Delhi Capitals skipper Meg Lanning was spotted teary-eyed as her side was on the verge of a crushing loss to the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the WPL 2024 final.,The former Aussie cricketer fought back her tears as one of the teammates from the pavilion tried to speak to her, with the video of the same going viral on social media.
Despite starting as heavy favourites, the Capitals endured a batting collapse of epic proportions to give the Royal Challengers an advantage. After making a promising start, the Capitals capitulated to 113 all out in 18.3 overs from being 64-0 at one stage as Shreyanka Patil and Sophie Molineux shared 7 wickets between them.
After Shafali Varma and Lanning, only two other Capitals batter managed to reach double figures.
"Crazy things happen" - Meg Lanning
At the post-match presentation, Lanning admitted that they were nowhere close to RCB, who she felt deserved to win. The retired cricketer went on to thank their support staff for all the contributions throughout the tournament and added:
"Obviously disappointing not to get it done. Finals are about playing well on the day. Congratulations to RCB - you outplayed us tonight. It all happened relatively quickly as it tends to do. As we've seen in this tournament, crazy things happen. Full credit to RCB, they fought back really nicely and deserved the win. We did a lot right. Unfortunately it wasn't to be. A lot of effort went from a lot of the people. Want to thank the support staff. Cricket is a funny game - you win some, you lose some."
