NEW DELHI: Women rose to the occasion to end the trophy drought for Royal Challengers Bangalore with an eight-wicket victory against Delhi Capitals in the Women's Premier League final on Sunday.
Delhi surrendered the fight at their home ground after their 64-run opening partnership was broken.
The official handle of the Women's Premier League shared a video with a quick round-up of the summit clash:
Delhi Capitals finished runners-up for the second year in a row.
Playing despite a hairline fracture in her left hand, Shreyanka Patil took 4/12 as DC were dismissed for 113.
RCB (115/2) chased down the target with 3 balls to spare as superstar all-rounder Ellyse Perry hit an unbeaten 35.
RCB's Sophie Molineux, who reduced DC from 64/0 to 64/3 in one over, was declared player of the match.
Deepti Sharma of UP Warriorz was declared the player of the tournament.
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