NAVI MUMBAI, Mar 11:
Shafali Verma’s explosive unbeaten half-century and Marizanne Kapp’s sensational five-wicket haul fired Delhi Capitals to a massive 10-wicket win against Gujarat Giants in the Women’s Premier League here on Saturday.
Kapp broke the back of Gujarat Giants’ innings with a stunning spell of 4-0-15-5, taking the top four wickets in the line-up as Delhi bowlers produced a clinical display to keep the opponents to a lowly 105 for 9 at the DY Patil Stadium here.
In reply, Shafali came out firing on all cylinders, clobbering 10 fours and five sixes to produce a ruthless knock of 76 not out off 28 balls in the company of captain Meg Lanning (21 not out from 15 balls) as DC completed the chase in a mere 7.1 overs.
Delhi Capitals made their intentions clear right from the word go, with Shafali taking a special liking for the Gujarat bowler Ashleigh Gardner, smacking her for four fours and a six in the fourth over to collect 23 runs.
Shafali continued to attack, this time hitting Tanuja Kanwar for a couple of sixes to help Delhi knock off the majority of their target, with 87 runs coming in the powerplay.
Shafali brought up her second half-century in the WPL, from just 19 balls as the senior pro in Lanning happily chose to take the backseat and enjoy the right-handed batter’s power hitting, which tore apart the Gujarat’s bowling attack.
Earlier, Kapp produced a stunning spell at the top to reduce the Giants to a precarious 33 for 6 after seven overs, a position from which they could never recover.
After Kapp set the tone, the others continued to apply constant pressure on the Gujarat batters. (PTI)
Scoreboard
Gujarat Giants:
Sabbhineni Meghana b Kapp 0
Laura Wolvaardt b Kapp 1
Harleen Deol lbw Kapp 20
Ashleigh Gardner lbw Kapp 0
Dayalan Hemalaatha c Bhatia b Pandey 5
Georgia Wareham b Yadav 22
Sushma Verma b Kapp 2
Kim Garth not out 32
Tanuja Kanwar c Rodrigues b Pandey 13
Sneh Rana c&b Pandey 2
Mansi Joshi not out 5
Extras: (LB-2, W-1) 3
Total: (For nine wickets; 20 overs) 105
Fall of Wickets: 1-0, 2-9, 3-9, 4-18, 5-28, 6-33, 7-66, 8-94, 9-96.
Bowling: Marizanne Kapp 4-0-15-5, Radha Yadav 4-0-19-1, Shikha Pandey 4-0-26-3, Jess Jonasen 4-0-19-0, Tara Norris 1-0-6-0, Minnu Mani 3-0-18-0.
Delhi Capitals :
Meg Lanning not out 21
Shafali Verma not out 76
Extras (B-1, LB-2, W-7) 10
Total (For no loss; 7.1 overs) 107
Bowling: Kim Garth 2-0-20-0, Tanuja Kanwar 2-0-27-0, Ashleigh Gardner 1-0-22-0, Mansi Joshi 2-0-31-0, Georgia Wareham 0.1-0-4-0.
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