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New Delhi, March 13 (HS). In the last league match of the Women's Premier League (WPL) on Wednesday, Gujarat Giants have set a target of 127 runs against Delhi Capitals. Batting first, Gujarat scored 126 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. For Gujarat, Bharti Phoolmali scored 42 runs, Catherine Bryce scored 28 not out and Phoebe Litchfield scored 21 runs.
In this match, Gujarat captain Beth Mooney won the toss and decided to bat first. Marijne Kapp spoiled Gujarat's start by bowling captain Beth Mooney in the very first over. The Gujarat team could not even recover from this shock when Jess Jonassen bowled Daylan Hemlata (04) on the total score of 12. After this, Kapp gave the third blow to Gujarat by bowling Laura Vollwart. Volvaart scored 7 runs. At the end of the powerplay, Gujarat's score was 23 runs for 3 wickets.
After the early fall of three wickets, Ashley Gardner and Phoebe Litchfield tried to control the innings, but in the 9th over, Minnu Mani increased Gujarat's problems by bowling Gardner (12) at a total score of 39. After this, Lichfield tried to remove the pressure by playing some big shots, but Mani gave the fifth blow to Gujarat by getting him caught by Radha Yadav in the 11th over with a total score of 48. However, before getting out, he hit a brilliant six. Lichfield scored 21 runs in 22 balls with the help of 2 fours and one six. Gujarat completed its 50 runs in the 11th over. From here Bharti Phoolmali and Katherine Bryce took over the innings and brought the Gujarat team on track. Both of them took the team's score to 100 runs in 17.1 overs. Both of them made a partnership of 68 runs in 50 balls for the sixth wicket. This partnership was broken by Shikha Pandey. Shikha bowled Phoolmali in the 19th over with a total score of 116. Phoolmali scored 42 runs in 36 balls with the help of 7 fours. Shikha gave a double blow to Gujarat by bowling Tanuja Kanwar on the very next ball. On the third ball of the 20th over, Shafali Verma gave the eighth blow to Gujarat by bowling Shabnam Shakeel (01). In the same over, Meghna Singh was also run out on the total score of 122. Bryce hit a four on the last ball and took Gujarat's score to 126 runs in 20 overs. Bryce remained unbeaten after scoring 28 runs. Bryce faced 22 balls during this period and hit 4 fours. Mannat Kashyap along with Bryce returned unbeaten without opening the account.
For Delhi, Marijne Kapp, Minnu Mani and Shikha Pandey took 2 wickets each and Jess Jonassen took 1 wicket.
For this match, Delhi Capitals have made one change in their team, including off-spinner Minnu Mani in place of medium pace fast bowler Titas Sadhu, while Gujarat Giants have not made any changes in the team.