Eyeing to field first and capitalize on the dew later, RCB’s strong start with the ball was neutralized by a 59-run stand between Jemimah Rodrigues and Meg Lanning. However, the defending champions bounced back strong with Georgia Wareham and Renuka Thakur’s respective three-fers restricting the opposition to 141 runs in the first over. In reply, the Bengaluru unit got off to a massive hundred-plus partnership before Danny Wyatt-Hodge was caught in the eleventh over with the score 107/1. Just when the Capitals needed to exert additional pressure, a schoolboy error between Annabel Sutherland and Meg Lanning costs them Ellyse Perry’s crucial wicket.
On the fourth ball of the twelfth over, Jess Jonassen sprayed a fuller one near the fourth stump to Perry who shimmied down the ground to loft it over mid off. Unfortunately, the Aussie legend miscued the stroke, and the ball skewed behind Lanning at extra cover who gestured Sutherland at mid off to go for the catch. However, the young all-rounder didn’t realise her skipper’s order, and instead, waited for her to back-peddle for the catch. Eventually, the miscommunication cost a pivotal wicket as the ball landed between the two fielders, sparking Twitterverse discourse.
Oops! 🫣
Watch Annabel Sutherland and Meg Lanning’s serious mix-up in the middle. 😯
Updates ▶ https://t.co/CmnAWvkMnF#TATAWPL | #DCvRCB pic.twitter.com/lgn3SyTjWI— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 17, 2025
Superb stuff from Renuka Singh today – 3/23 including a he big wickets of Shafali Verma and Annabel Sutherland !! 👏#WPL2025 #DCvRCB
pic.twitter.com/e50Dq2ztMr— Cricketism (@MidnightMusinng) February 17, 2025
Crazy
Big confusion
Big confusion between Sutherland and Lanning on the field! 👀
What a moment!#DCWvRCBW #WPL #WPLT20 #WPL2025 pic.twitter.com/oqzrAay6CS— Aman Deep Saxena (@aman_saxena_03) February 17, 2025
worst captainship by Meg lanning . why #radhayadav not being used , why she is in the team? she come to bat at no 9 and not using as a bowler. DC captain trying to destroy morality of Radha yadav #WPLT20 #WPL2025
— YadavJi 🇮🇳💙 (@NITISHK30126433) February 17, 2025
Top
Top performance from #RCB specially @mandhana_smriti captaining the side beautifully, then making a mockery of that target of 142, meg Lanning needs to find some form as a group instead of individual brilliance. #cricket #WPL
— Yash Mathur (@yash4018) February 17, 2025
Smashed
Still remember RCBW 1st match vs DCW when Meg Lanning had smashed us black and blue the enter innings and unexpectedly Knight got the breakthrough after all damage was done,bowling struggled whole season.
To our bowling dominating and batting smashing 🥹🤌🔥#WPL2025#RCBWvDCW— ವಿಕ್ರಮ್ ಪ್ರಭು | Vikram Prabhu (@TheLostIndian18) February 17, 2025
Meg Lanning looks clueless. #RCBvDC #WPL
Smriti Mandhana effect. 🐐— Parth (@TheSoulSpartan) February 17, 2025
LOL
WTH
WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED???
Shoaib Malik and Saeed Ajmal moment recreated by Meg Lanning and Sutherland
You can’t do that to Perry!!!— Vinesh Prabhu (@vlp1994) February 17, 2025
