NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals secured a commanding six-wicket win over Gujarat Giants within the Ladies’s Premier League match in Bengaluru on Tuesday, led by spectacular performances from Shafali Verma (44) and Jess Jonassen (61 not out).
Gujarat Giants managed solely 127 for 9 and Delhi then efficiently chased down the goal in 15.1 overs, with Shafali scoring her season-best 44 off 27.
The win propelled DC to the highest place within the league standings with three victories in 5 matches, although their web run price remained unfavorable at -0.223.
A vital 74-run partnership between Shafali and Jonassen spanning 37 balls set the muse for Delhi’s victory, following the early dismissal of Meg Lanning for simply 3.
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Shafali’s aggressive knock included Three sixes and 5 fours earlier than Giants captain Ashleigh Gardner dismissed her leg earlier than wicket. Jonassen remained unbeaten with 61 runs from 32 balls, together with 9 fours and a few sixes, marking her first fifty of the season.
The Verma-Jonassen partnership dominated Gujarat’s bowling assault, demonstrating favorable batting circumstances regardless of earlier difficulties confronted by the Giants.
Giants’ innings struggled at 60 for six halfway by way of, as Delhi’s tempo trio of Marizanne Kapp (2/17), Shikha Pandey (2/18), and Annabel Sutherland (2/20) claimed two wickets every.
Earlier, Bharti Fulmali’s unbeaten 40 runs helped Gujarat Giants attain a good complete after their poor begin. Batting at quantity eight, she hit two sixes and 4 fours in her 29-ball innings.
Deandra Dottin contributed 26 runs with 5 boundaries earlier than Delhi’s bowling assault restricted her progress.
Delhi’s opening bowlers Kapp and Pandey dismantled Gujarat’s high order, decreasing them to 20 for four in the course of the energy play.
The pitch provided motion and bounce for the bowlers. Kapp dismissed Harleen Deol (5) and Phoebe Litchfield (0), whereas Pandey eliminated Beth Mooney (10) and Kashvee Gautam (0).
Titas Sadhu claimed Gardner’s wicket for 3 runs, and Sutherland ended Dottin’s resistance within the eleventh over.
