After the final defeat against RCB, Lanning said, our team could not play well in tonight’s match. We played brilliantly throughout the tournament but could not continue it in today’s match. Many congratulations to the RCB team for the victory. They left our team behind in every department in this final but I am proud of the team’s effort. We lost wickets very quickly in this match. RCB team deserved this victory.
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Tags: DC vs RCB
FIRST PUBLISHED: March 18, 2024, 06:57 IST