Womens Premier League 2024 Cricket

'GG, ye kya ji' - Fans react as Delhi Capitals beat Gujarat Giants by 25 runs to move to top spot in WPL 2024

Delhi Capitals have now moved to the top spot of the points table in the ongoing WPL 2024 with three consecutive wins in the last 3 matches of the tournament.

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Mathew K
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Delhi Capitals vs Gujart Giants (File Photo: X)

Delhi Capitals vs Gujart Giants (File Photo: X)

Delhi Capitals continued their winning run in the ongoing Women’s Premier League 2023 with the third consecutive win after a defeat in the first match of the tournament. They are now on the top of the points table of the tournament with 6 points.

Gujarat Giants Women skipper Beth Mooney won the toss and asked Delhi Capitals Women to bat first. Batting first, Delhi Capitals’ skipper Meg Lanning played a crucial half-century knock, scoring 55 runs off 41 balls, with 6 fours and a six. Besides her, Alice Capsey and Annabel Sutherland were the ones to cross the individual mark of 20+ runs.

These knocks helped Delhi Capitals Women to post a decent total of 163 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Star medium pacer Meghna Singh bowled brilliantly for Gujarat Giants Women as she scalped 4 wickets at the cost of 37 runs in 4 overs, alongside 2 wickets picked by Ashleigh Gardner.

Tanuja Kanwer and Mannat Kashyap also bagged one wicket each for the Giants in the first innings.

Delhi Capitals' bowlers outplay Gujarat Giants' batting attack

While chasing the target, Gujarat Giants Women struggled against the bowling attack of the Delhi Capitals; they could score 138 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the entire 20 overs and fell 26 runs short of the target of 164 runs. Eventually, Delhi Capitals won the match by 25 runs.

Ashleigh Gardner played a struggled knock of 40 runs off 31 balls, with 5 fours and a six. Other than her, all of the batters failed to touch the individual mark of even 20+ runs. Delhi Capitals have now moved to the top spot of the table with 3 wins in 4 matches of the tournament, with one defeat, having 6 points to their name. Jess Jonassen and Radha Yadav scalped 3 wickets each for Delhi Capitals, alongside one wicket each picked by Shikha Pandey and Arundhati Reddy.

Won the ‘Player of the Match award for her brilliant match-defining performance in the favour of Delhi Capitals.

Here's how fans reacted to Delhi Capitals' win against Gujarat Giants Women: 

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