RCB boast of improbable world skills with Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight, Sophie Devine of their ranks together with skipper Smriti Mandhanawho’s the most costly participant within the league at Rs 3.40 crore.
But the World Cup-winning Australian Meg LanningDelhi’s seem to have a slight edge over their combatants in the case of Indian skill on paper.
While Lanning together with Jess Jonasen, Marizanne Kapp and Alice Capsey usually are the 4 in another country gamers, DC’s Indian line-up is each ambitious and frightening on the similar time.
Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shikha Pandey, Poonam Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Taniya Bhatia, Radha Yadav are all seasoned India gamers.
In U-19 World Cup-winning seamer Titas Sadhu, hard-hitting Kashmir lady Jasia Akhtar and keeper Aparna Mondal within the combine, delhi capitals have procured the most productive imaginable Indian skill on be offering.
“I have had a few chats with the players and I’m just getting to know their strengths, what they like to do and how they think about things. Hopefully, I can learn something from the girls and give them a little bit of knowledge.” as neatly,” Lanning was once quoted as announcing in a DC liberate.
For Lanning’s South African teammate Kapp, the fit will see her fighting it out with Dane Van Niekerk, who’s within the RCB group.
“We’ve were given a ravishing team of ladies and let’s have a look at what everybody brings to the desk. It’ll be difficult to head in opposition to a few of my fellow South Africans within the league as they know me really well. But it is also thrilling and I’m satisfied that there are a couple of gamers from our country in India this yr,” Kapp said.
For Mandhana, it is easy to choose her four foreign players — Kapp, Knight, Perry and fast bowler Megan Schutt. But her problem will be to fix the slot for at least four quality Indian players with three, including the skipper herself, Richa and seamer Renuka Thakur being automatic choices.
Which four among Komal Zanzad, Shobhana Asha, Indrani Roy (toured England with Indian team in 2021), Poonam Khemnar, Kanika Ahuja and Preeti Bose, Sahana Pawar fit the bill as per team combination will determine RCB’s run in the event.
Teams:
Delhi Capitals: Meg Lanning (captain), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonasen, Alice Capsey, Tara Norris, Laura Harris, Marizanne Kapp, Poonam Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Aparna Mondal (wk), Titas Sadhu, Arundhati Reddy , Radha Yadav, Minnu Mani, Jasia Akhtar
RCB: Smriti Mandhana (captain), Richa Ghosh (wk), Dane Van Niekerk, Heather Knight, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Sophie Devine, Erin Burns, Disha Kasat, Sahana Pawar, Renuka Thakur, Komal Zanzad, Poonam Khemnar, Kanika Ahuja, Preeti Bose, Shobhana Asha, Shreyanka Patil, Indrani Roy (wk).
Match Starts: 7:30 pm.
(With PTI inputs)