Two days after Women's Day, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) girls delivered the franchise their first trophy by winning the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2024 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Women sealed an eight-wicket title win over Delhi Capitals (DC) to end RCB's title drought that has garnered more interest than Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) winning five IPL trophies each.   RCB Women are champions just in their second attempt, but the wait for the star-studded men's team is entering its seventeenth year now. Virat Kohli led the team for almost a decade but the team's wait continued. Notably, RCB men's team has lost the final twice. They have qualified for the play-offs eight times - third-most by a franchise. Faf du Plessis is leading the Bengaluru-based franchise for the last two years, but the South African has also failed to get the team which also includes the likes of Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik, and Mohammed Siraj over the line. RCB Women have shown how to do it just a couple of weeks before the start of IPL 2024. Not to forget, the team led by Smriti Mandhana lost each of their first five matches in the inaugural season last year. They managed to win just two of their eight matches. This time around they choke-slammed two heavyweights of the game in consecutive matches to lift the trophy. Defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) faced a five-run defeat in the Eliminator, before Delhi Capitals, last year's runners-up, were beaten on their home turf in the mega final. RCB Women gave their men's counterparts a perfect example of how to not choke under pressure. Delhi were cruising at 64 in just seven overs as Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma gave their team a flying start. But one wicket was all they needed to bounce back and bundle out DC for 113 in 18.3 overs. They also did not take the run-chase lightly. They did not rush, avoided taking any risk, and took 19.3 overs to chase a paltry 114-run target. They kept things simple and under check, and maybe this is what the flamboyant men's team should also do. The superstars for once should play like normal cricketers and keep the outside noise outside and focus on just that trophy and change the 'Ee Sala Cup Namde'' to Ee Sala Cup Namdu'. Utkarsh Singh Mykhel source: mykhel.com