🏏WPL 2023:Delhi Capitals Women vs Gujarat Giants, 14th Match🏏

I began my journey as a captain when I was just 21-22, and leading the Indian side for so many years has helped me also grow as a person. My growth as a person pretty much has happened on the ground along with teammates. Mithali Raj

🏏WPL 2023:Delhi Capitals Women vs Gujarat Giants, 14th Match🏏 

Delhi Capitals will look to seal its top-two place when it meets Gujarat Giants today.

The Meg Lanning-led Capitals have had a stellar campaign so far in WPL 2023, with a solitary blemish in their record being a tame loss to Mumbai Indians. 

The side has returned to dominant winning ways and will hope to brush an unsteady Giants unit out of the way.

Delhi Capitals are holding second place on the WPL 2023 standings with eight points. In their past five games, they lost only one match against Mumbai Indians. 

They are coming into this game after beating Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets.

On the other hand, Sneha Rana's Gujarat Giants have played five matches till now, and managed to win only one game against RCB. 

They are at the bottom place in the points' table after RCB notched up their first win in the WPL 2023. GG are coming into this game after losing against Mumbai Indians by 55 runs. 

The Giants failed to chase the target of 162 runs that was set by Mumbai Indians.

A fight with the ball that wasn't matched in the chase meant Gujarat Giants remain firmly rooted to the fourth spot in the points table, and a strong Delhi Capitals will look to capitalize on that weakness in their hope to secure a top-three finish for themselves.

Delhi Capitals

When available, the Capitals have been backing their strongest XI, made up of all capped internationals. Expect that to not change until they get a Q against their name.

Probable XI: Meg Lanning (C), Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Jess Jonassen, Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Tara Norris

Gujarat Giants

On the other hand is Giants, who have probably still not zeroed in on their best XI. Sutherland's modest returns with both the bat and the ball is a cause of concern and GGT might be better off resting her a game and bringing in Wolvaardt to lengthen their batting. However, dropping both Sutherland and Kim Garth could leave their pace bowling department significantly short on experience. Due to her indifferent form so far, Mansi Joshi could make way for left-armer Monica Patel or a seam-bowling uncapped allrounder like Hurley Gala.

Probable XI: Sabbhineni Meghana, Sophia Dunkley, Harleen Deol, Ashleigh Gardner, Dayalan Hemalatha, Annabel Sutherland/Laura Wolvaardt, Sneh Rana (C), Sushma Verma (wk), Georgia Wareham/Kim Garth, Tanuja Kanwar, Hurley Gala/Monica Patel

What to expect: The pitches are starting to show the signs of slowing down, and bringing bowlers back in the game. The par score should be in the range of 160-170. A cloudy day predicted, but no chances of rain.

What they said?

Lot to learn from this and winning under pressure is going to do this group a world of good - Meg Lanning is happy to have her team tested in a close game

I think batters need to focus through the line. We just need two good partnerships in our batting. - Sneh Rana wants Giants to put up an improved batting show. 

will this be another GG flop match :P

may th best team wins the match

The injuries and replacements they had to seek aside, Giants haven't given the vibe of a settled XI as yet. A lot of chopping and changing and swaps among overseas batters later, they still have just two points out of probable 10 thanks to their plucky win against RCB. 

The form of their new captain and vice-captain, alongside another ace allrounder Annabel Sutherland, will definitely be giving the management a headache, while removing in-form Sophia Dunkley for new recruit Laura Wolvaardt has upset a struggling batting order's rhythm further.

Thanks for the tag Madhu.🤗

Who is going to win?🤔

Cheers..

MI brought Giants' death-bowling woes to the fore once again with Harmanpreet Kair's assault helping them collect 61 runs in the final six overs to post 162 that eventually proved enough for their fragile batting. If Giants have learnt their lesson from that defeat, they'll be better served beefing up their spin attack on the tracks of Brabourne that have started to slow down.

Barring the lop-sided contest against the already qualified Mumbai Indians and a tense win against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Capitals have registered three dominant wins to firmly park themselves in the second spot, and a win here will all but secure their knockouts' qualification.

Delhi, have benefited greatly from the destructive opening pair of Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning at the top, and the runs from the middle-order to secure the win were a welcome change ahead of the business end of the tournament. 

I hope Gujarat wins. Thanks for tag

 Delhi Capitals are flying high while Gujarat Giants are in a precarious situation as we approach the business end of the tournament. A win in this game will help DC to lock a playoff spot whereas if Gujarat lose this game, their chances of making it to the knockouts will be jolted further. Delhi’s batting depth is enviable and their bowlers have been on the money as well. The last time these two sides met, Gujarat Giants were blown away, courtesy a 5-fer from Marizanne Kapp and a swashbuckling knock from Shafali Verma. Gujarat have been guilty of chopping and changing and that hasn’t augured well for them. They need to pull their socks up and get their act together. Can they bounce back tonight? Or will DC put up another clinical performance?