Jemimah Rodrigues’s Delhi Capitals stopped RCB’s victory chariot, tasted first defeat by defeating them by 7 wickets

Samira Vishwas

Tezzbuzz|26-01-2026

In this match played at Vadodara International Cricket Stadium, Kotambi on Saturday, 24 January, Delhi Capitals captain Jemimah Rodrigues won the toss and decided to bowl first. Delhi bowlers completely proved the captain’s decision right and put RCB’s batting under pressure from the very beginning.

Royal Challengers Bangalore had a very bad start. Grace Harris was out after scoring 9 runs, while Georgia Voll scored 11 runs, Gautami Nayak 3 runs and Richa Ghosh returned to the pavilion early after scoring 5 runs. Due to continuous fall of wickets, RCB’s innings completely faltered and the team came under pressure.

In these difficult circumstances, Captain Smriti Mandhana tried to handle one end. He played a struggling inning of 38 runs in 34 balls, which was RCB’s biggest innings. Radha Yadav contributed 18 runs, but apart from this no other batsman could cross the double figures. As a result, the entire RCB team was reduced to 109 runs.

Nandini Sharma was the most successful in bowling for Delhi Capitals and took 3 wickets. Chinelle Henry, Marijane Kapp and Minnu Mani took 2 wickets each, while Sri Charani got 1 wicket.

Delhi Capitals, chasing the small target of 109 runs, did not face much trouble. However, opener Lizelle Lee was out after scoring 6 runs and Shefali Verma was out after scoring 16 runs. After this, captain Jemimah Rodrigues and Laura Wolwart took charge of the innings and made an important partnership of 52 runs in 49 balls for the third wicket.

Jemimah Rodrigues scored 24 runs in 26 balls, while Laura Wolvaardt batted with composure and scored an unbeaten 42 runs in 38 balls. Apart from this, Marijane Kapp remained unbeaten on 19 runs after playing 15 balls and the team won the match with 26 balls remaining.

In bowling for Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sayali Satghare took 2 wickets, while Radha Yadav got 1 success.

Overall, Delhi Capitals won the match by 7 wickets and gained 2 important points and reached second place in the points table with 6 points. Whereas RCB had to face its first defeat after five consecutive wins.