Shafali, Kapp fire DC to 10-wicket win against GG in WPL

Shafali Verma raising bat during her unbeaten knock of 76 runs against Gujarat Gaints at Navi Mumbai on Saturday.
Shafali Verma raising bat during her unbeaten knock of 76 runs against Gujarat Gaints at Navi Mumbai on Saturday.

NAVI MUMBAI, Mar 11:

Shafali Verma’s explosive unbeaten half-century and Marizanne Kapp’s sensational five-wicket haul fired Delhi Capitals to a massive 10-wicket win against Gujarat Giants in the Women’s Premier League here on Saturday.
Kapp broke the back of Gujarat Giants’ innings with a stunning spell of 4-0-15-5, taking the top four wickets in the line-up as Delhi bowlers produced a clinical display to keep the opponents to a lowly 105 for 9 at the DY Patil Stadium here.
In reply, Shafali came out firing on all cylinders, clobbering 10 fours and five sixes to produce a ruthless knock of 76 not out off 28 balls in the company of captain Meg Lanning (21 not out from 15 balls) as DC completed the chase in a mere 7.1 overs.
Delhi Capitals made their intentions clear right from the word go, with Shafali taking a special liking for the Gujarat bowler Ashleigh Gardner, smacking her for four fours and a six in the fourth over to collect 23 runs.
Shafali continued to attack, this time hitting Tanuja Kanwar for a couple of sixes to help Delhi knock off the majority of their target, with 87 runs coming in the powerplay.
Shafali brought up her second half-century in the WPL, from just 19 balls as the senior pro in Lanning happily chose to take the backseat and enjoy the right-handed batter’s power hitting, which tore apart the Gujarat’s bowling attack.
Earlier, Kapp produced a stunning spell at the top to reduce the Giants to a precarious 33 for 6 after seven overs, a position from which they could never recover.
After Kapp set the tone, the others continued to apply constant pressure on the Gujarat batters. (PTI)

Scoreboard
Gujarat Giants:
Sabbhineni Meghana b Kapp 0
Laura Wolvaardt b Kapp 1
Harleen Deol lbw Kapp 20
Ashleigh Gardner lbw Kapp 0
Dayalan Hemalaatha c Bhatia b Pandey 5
Georgia Wareham b Yadav 22
Sushma Verma b Kapp 2
Kim Garth not out 32
Tanuja Kanwar c Rodrigues b Pandey 13
Sneh Rana c&b Pandey 2
Mansi Joshi not out 5
Extras: (LB-2, W-1) 3
Total: (For nine wickets; 20 overs) 105
Fall of Wickets: 1-0, 2-9, 3-9, 4-18, 5-28, 6-33, 7-66, 8-94, 9-96.
Bowling: Marizanne Kapp 4-0-15-5, Radha Yadav 4-0-19-1, Shikha Pandey 4-0-26-3, Jess Jonasen 4-0-19-0, Tara Norris 1-0-6-0, Minnu Mani 3-0-18-0.
Delhi Capitals :
Meg Lanning not out 21
Shafali Verma not out 76
Extras (B-1, LB-2, W-7) 10
Total (For no loss; 7.1 overs) 107
Bowling: Kim Garth 2-0-20-0, Tanuja Kanwar 2-0-27-0, Ashleigh Gardner 1-0-22-0, Mansi Joshi 2-0-31-0, Georgia Wareham 0.1-0-4-0.