WPL 2024 Match 10: Delhi Capitals Thrash Gujarat Giants

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Delhi Capitals moved to the top of the points table with a resounding win over Gujarat Giants in match number 10 of WPL 2024 played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on 3rd March.

Gujarat Giants captain Beth Mooney won the toss and decided to field first. Shafali Varma looked in decent touch putting some pressure on GG bowlers. Meghana Singh got the breakthrough getting rid of Varma caught by Woolvardt. Alice Capsey looked in sublime touch with good shots keeping the scoreboard ticking. At the end of the first six overs, Delhi Capitals scored 51 for 1.

Meghana Singh struck getting the wicket of Alice Capsey. Capsey and Lanning added 38 runs for the 2nd wicket. Delhi Capitals ended the first timeout at 58 for 2. After the timeout, Lanning showed her class with some lovely shots keeping the scoreboard ticking. DC captain completed fifty off 39 balls and maintained momentum. Meghana Singh struck to dismiss Lanning. Lanning and Rodrigues added 47 runs for the 3rd wicket. At the end of the second timeout, DC scored 130 for 4.

After the timeout, Delhi Capitals kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Shikha Pandey hit valuable runs at the end to help them post 163 for 8. Meghna Singh was the pick of the bowlers with  4 for 37, Ash Garnder 2 for 37, and Mannat Kashyap and Tanuja Kanwar grabbed 1 wicket each.

Chasing 163 runs to win, Gujarat Giants got off to the worst possible start as Shikha Pandey dismissed Laura Woolvardt to shatter the stumps. Phoebe Litchfield showed intent to put some pressure on Delhi Capitals bowlers. Jonassen struck to dismiss Litchfield caught by Sutherland. Jonassen got rid of GG captain Beth Mooney hitting in front of the stumps to leave them in trouble. Gujarat Giants ended the first six overs at 41 for 3.

Veda Krishna Murthy struggled badly before Radha Yadav struck with a simple catch to Shika Pandey at backward point. Gujarat Giants ended the first timeout at 53 for 4.

Ash Gardner looked in good touch with some lovely shots keeping the hopes of Gujarat Giants alive. Jonassen struck to get rid of Ash Gardner with a simple stumping. Garnder and Kanwar added 32 runs for the 6th wicket. After the second timeout, Delhi Capitals did not allow Gujarat Giants to score runs easily and restricted Gujarat Giants to 138 for 8. Sayali Sathgare batted for Dayalan Hemalatha as a concussion substitute. Jess Jonassen and Radha Yadav took 3 wickets for Delhi Capitals while Shikha Pandey and Reddy took 1 wicket each.








Delhi Capitals beat GG in match 10 of WPL 2024 

 

 

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