History got scripted yesterday as the IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore won their first IPL title; though it was their women team which won the trophy, still it ended the 16-yr drought of the Bangalore franchise and they lifted the IPL trophy for the first time ever.
Smriti Mandhana-led women team played superb cricket throughout the tournament and in the finals which was played yesterday at Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi, it defeated Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets.
The toss was won by Delhi Capitals and it chose to bat first but the team failed in putting up a big total as the whole team was all out at the score of 113 runs in 18.3 overs. The team got a good start but it fumbled due to terrific bowling by RCB bowlers – Shreyanka Patil and Sophie Molineux who took 4 & 3 wickets, respectively. The top scorer for DC was Shafali Verma who scored 44 runs in 27 balls and her innings included 2 fours & 3 sixes.
The target of 114 was not a big one for RCB and they comfortably chased it in 19.3 overs with 8 wickets in hand. With this victory, the women’s team of RCB did something which the men’s team failed to do in the last 16 years despite having some of the biggest names of the cricket world in their set up.
Fans of RCB were overwhelmed with this achievement and they came out of their homes, gathered on roads and celebrated their favourite franchise’s first ever IPL win. The social media users were also not able to contain their excitement and here are some selected reactions:
RCB fans after 16 years pic.twitter.com/NAvBTGpo2f
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) March 17, 2024
utho anarkali, RCB has finally won a trophy ❤️ pic.twitter.com/s0zTj9F9Z5
— Yash (@thejaadu) March 17, 2024
BENGALURU HAVE GONE Crazy AFTER THE TROPHY WIN. 🤯🏆with RCb RCB chants
Imagine the atmosphere post Ee Sala Cup Namde for RCB Men
pic.twitter.com/23bOVZO600— ICT Fan (@Delphy06) March 17, 2024
RCB didn't choke pic.twitter.com/SxQKpIg9fr
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) March 17, 2024
Congratulations! RCB
RCB RCB#WPLFinal #DCvsRCB #DCvRCB#ViratKohli𓃵 #SmritiMandhana pic.twitter.com/fI0u0dyizv— 💫😇Dilip yaduvanshi😇💫 (@dilipyadavjii) March 17, 2024
If I need to pick the one game changing moment of the tournament then I can't go beyond this
Shreyanka Patil match winning over against Harmanpreet Kaur has changed the fortune of RCB.RCB will be thankful to Harman
Shreyanka Patil find of the tournamentpic.twitter.com/sdKtBDU5Lg
— Sujeet Suman (@sujeetsuman1991) March 17, 2024
RCB fans right now! pic.twitter.com/CiFEu0tN4X
— Nikhil Gupta (@Nikhilgupta1104) March 17, 2024
saddest person today 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/FpNFwqgpg0
— Ramen (@CoconutShawarma) March 17, 2024
RCB … RCB .. 🫶🔥🫶💪 pic.twitter.com/WGUHjl0YWS
— Aditi. (@Sassy_Soul_) March 17, 2024
RCB fans after 16 years
How are you feeling,
🏆🏆🏆RCB RCB ❤️
"Congratulations RCB"
#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #SheIsBold #WPL2024 #WPLFinal #DCvRCB#TATAWPLFinal #RCBWvsDCW#WPLFinal #PlayBold #RCBUnbox#RCBvsDC #ViratKohli𓃵 #RoyalChallengersBangalore
pic.twitter.com/7fcD26jMh8— ▄︻̷̿┻̿═━一 🚶💥 (@Kohinoor1818) March 18, 2024
Congratulations to the RCB franchise, especially the women team for lifting their first WPL trophy.
