GG vs DC: In the 14th match of the Women’s Premier League, Delhi Capitals faced Gujarat Giants. Batting first, Gujarat had set a target of 148 runs in front of Delhi. In response, the Delhi Capitals team lost the match by 11 runs. And Gardner played this inning for Delhi Capitals half-centuries and also took 2 wickets in bowling, due to which he was also awarded the man of the match award.
GG vs DC Playing XI Of Both The Teams
Delhi Capitals: Meg Lanning (captain), Tanya Bhatia (wicketkeeper), Poonam Yadav, Alice Capsey, Radha Yadav, Jemima Rodrigues, Shefali Verma, Marijane Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey,
Gujarat Giants: Sophia Dunkley, L Wolvaardt, Ashley Gardner, Sneh Rana (c), Ashwini Kumari, Kim Garth, Tanuja Kanwar, Manasi Joshi, Sushma Verma (wk), Dayalan Hemlata, Harleen Deol,
GG vs DC Delhi Won The Toss And Decided To Bowl First
In the GG vs DC match, the Delhi Capitals team won the toss and decided to bowl first. Delhi captain Meg Lanning has made one change in her team. Poonam Yadav was included in place of Tara Norris, while Gujarat captain Sneh Rana made two changes to the team. Gujarat brought in L Wolvaardt and Ashwini Kumari instead of Annabel Sutherland and Meghna.
Gujarat Giants Innings
Gujarat Giants team lost the toss and went to bat first. The Gujarat Giants team scored 147 runs in 20 overs losing 4 wickets. Cap had sent Sophia Dunkley to the pavilion. Dunkley was able to score 4 runs in 6 balls and got out, after that Harleen Deol came to bat. And later there was a 49-run partnership for the second wicket between Harleen Deol and L Wolvaardt. This partnership was broken by Jess Jonassen. He got Harleen Deol caught by wicketkeeper Tania Bhatia and took the wicket.
After this, Ashley Gardner and Wolvaardt shared an 81-run partnership for the third wicket. On the other hand, Harleen Deol, batting on the other hand, also scored 31 runs in 33 balls in 9.5 overs, out of which 4 fours were also hit. I Gardner scored 51 runs with the bat and Wolvaardt made a good partnership, due to which both players took the team to a good score.
Wolvaardt scored 57 runs in his innings, out of which he faced 45 balls and also 6 fours and 1 six his wicket was taken by Arundhati Reddy. On the other hand, Gardner, batting on the other hand, scored 51 runs in 33 balls, out of which he also hit 9 fours and remained not out till the last. The team scored 147 runs losing 4 wickets and gave a target of 148 runs to Delhi Capitals.
Delhi Capitals Innings
The Delhi Capitals team came out to chase 148 runs Meg Lanning came to open and Shefali Verma came with her. The first wicket of Delhi Capitals fell on the score of 10 runs. This wicket fell in 1.5 overs. Capital’s second wicket fell on a score of 48 runs. This wicket was of Meg Lanning. Meg Lanning scored 18 runs in her innings playing 15 balls,
out of which 3 fours were also hit and she was LPW out by Sneh Rana for the target of 148 runs. Only four batsmen could touch double figures for the Delhi team that came to chase. These included captain Meg Lanning (18), Alice Capsey (22), Marijane Kapp (36) and Arundhati Reddy (25), Shefali Verma (8), Jemimah Rodrigues (1), Jess Jonassen (4).
Tania Bhatia (1), Radha Yadav (1), and Poonam Yadav (0) could not do anything special. Shikha Pandey remained unbeaten after scoring eight runs. For Gujarat, Kim Garth, Tanuja Kanwar, and Gardner got two wickets each. At the same time, captain Sneh Rana and Harleen Deol got one wicket each.
Player Of The Match
Player of the match award in the GG vs DC match Gardner was given to Gujarat Giants by showing his all-round performance. Gardner scored 51 runs in batting and also took 2 wickets in bowling.
