Smriti Mandhana hits fantastic 81 as RCB thrash DC by eight wickets. RCB are now at the top of the points table with a win set to boost their net run rate. Ellyse Perry and Richa Ghosh completed the chase with 22 balls to spare. Sarah Bryce made 23 in a late effort to help DC go just above 140, a total that always looked below par. Renuka Singh Thakur and Georgia Wareham picked three wickets each in an impressive bowling performance from RCB to bowl out DC for 141. Smriti, though, shined the brightest by putting out an exhibition of classy strokeplay and combining superb timing with great placement of shots to hit ten fours and three sixes in her knock coming at a strike rate of 172.34. The match was played at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara on Monday night. The final match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) takes place at the same venue on Wednesday.
