GG Women vs DC Women Match Highlights
The Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow hosted a gripping contest between Gujarat Giants Women and Delhi Capitals Women in the 17th match of the Women’s Premier League on March 7, 2025. The night match began at 7:30 PM local time, where Gujarat Giants Women created history with a pulsating five-wicket win, with only three balls to spare, while chasing 177 posted by Delhi Capitals Women.
Delhi Capitals Women, choosing to bat first, made a decent 177 for 5 in 20 overs. Meg Lanning, the captain, led from the front with a brilliant 92 from just 57 deliveries, hitting as many as 15 fours and a six, anchoring the innings at a strike rate of 161.40. Shafali Verma set the innings ablaze early on, with 40 from 27 deliveries, including three 4s and three 6s, adding an 83-run opening partnership with Lanning before falling to Meghna Singh in the ninth over.
Thereafter, the middle order of the batting line-up failed to keep up the momentum as Jess Jonassen (9), Jemimah Rodrigues (4), and Annabel Sutherland (14) fell cheaply, thanks to Meghna Singh’s disciplined bowling of 3 for 35 and Deandra Dottin’s impactful 2 for 37. Marizanne Kapp (7) and Sarah Bryce (6) remained unbeaten and put together some late runs to take their total to a challenging one.
The powerplay managed to score 51 runs and provided a solid start, although the onslaught of Ahmedabad County’s bowlers in the consecutive overs made run-scoring difficult. Gujarat began the chase for 178 on a bad note, losing Dayalan Hemalatha for just 1 in the second over on a delivery from Shikha Pandey. The captain, Beth Mooney, steadied the ship with a composed 44 runs off 35 balls, including five fours, before falling to Minnu Mani in the 11th over.
The hero was Harleen Deol, scoring an unbeaten 70 runs off just 49 balls, with nine fours and a six at a strike rate of 142.86. Mazhern contributions from Ashleigh Gardner included 22 runs off 13 balls, while there was fast-fire 24 runs off 10 balls by Deandra Dottin, including two sixes, which swung the match in favor of Gujarat before Jonassen dismissed Dottin and Phoebe Litchfield (0) in quick succession.
When 16 were needed off the last two overs, Deol held her nerve, along with Kashvee Gautam (9*), sealing the win at 178 for 5 in 19.3 overs. Delhi’s bowlers, with Jonassen taking 2 for 38 and Pandey 2 for 31 being among their forces, put up a good fight, but Gujarat’s powerplay score of 38 kept them in the game. A match of two different styles: Delhi’s consisting of Lanning’s steadiness and Verma’s flair, while Gujarat’s victory relied on Deol’s steadfastness and stout contributions from Dottin and Gardner.
While Meghna Singh took three wickets and drew attention for Gujarat, Delhi’s backers had costly misses on the field in addition to their failure to defend 177 runs, illustrating their decline in the final moments of the game.
The game was a real nail-biter at Subhansh’s Ekana Stadium, where the poise of Gujarat under pressure proved decisive. This close victory keeps alive the Gujarat Giants Women’s chances of contesting in the Women’s Premier League 2025, proving their exceptional depth of quality and astoundingly adaptable mindset in the face of aflame challenges. The win is, instead, an endorsement of their capability to rely on many players stepping up – from the seasoned hands to the rising stars – under pressure situations.
Meanwhile, for Delhi Capitals Women, while their captain, Meg Lanning, gave an exceptional masterclass with her dominating innings, the demise quite painfully exposes glaring middle-order weaknesses and an obvious lack of bowling execution at crucial junctures in the game. The course of the appreciated tournament will continue to move forward. All the same, each team will continue stepping up wherever possible, enhancing their own tactics by taking advantage of their strengths and preparing for the further onslaught of matches.
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