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WPL 2024: Shefali Verma’s explosive innings shattered Gujarat, Delhi Capitals reached the finals.

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Delhi Capitals reached the final of Women’s Premier League 2024 by defeating Gujarat Giants by 7 wickets.

DEL-W vs GUJ-W (Photo Source: X/Twitter)

WPL 2024, DEL-W vs GUJ-W: The last match of the Women’s Premier League 2024 League Stage Round was played between Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Giants. Gujarat Giants won the toss and chose to bat first, but today the team could not show anything special. Batting first, the team could score only 126 runs at the loss of 9 wickets.

Delhi Capitals chased the target in 13.1 overs and won by 7 wickets. After this spectacular victory, Delhi Capitals team has directly reached the finals. Delhi Capitals has secured the first place in the points table with 6 wins and 12 points in 8 matches.

Gujarat Giants team failed in batting

Gujarat Giants got their first blow against Delhi Capitals in the very first over. Beth Mooney returned to the pavilion for a duck at the hands of Marizanne Kapp. After which the team kept losing wickets continuously and no good partnership was seen between any of the batsmen. Gujarat Giants had lost 5 wickets at the score of 45. Laura Wolvaardt (7), Daylan Hemlata (4), Phoebe Litchfield (21) and Ashley Gardner (12) returned to the pavilion cheaply.

For Gujarat Giants, Indian fullback played the highest innings of 42 runs in 36 balls with the help of 7 fours. Whereas Katherine Bryce played an unbeaten inning of 28 runs with the help of 4 fours in 22 balls. Marizanne Kapp, Shikha Pandey, and Minnu Mani took 2-2 wickets for Delhi Capitals. There was one wicket in the name of Jess Jonassen.

94 run partnership between Jemima and Shefali

Delhi Capitals, chasing the target against Gujarat Giants, got their first blow in the third over. Captain Meg Lanning was run-out by Laura Wolvaardt after scoring 18 runs in 10 balls. After which Ellis returned to the pavilion on a cappy duck in the third over itself. But then there was a match-winning partnership of 94 runs for the third wicket between Shefali Verma and Jemimah Rodriguez.

Shefali Verma played an inning of 71 runs in 37 balls with the help of 7 fours and 5 sixes. Whereas Jemimah Rodriguez scored 38* runs in 28 balls with the help of 4 fours and 1 six. Tanuja Kanwar was the most successful bowler for Gujarat Giants. Tunja Kanwar took 2 wickets for 20 runs in 4 overs.

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