Gujarat giants defeated Delhi Capitals in exciting match, playoff hopes continue

Last updated:March 07, 2025, 23:39 IST

Harleen Deol played a brilliant innings. From one end, where the team of Gujarat Joints was losing the wicket, Harleen was standing at the other end. With this victory, the expectations of Gujarat reach the playoffs.

Harleen Deol won the team by playing a brilliant innings.

Lucknow. Gujarat giants won by 5 wickets against Delhi Capitals in a thrilling match of the Women’s Premier League with a half -century of Harleen Deol (70 not out). With this victory, the expectations of Gujarat reaching the playoffs remain intact. This is the third consecutive win of Gujarat giants, with which she has reached the second place in the table with eight points. And stands in the playoff race. Delhi Capitals have 10 points.

For Delhi Capitals, Captain Meg Lanning scored 92 runs in 57 balls with 15 fours and a six. He and opener Shefali Verma (40 runs, 27 balls, three fours, three sixes) made a fierce start for the first wicket within just nine overs to make a bang. Due to which the team scored a competitive score of 177 runs for five wickets. Chasing this target, the Gujarat giant won by scoring only 178 runs for five wickets in 19.3 overs.

Apart from Harleen, Bath Muni’s innings of 44 runs was also important. In the end, captain Ashley Gardner (22 runs off 13 balls) and Diandra Dotin (24 runs in 10 balls) scored fast and brought the team closer to the target. The Gujarat team lost the wicket of opener Dayalan Hemlata (01) in the second over. But wicketkeeper and opener Muni (35 balls, six fours) and Harleen Deol (49 balls, nine fours, one six) shared an 85 -run partnership for the second wicket in 57 balls.

Meenu Mani took Money’s wicket in the 12th over. But Harleen continued to play aggressively. He shared 39 runs off 25 balls for the third wicket with captain Ashley Gardner and 34 runs in 14 balls for the fourth wicket with Diandra Dotin, which brought the team closer to the target. Dotin hit Jess Jonathan two fours and a six in the 18th over. But this bowler dismissed Dotin and Fobe Lichfield on consecutive balls. But two fours and two sixes in 10 balls of Dotin made the difficulty of Gujarat giants easy.

Now this required 16 runs in two overs and Kashvi Gautam hit a six on the last ball of the 19th over. Due to which seven runs were needed to win in the final over and Harleen easily scored these runs. Earlier, after getting the invitation to bat, Delhi Capitals started well. But Shefali was caught out by Fobe Lichfield on the boundary in an attempt to hit another six off Meghna Singh in the ninth over. But the lanning stood at the crease and continued batting with aggressive intentions.

Delhi Capitals lost the wickets of Jess Jonason and Jemima Rodrigues quickly. Annabel Sutherland (14 runs off 8 balls, two fours) supported Lanning for some time, but she also reached the pavilion in an attempt to hit a big hit. Lanning bowled Dotin in the final over and missed eight runs from a century. She missed the line completely on the slow and back-off-length ball, which uprooted her stumps. Meghna Singh was the most successful among the Gujarat giant bowlers, who took three for 35 and Diandra Dotin took two wickets for 37 runs.