Tata WPL 2023: Gujarat Giants won by 11 runs against Delhi Capitals

By: WE Staff | Friday, 17 March 2023

The Tata WPL 2023 Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Giants: Team Gujarat Giants achieved their second win at the Tata Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023. They defeated Delhi Capitals by 11 runs and secured 4 points in the points table. Skipper Sneh Rana led the GG team to score 147 runs in a loss of 4 wickets.

A cracking encounter between the teams Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Giants was witnessed at the Brabourne Stadium, CCI on Thursday. Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field first against Gujarat Giants. Delhi gave a good start by grabbing the first wicket of Sophia Dunkley in the first over of the innings by Marizanne Kapp. She became the highest run scorer for Delhi Capitals who scored 36 off 29 balls but was run out by Ashwani Kumari. Players like Arundhati Reddy and Sikha Pandey also performed but Gujarat Giants made a tough fielding. They needed 148 to win but were bowled out for 136 runs in 18.4 overs.

Laura Wolvaardt scored the highest 57 runs in 45 balls along with another half-century from Ashleigh Gardner. The title ‘Player of the Match’ was achieved by Ashleigh for her outstanding 51 in 33 balls not out.

Playing XI members of Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Giants are:

Delhi Capitals XI:

1. Meg Lanning
2. Shafali Verma
3. Marizanne Kapp
4. Alice Capsey
5. Jemimah Rodrigues
6. Shikha Pandey
7. Jess Jonassen
8. Radha Yadav
9. Taniya Bhatia
10. Poonam Yadav
11. Arundhati Reddy

Gujarat Giants XI:

1. Laura Wolvaardt
2. Sophia Dunkley
3. Harleen Deol
4. Ashleigh Gardner
5. Dayalan Hemalatha
6. Ashwani Kumari
7. Sushma Verma
8. Kim Garth
9. Tanuja Kanwar
10. Sneh Rana
11. Mansi Joshi