Meg Lanning’s fifty, spinners’ show lead Delhi Capitals to top of points table, Gujarat Giants sink further

Meg Lanning’s record-breaking outing and spinners show led Delhi Capitals to register a convincing win over Gujarat Giants within the tenth match of Women’s Premier League 2024. A fifty from the skipper and three wickets from Jess Jonassen and Radha Yadav helped the Capitals register a 25-run victory which takes them to the top of the points desk. Meanwhile, the Giants have sunk down further.

Both the groups got here into the competition after resting a number of gamers. The Capitals have been with out Marizanne Kapp, their Player of the Match award winner within the earlier two wins. Meanwhile, the Giants have been with out Harleen Deol and Sneh Rana, each of whom missed the sport due to accidents. 

However, the comparatively weak hyperlink of Giants middle-order not boasting many power-hitters got here to the fore as soon as once more. They have been underwhelming with the bat and it was the identical case within the match in opposition to the Capitals. Laura Wolvaardt went out for a duck as Shikha Pandey bowled her. Beth Mooney was outdone quickly by Jonassen and the Giants slipped further. Phoebe Litchfield and Veda Krishnamurthy couldn’t make a lot of their begins and the one hope for them was when Ashleigh Gardner was batting within the center. She made 40 from 31 balls however as soon as Jonassen acquired her stumped out, all of the Giants’ hopes vanished. They are but to open their account within the WPL 2024 with 4 losses.

Meanwhile, the Capitals have their third straight win of the season. Lanning led the workforce with a half-century earlier than contributions from Alice Capsey, Sutherland and Pandey powered them to 163.

Delhi Capitals’ Playing XI:

Meg Lanning (c), Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonassen, Arundhati Reddy, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Titas Sadhu, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey

Gujarat Giants’ Playing XI:

Laura Wolvaardt, Beth Mooney (c & wk), Phoebe Litchfield, Ashleigh Gardner, Veda Krishnamurthy, Dayalan Hemalatha, Kathryn Bryce, Tanuja Kanwar, Tarannum Pathan, Meghna Singh, Mannat Kashyap