Gujarat Giants v Delhi Capitals Women Match 20 Highlights – WPL
The 20th match of the Women’s Premier League was played on 13 March 2024. It was a clash between the Gujarat Giants and Delhi Capitals women. The Giants aren’t doing justice to their name in this tournament. At the same time, the Delhi Capitals women are strong on the WPL points table. They rank 1st so far. Gujarat Giants were looking for a win, while the DC women did not look in the mood to give their strong position up.
Were the Gujarat Giants able to win this match? Or did the Delhi Capitals women strengthen their position on the table? If you want to know more about what happened in the match, read this short article.
Gujarat Giants versus DC Women – Details
| DELHI CAPITALS WOMEN V GUJARAT GIANTS WOMEN | |
| Match number | 20 |
| Date | 13 March 2024 |
| Time | 7:30 PM |
| Venue | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
| Umpires | Mohamed Rafi |
| Parashar Joshi | |
| TV Umpire | Puttarangaiah Jayapal |
| Reserve Umpire | Gayathri Venugopalan |
| Match Referee | Meenakshi Mangla |
Toss
The Giants Women won the toss and chose to bat first. Let’s see how they can reproduce the performance from their previous match.
Squad
| Gujarat Giants | Delhi Capitals Women |
|---|---|
| Laura Wolvaardt | Meg Lanning (c) |
| Beth Mooney (w/c) | Shafali Verma |
| Dayalan Hemalatha | Jemimah Rodrigues |
| Phoebe Litchfield | Alice Capsey |
| Ashleigh Gardner | Marizanne Kapp |
| Bharati Fulmali | Jess Jonassen |
| Kathryn Bryce | Radha Yadav |
| Tanuja Kanwar | Arundhati Reddy |
| Shabnam Md Shakil | Taniya Bhatia (w) |
| Meghna Singh | Shikha Pandey |
| Mannat Kashyap | Minnu Mani |
Gujarat Giants
- They had a rough start, with Marizanne Kapp dismissing both openers on the powerplay. Ash Gardner was also given a day off, as she was dismissed for 12 runs, putting her team at 39/4 after nine overs.
- Pheobe Litchfield attempted but failed to assault Minnu Mani. Gujarat required Fulmali and Bryce to save their match, and the former in especially looked excellent.
- Fulmali smashed a few over the inside to reach 42 from 36 balls before being brought down by a Shikha Pandey yorker. Bryce lasted till the end, as Gujarat scored 10 runs in the final over.
- This is an easy match for the DC. They have to win it and enter the finals now. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
Delhi Capitals Women
- They only needed 127 for a victory tonight, and captain Meg Lanning started with an abundance of boundaries in the powerplay. She was run out immediately after, and Tanuja Kanwar bowled a wicket maiden to new batter Alice Capsey.
- However, Delhi were not disturbed as Shafali Varma and Jemimah put up a 94-run stand. Varma was at his offensive best, moving down the field and smashing many boundaries over across the field.
- She got a quick fifty and continued going after that, while Jemimah played a strong secondary role while also playing a few strong shots herself.
- Shafali was on track to complete the game, but he finished up drilling out to mid-off to seal it. Jemimah, on the other hand, brought the game to a close with a boundary in the following round.
Summary
| Gujarat Giants won the toss and chose to Bat first. | |
| Gujarat Giants 126-9 | |
| BATTING | BOWLING |
| Bharti Fulmali 42 (36) | Marizanne Kapp 2-17 |
| Kathryn Bryce 28 (22) | Minnu Mani 2-9 |
| Phoebe Litchfield 21 (22) | Shikha Pandey 2-23 |
| TARGET = 127 runs | |
| Delhi Capitals Women 129-3 | |
| BATTING | BOWLING |
| Shafali Verma 71 (37) | Tanuja Kanwar 2-20 |
| Jemimah Rodrigues 38 (28) | Shabnam Shakil 0-15 |
| Meg Lanning 18 (10) | Mannat Kashyap 0-22 |
| RESULT = Delhi Capitals Women won by 7 wickets | |
| PoM = Shefali Verma | |
