Cricket | Latest Match Report: DC Ladies vs GG Ladies, twentieth Match 2023/24

Capitals of Delhi 129 for 3 (Shafali 71, Rodrigues 38*, Kanwar 2-20) received Gujarat Giants 126 for 9 (Fulmali 42, Bryce 28*, Mani 2-9, Kapp 2-17, Pandey 2-23) by seven wickets

However they did not finish there, and neither did Kapp. She and Jess Jonassen teamed up, not for the primary time, taking two extra wickets in fast succession because the Gujarat Giants reeled to 16 for 3 in 5 overs.

Kapp’s second pitch landed simply behind the channel after which lower late, drawing the curiosity of Mooney, who was soundly overwhelmed. Kapp’s fifth, of an analogous size however this time on the leg stump, lower Mooney in half and induced Capitals goalkeeper Taniya Bhatia to dive to her proper to assemble. However the subsequent ball was the one which, on size and into leg stump, Mooney tried to deflect it by means of high quality leg solely to see it bounce off his thigh and crash into the woodwork.

Giants rebuild, Pandey knocks them down

Shabnam Shakil survived the hat-trick, but it surely was the primary of two fast runs, Meghna Singh following, earlier than Bryce scored Jonassen’s remaining supply for offside as 4 remained unbeaten, however with main doubts over whether or not the Giants They have been shut sufficient.

The Capitals gave the clear impression that they’d someplace to be – the ultimate, to be exact – when Meg Lanning and Shafali raced to 31 with out loss after three overs. Lanning began with 4 fours in 5 balls from Bryce’s first over, the second of the chase. Shafali then hit three off Shabnam within the subsequent over earlier than Lanning was run out, despatched again by his associate after pushing Kanwar’s first ball in the direction of level the place Wolvaardt gathered and bowled bouncer Mooney as Lanning dived in useless. , attaining 18 out of 10.

The giants would have beloved to take away Alice Capsey, taken mid-on for a four-ball duck off Kanwar moments later to make the rating 31 for two. However Shafali continued as she had began, bettering her six off Meghna within the long-on with an excellent 91 meter effort to start out Gardner’s first over and one other down the bottom to finish it. Gardner took extra punishment from Shafali in his second over, a 4 to the precise of size and a six hit over the fence in the identical area to take Capitals to 82 for two after 10 overs.

Jemimah Rodrigues bowled Mannat Kashyap for a six of her personal earlier than Shafali raised her fifty with further cowl for 4 and the runs continued to move, Meghna conceding 20 runs within the twelfth over as Capitals moved inside 10 of victory. Shafali’s difficult 4 within the wicket off Kanwar put them inside one stroke, however her dismissal moments later making an attempt to complete it off however selecting out Litchfield within the center meant that whereas she walked away with a beautiful 71 off simply 37 balls , it was Rodrigues who hit the profitable runs, 4 clear distances from Mannat.