Gujarat Giants had been handed their fourth successive loss within the Ladies’s Premier League as Delhi Capitals defeated them by 25 runs on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Sunday.
Radha Yadav and Jess Jonassen picked up three wickets every to make sure the Gujarat Giants’ batting line-up crumbled but once more whereas chasing 164.
Shikha Pandey and Arundhati Reddy chipped in with a wicket apiece too.
Captain Beth Mooney (12), opener Laura Wolvaardt (0) and Phoebe Litchfield (15) all departed early leaving the Giants in a soup within the powerplay itself.
Ashleigh Gardner was the only hope for the Giants as she top-scored with 40 off 31. Nonetheless, with no help from different batters, the workforce crumbled for 138/8 within the 20 overs.
Earlier, Delhi captain Meg Lanning’s measured fifty led Capitals to a stable 163/8 within the first innings.
After the Giants determined to area first, Lanning made good use of her experience to handle her innings and type a few sturdy partnerships.
Lanning, dropped on 30, mixed with the in-form Alice Capsey to sew a 38-run partnership for the second wicket. Within the energy play part, they helped Delhi attain 51 for 1.
Following Capsey’s departure, Lanning added 47 runs for the third wicket with an unsettled Jemimah Rodrigues.
Throughout this passage, Lanning deserted her low-gear technique to extract some wonderful strokes off the draw, together with an enormous six-strike off Kathryn Bryce over lengthy off.
Shafali Verma hit a six and 4 off left-arm spinner Tanuja Kanwar however her look was lower brief in a short time.
Lanning acquired to her fifty in forty-nine balls, however was unable to remain within the center for longer as D Hemalatha caught her lower off Meghana at cowl level.
Delhi’s try to extend their scoring tempo was thwarted by Lanning’s return to the dug-out, as they continued to lose wickets often.
With three wickets in her innings, Meghana Singh was probably the most profitable bowler for Gujarat as she dismissed Lanning, Verma, Capsey and Radha Yadav.
Finally, it was the batting efficiency that allow Mooney and Co down once more.