Delhi Capitals Women vs Gujarat Giants Women Match Highlights
The Delhi Capitals Women faced the Gujarat Giants Women on February 25, 2025, in Match No. 10 of the Women’s Premier League at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. The night match, which commenced at 7:30 PM local time, was won by Delhi Capitals Women by 6 wickets as they chased down a modest target set by Gujarat Giants Women in a game that saw disciplined bowling allied to explosive batting. They batted first after losing the toss, managing to post 127 runs for 9 in their 20 overs.
After Harleen Deol and Phoebe Litchfield went down early to disciplined bowling from Marizanne Kapp, their innings was stabilized by another wicketkeeper, Beth Mooney, who got a lively 10 off 11 balls before being dismissed by Shikha Pandey, triggering a mini-collapse. Captain Ashleigh Gardner did add some runs, but she managed just 3 runs, and Kashvee Gautam fell for a duck. By the fifth over, the Giants were reeling at 20 for 4.
Deandra Dottin, with a brisk 26 runs off 24 balls with 4 boundaries to stabilize the innings, was dismissed in the 11th over, which was a point where Haryana celebrated as the game tilted back their way. Tanuja Kanwar and Bharti Fulmali stitched together a crucial 51-run partnership for the seventh wicket, with Fulmali remaining unbeaten on a respectable 40 runs off 29 balls, including a boundary 4s and a 6. As it was the end of the lower order, Gujarat got a measly total, weathering 21 extras including 12 leg-byes and 9 wides from Delhi’s bowlers.
Marizanne Kapp and Shikha Pandey were the pick of the bowlers as each took two wickets, and Annabel Sutherland, Titas Sadhu, and Jess Jonassen snared one each, keeping pressure on Gujarat batsmen throughout. Chasing 128, the Delhi Capitals Women were feeling positive with their approach to this match, finishing it off 15.1 overs.
Captain Meg Lanning went out for 31, out off a delivery from Kashvee Gautam, but in walked Shafali Verma, who took on the challenge with a blistering 44 in 27 balls with seven fours and a six, setting the tone for the chase. Her cavalier innings came to an end when Ashleigh Gardner trapped her leg before wicket; however, Delhi was already placed comfortably at 88 for 2 in the 10th over. With charming strokes, Jess Jonassen remained unbeaten at 61 off 32 balls with nine four and two six, which had ensured no sudden intermissions in the chase.
Jemimah Rodrigues contributed a whirlwind 5 before, taken by Tanuja Kanwar; and Annabel Sutherland’s seven-ball stay was curtailed by Kashvee Gautam. Marizanne Kapp remained on 9 and saw the side home with Jonassen, completing a score of 131 for 4 in just under five overs. The efforts of the Gujarat Women’s bowling attack could not tame the Delhi women batters even though two wickets came from Kashvee Gautam’s direction, but she was expensive.
Though Ashleigh Gardner and Tanuja Kanwar got one wicket each, which didn’t also give them any penetration and contributed to conceding 8 other extras, Delhi had scored 46 runs in the powerplay to lay a good groundwork for the easy win. Delhi Capitals Women clearly demonstrated their strength with this win, with their bowlers restricting the Gujarat Giants Women to a tune of a low score and batters such as Jonassen and Verma overriding the chase with their own brand of authority following in support of their standing in the tournament.
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