Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals are set to lock horns in the WPL 2024 Final. The blockbuster encounter will take place at the Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in Delhi. The match is scheduled for Sunday, March 17, 2024.
Capitals will head into the encounter as the hosts. The home side finished at the top of the points table, after the group stages, winning six out of eight matches. Courtesy of the top-of-the-table finish, DC received a free entry to the WPL Final.
The Meg Lanning-led side that featured in the WPL 2023 Final, has the opportunity to do one better, only a year later.
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DC's opponents on the night, Royal Challengers Bangalore, also have a trophyless past on their back. RCB, however, unlike DC, are scheduled to play their maiden WPL Final on Sunday. The Smriti Mandhana-led outfit beat Mumbai Indians in the eliminator clash, after finishing third at the end of league games.
As we build up to the WPL 2024 Final, The Sporting News takes a look at the expected lineups, head-to-head records, predictions, and betting odds.
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WPL FINAL: Predicted lineups
Predicted XI for RCB Women: Smriti Mandhana (C), Sophie Divine, Ellyse Perry, Disha Kasat, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Shraddha Pokharkar, Renuka Singh
Predicted XI for DC Women: Meg Lanning (C), Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Shikha Pandey, Minnu Mani
RCB vs DC: Head-to-head record in WPL
Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals have played out in 4 WPL games so far since 2023. The Delhi outfit have won all four encounters across both the WPL seasons. The RCB Women would have to do the unthinkable - to beat Delhi, after having a winless record against them -, if they were to win the WPL 2024 Final.
| Matches | DC-W won | RCB-W won | Draw/Tie |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0/0 |
RCB vs DC, WPL Final: Toss
The Arun Jaitley Stadium has been a batting-friendly stadium, and favours the batters, moreso in the initial overs. That being said, the spin bowlers are expected to get help from the pitch, as the match goes on. The side that wins the toss first will certainly opt to bat first to maximise the batting-friendly conditions.
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RCB vs DC: Prediction for WPL 2024 Final
Neither RCB nor DC have won any domestic T20 title before, let alone the WPL. The Bangalore-based outfit has its spirits on a sky-high, after beating the defending champions, twice in the last two matches.
However, the Delhi Capitals have by far, been the most dominating side in the tournament. The Capitals have been at this stage last year, and would hope to do right the wrongs, from WPL 2023. Having a favourable record against RCB in the WPL, and having experienced the WPL Final before, places them in a better position to win the WPL Final in their second attempt.
We believe Delhi Capitals will edge out Royal Challengers Bangalore in the WPL 2024 Final.
RCB vs DC, WPL Final: Betting odds
According to odds on Dafabet, Delhi Capitals are the favourites to win the WPL Final in Delhi to win their maiden WPL Trophy.
| Result | Betting odds |
| DC-W WIN | 1.67 |
| RCB-W WIN | 2.28 |
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