Delhi Capitals secured a 6-wicket victory during the WPL 2025 clash against Gujarat Giants after Jess Jonassen’s maiden WPL fifty on February 25 at Bengaluru.
They completed the run chase with 29 balls to spare in their innings. After their bowling unit excelled in Gujarat’s innings restricting them to 127 runs, DC’s batting lineup put up a stellar performance against Gujarat.
Gujarat Giants were set to bat, aiming for big scores in the match, but they lost four wickets in powerplay for 31 runs.
Delhi Capitals bowlers Shikha Pandey and Marizanne Kapp picked two wickets each in the first 05 overs and troubled them as much as they could.
Shikha Pandey bagged the wickets of Harleen Doel (5) and Phoebe Litchfield (0) in the fourth over while Marizanne Kapp picked the wickets of Beth Mooney (10) and Kashvee Gautam (0) in the fifth over of the match.
Gujarat lost four wickets for 20 runs with Ashleigh Gardner and Deandra Dottin at the crease. Dottin and Ash tried to pull out a partnership to revive the side from early dismissals.
But Titas Sadhu bagged the wicket of Ash for 3 runs further haunting Gujarat Giants. Bharti Fulmali joined Deandra Dottin for balancing the side in the scoreboard, but Annabel Sutherland bagged the wicket of Deandra Dottin for 26 runs.
After Dottin’s dismissal, Simran Shaikh and Meghna Singh lost their wickets for 5 and 0 in the match. By the end of 20 over, Gujarat Giants scored 127 runs for 9 wickets.
Wrapping up a table-topping win! 🔝😎#DC seal the chase in style and become the first team with 3️⃣ wins this season! 👌
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— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 25, 2025
In the run chase of 127, Delhi Capitals scored 46 runs for a wicket in the powerplay. Delhi Capitals lost the wicket of Meg Lanning for 3 runs in their pursuit of chasing 127 runs in the match.
Kavshee Gautam picked the wicket of the DC captain in the fourth over of the match. However, Shafali Verma and Jess Jonassen joined hands to speed up their run chase during the powerplay.
After Shafali’s dismissal for 44 runs, Jess Jonassen quicked up the run chase at Bengaluru stadium.
They lost the wicket of Meg Lanning for 3 runs in their pursuit of chasing 127 runs in the match. Kavshee Gautam picked the wicket of the DC captain in the fourth over of the match.
However, Shafali Verma and Jess Jonassen joined hands to speed up their run chase during the powerplay. After Shafali’s dismissal for 44 runs, Jess Jonassen quicked up the run chase with maiden WPL fifty at Bengaluru stadium.
Jonassen remained unbeaten 61 runs off 32 deliveries while Marizanne Kapp remained 9* at the crease on their six wicket victory.
