Shafali Verma’s explosive unbeaten half-century and Marizanne Kapp’s sensational five-wicket haul fired Delhi Capitals to an enormous 10-wicket win in opposition to Gujarat Giants within the Women’s Premier League on Saturday. Kapp broke the again of Gujarat Giants’ innings with a surprising spell of 4-0-15-5, taking the highest 4 wickets within the line-up as Delhi bowlers produced a scientific show to maintain the opponents to a lowly 105 for 9 on the DY Patil Stadium right here. In reply, Shafali got here out firing on all cylinders, clobbering 10 fours and 5 sixes to supply a ruthless knock of 76 not out off 28 balls within the firm of captain Meg Lanning (21 not out from 15 balls) as DC accomplished the chase in a mere 7.1 overs.

Delhi Capitals made their intentions clear proper from the phrase go, with Shafali taking a particular liking for the Gujarat bowler Ashleigh Gardner, smacking her for 4 fours and a six within the fourth over to gather 23 runs.

Shafali continued to assault, this time hitting Tanuja Kanwar for a few sixes to assist Delhi knock off the vast majority of their goal, with 87 runs coming within the powerplay.

Shafali introduced up her second half-century within the WPL, from simply 19 balls because the senior professional in Lanning fortunately selected to take the backseat and benefit from the right-handed batter’s energy hitting, which tore aside the Gujarat’s bowling assault.

Earlier, Kapp produced a surprising spell on the prime to cut back the Giants to a precarious 33 for six after seven overs, a place from which they might by no means get better.

After Kapp set the tone, the others continued to use fixed strain on the Gujarat batters.

India’s left-arm spinner Radha Yadav returned with figures of 4-0-19-1, Minnu Mani gave away simply 18 runs in her three overs and Australia’s Jess Jonassen conceded 19 runs from her 4 overs.

The seasoned Shikha Pandey additionally had a memorable outing, taking 3 for 26 from her 4 overs.

Kim Garth (32 not out) and Georgia Wareham tried to climate the storm and get some much-needed runs for his or her aspect, however their efforts may solely present Gujarat Giants’ innings some respectability.

While Gujarat’s decrease order, which did bulk of the scoring, didn’t try dangerous strokes for fast runs, additionally they couldn’t discover gaps for boundaries. There have been no boundaries hit between overs 13-16. Additionally, not a single six was hit in Gujarat Giants’ innings.

Kapp offered Delhi with an ideal begin, cleansing up Sabbhineni Meghana (0) and Wolvaardt (1) earlier than trapping the massive gun Ashleigh Gardner (0) leg-before to go away the Giants tottering at 9 for 3 inside the primary three overs.

Pandey made issues worse for Gujarat, getting Dayalan Hemlatha (5) caught behind by wicketkeeper Taniya Bhatia, and Kapp then snaffled the massive wicket of the in-form Harleen Deol (20), who was pinned in entrance of the stumps with the ball nipping again in.

Deol, the third highest run-scorer within the league and her staff’s greatest batter, seemed promising throughout her keep within the center as she cracked 4 boundaries to make 20 off 14 balls.

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