DC vs GG HIGHLIGHTS: Delhi Capitals Enter WPL 2024 Final With Dominant Win Over Gujarat Giants

WPL 2024: Marizanne Kapp, Shikha Pandey and Minnu Mani picked up 2 wickets respectively for Delhi Capitals who are now assured of a top finish at the WPL 2024 points table.

Delhi Capitals' bowler Marizanne Kapp celebrates with teammates the wicket of Gujarat Giants' batter Laura Wolvaardt during the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2024 cricket match between Gujarat Giants and Delhi Capitals, at Arun Jaitley Stadium, in New Delhi, Wednesday, March 13, 2024.

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Delhi Capitals became the first team to enter the WPL 2024 final with a dominant win over Gujarat Giants in the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2024 clash at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. While it was Gujarat, already out of a contention for a place in the Playoffs, who had won the toss and elected to bat first, they got off to a horror start, losing Beth Mooney in the first over itself. 

Marizanne Kapp, Shikha Pandey and Minnu Mani picked up 2 wickets respectively for Delhi Capitals who are assured of a top finish at the WPL 2024 points table. While Kapp scalped 2 wickets for 17 runs in her four overs, Pandey gave away 23 runs in her full quota of overs. Mani might have only bowled 2 overs but was very much effective and only conceded 9 runs while getting those two wickets. Jess Jonassen was the othe wicket-taker for Delhi as Gujarat managed to post 126/9 in their 20 overs.

Shafali Verma's Breezy 71 Helps DC Storm To A Win

In response, led by Shafali Verma's quickfire half-century (71 off 37), Delhi chased down their target with 41 balls remaining. Delhi had already put their feet in the finals after they got off to a quickfire start with the scoreboard reading 19/0 after 2 overs. The 4th over did produce two wickets for GG with Meg Lanning and Alice Capsey getting out in the same over. However, post that it was all one-way traffic in favour of DC. 

Eventually, Shafali did depart trying to go for the glory shot with 2 needed to win but ended up losing her wicket. Other than Shafali, it was Jemimah Rodrigues who scored did well with the bat, chipping in with a score of 38 off 28 balls and eventually scored the winning boundary for Capitals who will feature in the summit clash for the second year in a row. In the inaugural edition, DC had finished as runners-up after losing to MI in the final.