Ashleigh Gardner (two for 37 and 40, 31b, 5×4, 1×6) shone for Gujarat Giants, however Jess Jonassen (4-0-22-3) and Radha Yadav (4-0-20-3) dazzled to pilot Delhi Capitals to a 25-run win within the Women’s Premier League (WPL) match on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday.
A spirited bowling effort helped DC pile on the Giants’ distress, because the Beth Mooney-led aspect completed the Bengaluru leg winless after solely managing 138 for eight.
Defending 164, debutant Titas Sadhu introduced her arrival with a maiden over to Mooney. Shikha Pandey cleaned up Laura Wolvaardt on a no rating as each pacers began with maidens.
Jonassen then picked two in her first over, trapping Mooney in entrance earlier than eradicating Phoebe Litchfield, who had began to counter-attack.
Wickets saved tumbling, with Gardner waging a lone battle. GG slid to 73 for 5 when Radha despatched Veda Krishnamurthy and Kathryn Bryce packing.
Gardner added 32 with Tanuja Kanwar for the sixth wicket earlier than Jonassen ended the previous’s resistance within the 14th over. Tanuja was then caught by Shafali Verma for Radha’s third wicket.
Sayali Ganesh Satghare, who got here in at quantity 9, changed Dayalan Hemalatha because the concussion substitute after the latter was hit on the top by the ball whereas fielding.
Earlier, Meg Lanning’s half-century took DC to 163 for eight in an innings the place Meghna Singh starred with a four-fer.
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Tanuja opened the bowling, however Shafali didn’t let the left-arm spinner quiet down, hitting her for a 4 and a six. She might have had her revenge however missed a caught & bowled likelihood.
Meghna ensured that the drop wasn’t expensive as she offered Giants the breakthrough, eradicating Shafali, who flicked straight to Wolvaardt at square-leg.
The in-form Alice Capsey didn’t let the tempo slip as she took simply 4 deliveries to hit her first boundary. The Englishwoman went on to strike 4 extra fours in her 17-ball cameo, including a fast 38 for the second wicket with skipper Lanning earlier than being caught by Tanuja off Meghna.
Lanning took over the run-scoring duties, permitting new batter Jemimah Rodrigues time to settle. She then switched gears and dealt in boundaries, pushing DC previous 100 within the thirteenth over and reached fifty off 39 deliveries with a 4.
Just when Lanning appeared on target to place the sport past Giants’ attain, Meghna struck once more. Jemimah was the following to go, dropping her wicket to Mannat Kashyap.
Wickets fell in fast succession as Gardner despatched Jonassen and Arundhati Reddy packing whereas Tanuja ended Annabel Sutherland’s fast burst (20 off 12).
Meghna ended the innings with Radha’s scalp, however Giants dropped 4 catches, which performed a big half of their fourth straight loss.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com