Bengaluru win their second WPL title as Delhi face fourth straight final loss

Feb 5 : Royal Challengers Bengaluru pulled off the biggest successful chase in the Women's Premier League to win their second title in the Indian franchise-based Twenty20 league on Thursday, handing Delhi Capitals their fourth straight defeat in the final.

Put in to bat first, Delhi posted a commanding 203-4, but Bengaluru rose to the challenge in Vadodara, led by a 165-run second-wicket partnership between captain Smriti Mandhana and Georgia Voll.

With eight needed from the last four balls, Radha Yadav hit two straight boundaries to clinch the six-wicket win, securing Bengaluru's second WPL title after a triumph in 2024.

"We did think it was a good surface to bat on, but of course, 200-plus in the final is definitely a good score... Voll led the way. Her intent was spot-on," said player of the match Mandhana, praising her Australian teammate.

Delhi openers Shefali Verma and Lizelle Lee had quickly added 49 runs within the first six overs, before captain Jemimah Rodrigues (57) and Laura Wolvaardt (44 off 25) added 76 runs for the third wicket.

Wolvaardt and an unbeaten Chinelle Henry (35 of 15) added 49 runs in the last three overs to get Delhi over the 200-run mark for the second time this season, despite a restricting spell from Lauren Bell, who only allowed 19 runs in her four overs.

Bengaluru, needing to break their own record of successfully chasing down a target of 202 against Gujarat Giants last year, lost opener Grace Harris early, but Voll, in at three, hit six boundaries in the next three overs to get the chase going.

Mandhana joined in, hitting three sixes in her innings of 87 off just 41 balls, while Voll scored 79 off 54 before falling to Minnu Mani, as Bengaluru got within 27 runs of the target with three overs to