Delhi Capitals pacer Arundhati Reddy was reprimanded by the BCCI for breaching the Women’s Premier League (WPL) Code of Conduct throughout her facet’s second recreation within the 2024 version of the event towards UP Warriorz (UPW) on Monday, February 26 at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Reddy was pulled up for her fiery send-off to UPW batter Poonam Khemnar after dismissing her within the fifteenth over of the innings.
Reddy foxed Khemnar with a slower supply because the batter might solely get her ramp shot so far as the brief third-man fielder. Reddy got here up with a fiery send-off as he roared and gave an offended gesture to Khemnar to go away the sector after dismissing her.
“Arundhati admitted to the Level 1 Offence under Article 2.5 of the WPL’s Code of Conduct which relates to using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batter upon her dismissal during a match,” a WPL assertion learn. Reddy was fined 10 per cent of her match charges and admitted to the Level 1 offence.
Reddy might have been reprimanded however she has had a very good begin to her marketing campaign for the Capitals as she took a pair of wickets within the event opener towards Mumbai Indians and adopted it up with a scalp towards UP too. While the Capitals misplaced in a nail-biter towards the defending champions, they have been scientific towards the Warriorz proscribing them to only 119/9 after which chasing it down in simply 14.3 overs with 9 wickets within the bag.
The star of the present for the Capitals was South African all-rounder Marizanne Kapp with the ball as she eliminated the entire top-order for the Warriorz contained in the powerplay in a four-over spell giving freely simply 5 runs. Radha Yadav adopted it up with a four-fer as Warriorz’s innings went nowhere.
Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning’s opening partnership nearly bought the group by means of earlier than the latter fell to Sophie Ecclestone after each had smashed their respective fifties. Capitals bought their first factors whereas the Warriorz have been subjected to their second loss of the event.
