Delhi Capitals beat Gujarat Giants by six wickets in a one-sided affair on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Tuesday, February 25. With this win, the Capitals moved to the highest of the factors desk, displacing Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Meg Lanning received the toss and opted to discipline first on a greenish floor. Marizanne Kapp used the seamer-friendly circumstances to her benefit and picked up a few wickets with the brand new ball. Her new-ball associate Shika Pandey additionally bagged two wickets as Gujarat misplaced 4 contained in the powerplay.
Deandra Dottin, Ashleigh Gardner, and Tanuja Kanwar tried to resurrect the innings however Delhi bowlers not often missed their mark. Bharti Fulmali, who got here out to bat at No. 8, performed a gutsy innings of 40 not out from 29 balls as Gujarat completed on 127/9 of their 20 overs. Aside from Kapp and Pandey, Annabel Sutherland additionally bagged two wickets. In the meantime, Titas Sadhu and Jess Jonassen chipped in with one wicket apiece.
Within the second innings, Lanning didn’t get going and departed for 3 runs after going through 13 balls. Nonetheless, Shafali Verma and Jess Jonassen put the Gujarat bowlers to the cleaners by forging a swashbuckling 74-run standoff with 37 deliveries.
Shafali was dismissed within the tenth over after scoring 44 runs off 27 balls. She hit 5 fours and three sixes throughout her knock. Jemimah Rodrigues and Sutherland have been dismissed cheaply earlier than Jonassen and Kapp took Delhi house within the sixteenth over.
Jonassen completed unbeaten on 61 of 32 balls, belting 9 fours and two sixes. Kapp hit the profitable runs when she scored a boundary off Priya Mishra between mid-off and further cowl.
Kaveesha Gautam was the decide of the bowlers for Gujarat as she picked up two wickets for 26 runs in 4 overs. Nonetheless, she didn’t get the assist she would have hoped for and the goal was additionally not very difficult.
In the meantime, here is how the followers reacted to DEL-W vs GJ-W WPL 2025 conflict:
Marizanne Kapp hitting the profitable runs once more in a Delhi Capitals win, a well-known sight
Kapp’s 5 not outs are the joint-most in profitable chases in WPL with Ellyse Perry & Richa Ghosh #WPL #WPL2025 #DCvGG
— Mohit Shah (@mohit_shah17) February 25, 2025
Watching elite gamers do their course of is so attention-grabbing. Each time Marizanne Kapp units up on the lengthy on boundary, she visualises an imaginary catch that will come proper under the floodlight glare. Identical factor each single ball virtually. Elite stuff actually. #DCvGG #WPL2025 pic.twitter.com/pRlDtcMGmZ
— Gaurav Nandan Tripathi | गौरव नंदन त्रिपाठी (@Cric_Beyond_Ent) February 25, 2025
Watching Marizanne Kapp bowl is only a privilege
— Krithika (@krithika0808) February 25, 2025
Jess Jonassen turns into the first left hander ever to attain a WPL 50 for Jess Jonassen
Batting at 3 for the primary time in WPL & displaying her enduring class#WPL #WPL2025 #DCvGG
— Mohit Shah (@mohit_shah17) February 25, 2025
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