Gujarat Giants beat Delhi Capitals in a thrilling match of the Women's Premier League on Thursday to register a crucial win. In the 14th match of the tournament played at the Brabourne Stadium, Gujarat registered victory to keep their campaign alive. Delhi on the other hand, failed to convert the opportunity of sealing their place in the playoffs.
Delhi won toss and opted to bowl. Coming to bat first the Sneh Rana-led team managed to score 147/4 in 20 overs. When it came to Delhi's batting, the Ashleigh Gardner-led bowling attack troubled the Delhi batters and bundled them out for 136 runs. Interestingly, this was the lowest total defended by any team in the history of WPL.
Ashleigh Gardner who was named the player of the match showed a brilliant performance. She scored 51 off 33 balls with the bat and then took 2/19 in 3.4 and eased her team's role for victory.
The Giants have now leapfrogged RCB once again to stay fourth in the standings. While DC's tally remains at 8 from 6 games, GG now have 4 points from six games.
Earlier in the first half of the match, half-centuries from Laura Wolvaardt (57) and Gardner (51 not out) took Gujarat Giants to set a target of 148 runs, after they had crawled to an ordinary 53/2 halfway through.
When it comes to the second innings, Delhi batters struggled from the start. They lost Shafali Verma (8) and Meg Lanning (18) inside the Powerplay, and also Alice Capsey, who was run out after a promising 11-ball 22. Arundhati Reddy (25) and Shikha Pandey (8 not out) kept Delhi’s hopes alive till late in the game but all went in vain as Gujarat bowlers troubled Delhi batters and bundled them up.
Gujarat Giants will next face Royal Challengers Bangalore on March 18. On the other hand, Delhi Capitals will lock horns with Mumbai Indians on March 20.
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