NEW DELHI: The second match of the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League will see Royal Challengers Bangalore take on Delhi Capitals in the first afternoon game of the season.
On the first double header day of the competition, RCB, boasted with incredible foreign talents will be challenged by Meg Lanning's Delhi, who have a plethora of domestic talent in their ranks.
The five-team tournament, which started on Saturday, will be having total of 22 matches including the final on March 26. Maharashtra's Mumbai and Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra will be hosting all the matches.
THE FORMAT
The five teams will be playing each other twice in the round-robin stage, making it 8 league games each for the franchises.
The team finishing at the top after the league stage will straightaway qualify for the final. The second and third placed teams in the table will then fight it out in the Eliminator for a spot in the final.
TIMINGS
Most of the matches will be in the evening, starting at 7:30 pm IST. On the day of double-headers, the afternoon matches will start at 3:30 pm IST.
Here's everything you need to know about Match 2 of WPL between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals.
What: Women's Premier League, League Match 2
When: March 5 (Sunday)
Where: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Time: 3:30 pm (IST)
Live broadcast on TV in India: Sports 18 network
Online live Streaming: JIO CINEMA app
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Royal Challengers Bangalore Women Squad: Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Erin Burns, Disha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Shreyanka Patil, Kanika Ahuja, Asha Shobana, Heather Knight, Dane van Niekerk, Preeti Bose, Poonam Khemnar, Komal Zanzad, Megan Schutt, Sahana Pawar
Delhi Capitals Women's Squad: Jemimah Rodrigues (India), Meg Lanning (Aus), Shafali Verma (India), Radha Yadav (India), Shikha Pandey (India), Marizanne Kapp (SA), Titas Sadhu (India), Alice Capsey (Eng), Laura Harris (Aus), Jasia Akhter (India), Minnu Mani (India), Tara Norris (USA), Taniyaa Bhatia (India), Poonam Yadav (India), Jes Jonassen (Aus), Sneha Deepthi (India), Aparna Mondal (India), Arundhati Reddy (India)
