Marizanne Kapp wreaked havoc with a five-wicket haul as Gujarat Giants managed a mere 105 for 9 against Delhi Capitals in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) in Navi Mumbai on Saturday. (More Cricket News)
Gujarat Giants’ captain Sneh Rana's decision to bat first with South Africa's♚ batting star Laura Wolvaardt making her debut backfired as they struggled throughout the innings post a disastrous start.
Kapp accounted for the first four wickets in Gujarat’s batting line-up, ⛦keeping a tight line, but a♛lso mixing up her deliveries well – especially the nip-backer – to hurt Gujarat Giants here at the DY Patil Stadium.
In he🐭r final over, she dismissed Sushma Verma (2) to complete a five-wicket haul.
If Kapp bagged🧔 heaps of wickets in the first seven overs to break the back of the opposition, the Delhi Capitals spinners produced measly spells in the overs that followed.
India’s left-arm spinner Radha Yadav returned with figures of 4-0-19-1, Minnu Mani gave away just 18 runs in her three overs and Australia’s Jess Jonassen conceded 19 runs from h🔜er four overs.
The seasoned Shikha Pandey also had a memorable ouℱting, taking 3 for 26 from her four overs.
While Gujarat's lower order, which did bulk of the scoring, did not attempt risky strokes for quick runs🐈, they alﷺso could not find gaps for boundaries. There were no boundaries hit between overs 13-16. Additionally, not a single six was hit in Gujarat Giants’ innings.
Kim Garth fought well with an unbeaten 32, which came from 37 balls and three fours to take Gujꦿarat post the 100-run mark.
Kapp proꦡvided Delhi with a perfect start, cleaning up Sabbhineni Meg🌄hana (0) and Wolvaardt (1) before trapping the big gun Ashleigh Gardner (0) leg-before to leave the Giants tottering at 9 for 3 inside the first three overs.
Pandey made matters worse for Gujarat, getting Dayalan Hemlatha (5) caught behind by wicketkee♛per Taniya Bhatia, and Kapp then snaffled the big wicket of the in-form Harleen Deol (20), who was pinned in front of the stumps with the ball nipping back in.
Deol, the🌳 third highest run-scorer in the league and her team’s best batter♔, looked promising during her stay in the middle as she cracked four boundaries to make 20 off 14 balls.
After stumbling to 33 for 6 in seven overs, Delhi were desperate for revival and the pair of Kim Garth and Georgia Wareham did a fair job, adding 33 crucial runs for the seventh wicket until Radha broke through.♏
The🐻 left-arm Indian spinner cleaned up Wareham for a 25-ball 22 (2x4s) in the 13th over.
