After losing the match against Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals bounced back with a wonderful win. Delhi Capitals, who restricted Gujarat Giants to 105 runs after the bowlers failed, chased down the target in 7.1 overs…
Young sensation Shefali Verma hit a 19-ball half-century and rained boundaries. Tunuja Kanwar scored 4 runs in the first over, Shefali Verma scored 14 runs in the second over and Kim Garth hit a hat-trick of fours in the third over.
Shefali Verma hit 4, 4, 6 consecutively in the fourth over bowled by Ashleigh Garner and then took a single off the next ball and Delhi Capitals captain Meg Lanning hit 2 fours in the last two balls. This resulted in 23 runs in that over. Shefali Verma scored a half century in 19 balls with 2 fours in the over bowled by Manshi Josi…
In the next over, Shefali hit 2 consecutive sixes and by the end of the power play, Delhi Capitals scored 87 runs without losing a wicket. This is the highest score in Women’s Premier League 2023 tourney power play…
Even after the end of the power play, Shefali Verma did not let up. Delhi Capitals scored 103 runs in 7 overs thanks to Shefali Verma who hit 4, 6, 4 in the 7th over. Meg Lanning ended the match with a four off the first ball of the 8th over.
Shefali Verma scored 76 runs off 28 balls with 10 fours and 5 sixes while Meg Lanning scored 21 runs off 15 balls with 3 fours. Earlier, after winning the toss and electing to bat, they lost 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and made a short score of 105 runs.
Gujarat Giants lost the wicket of Sabbine Meghna in the second ball of the innings… Delhi Capitals bowler Marijane Kopp clean bowled Sabbine Meghna who bowled 2 balls. In the next over, Marijane Kapp took 2 wickets in two consecutive balls… Laura Valverde and Ashleigh Gardner got out in consecutive balls and Gujarat giants lost 3 wickets for 9 runs.
Harleen Deol, who scored 20 runs off 14 balls with 4 fours, also reached the pavilion as an LBW off the bowling of Marijane Cope. After that, Sushma Verma, who scored 2 runs in 10 balls, was clean bowled by Marijane Kopp… she completed 5 wickets… Gujarat giants were in dire straits losing 6 wickets for 33 runs.
Georgia Wareham, who scored 22 runs with 2 fours in 25 balls, was clean bowled by Radha Yadav’s bowling… Tanuja Kanwar scored 13 runs with a four in 19 balls and Shikha Pandey got out while bowling, captain Sneh Rana was also not impressed. Sneh Rana, who scored 2 runs in 3 balls, tried a huge shot in the bowling of Shikha Pandey and gave herself a catch… Kim Garth scored 32 runs in 37 balls with 3 fours and Manshi Joshi scored 5 runs. Among the bowlers of Delhi Capitals, Marijane Kapp took 5 wickets for 15 runs and Shikha Pandey got 3 wickets. Radha Yadav took a wicket.
