Delhi Capitals 129 for 3 (Shafali 71, Rodrigues 38*, Kanwar 2-20) beat Gujarat Giants 126 for 9 (Fulmali 42, Bryce 28*, Mani 2-9, Kapp 2-17, Pandey 2-23) by seven wickets
However they weren’t accomplished there, and nor was Kapp. She and Jess Jonassen teamed up, not for the primary time, taking two extra wickets in fast succession as Gujarat Giants lurched to 16 for 3 inside 5 overs.
Kapp’s second supply landed simply again of a size within the channel then minimize away late, drawing curiosity from Mooney, who was soundly overwhelmed. Kapp’s fifth, on an identical size however this time on leg stump, minimize Mooney in half and had Capitals wicketkeeper Taniya Bhatia launching herself to her proper to assemble. However the subsequent ball was the one, on a size and on leg stump, Mooney tried to show it away via fantastic leg solely to see it bounce off her thigh and into the woodwork.
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Shabnam Shakil survived the hat-trick ball however was the primary of two fast run outs, Meghna Singh following her, earlier than Bryce struck Jonassen’s final supply via the off aspect for 4 to stay unbeaten however with large doubt over whether or not Giants had anyplace close to sufficient.
Capitals gave the distinct impression that they had someplace to be – the final, to be exact – when Meg Lanning and Shafali raced to 31 with out loss after three overs. Lanning began it with 4 fours in 5 balls off Bryce’s first over, the second of the pursuit. Shafali then hit three off Shabnam within the subsequent earlier than Lanning was run-out, despatched again by her associate after pushing Kanwar’s first ball in direction of level the place Wolvaardt gathered and threw to wicketkeeper Mooney as Lanning dived in useless, gone for 18 off 10.
Giants would have been happy to take away Alice Capsey, taken at mid-off for a four-ball duck off Kanwar moments later to make it 31 for two. However Shafali continued as she had begun, bettering her six off Meghna over long-on with an excellent 91m effort to start Gardner’s first over and one other down the bottom to finish it. Gardner got here in for extra Shafali punishment in her second over, a 4 to the fitting of long-on and a six heaved over the fence in the identical area to take Capitals to 82 for two after 10 overs.
Jemimah Rodrigues lofted Mannat Kashyap over long-off for a six of her personal earlier than Shafali introduced up her fifty with a 4 previous further cowl and the runs stored flowing, Meghna conceding 20 runs off the twelfth over as Capitals moved to inside 10 of victory. Shafali’s defiant 4 down the bottom off Kanwar introduced them inside one hit however her dismissal moments later making an attempt to complete it however choosing out Litchfield at mid-off as a substitute meant that whereas she walked off with a beautiful 71 from simply 37 balls, it was Rodrigues who hit the profitable runs, a crisp 4 off Mannat via level.
