Delhi Capitals Vs Gujarat Giants Highlights, WPL 2025: DC Crush GG By 6 Wickets As Jess Jonassen Smashes Half-Ton

The Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Giants, Women's Premie🐻r League 2025 match will be telecast on the Star Sports Network TV channels in India. It will be live streamed on the JioHotstar app and website in India.

Delhi Capitals: Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonassen, Sarah Bryce (wk), Niki Prasad, Shikha Pandey, Arundhati Reddy, Minnu Mani, Radha Yadav, Alice Capsey, Titas Sadhu, Sneha Deepthiꦰ, Nandini Kashyap,🧸 Nallapureddy Charani, Taniya Bhatia

Gujarat Giants:&n⛎bsp;Beth Mooney (wk), Laura Wolvaardt, Dayalan Hemalatha, Ashleigh Gardner (c), Harleen Deol, Deandra Dottin, Kashvee Gautam, Simran Shaikh, Tanuja Kanwar, Sayali Satghare, Priya Mishra, Meghna Singh, Danielle Gibson, Phoebe Litchfield, Mannat Kashyap, Shabnam Md Shakil, Prakashika Naik, Bharti Fulmali

Delhi Capital⛦s captain Meg Lanning 🍷won the toss and opts to bowl first agaisnt Gujara Giants.

Gujarat Giants Women: Be🉐th Mooney(w), Harleen Deol, Phoebe Litchfield, Ashleigh Gardner(c), Deandra D📖ottin, Simran Shaikh, Tanuja Kanwar, Bharti Fulmali, Kashvee Gautam, Meghna Singh, Priya Mishra

Delhi Capitals Women: Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning(c), Je🗹mimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonassen, Sarah Bryce(w), Niki Prasad, Shikha Pandey, Minnꦬu Mani, Titas Sadhu

We’re underway at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium! Shikha Pandey takes the new ball and☂ keeps things tight, conceding just a leg-bye in the opening three deliveries. Beth Mooney and Harleen Deol are looking to settle in to build Gujarat's innings.

It's kinda💫 steady start for the Gujarat Giants who are seeking their first win at the Chinnaswamy. Beth Mooney and Harleen Deol 🏅are keeping the scoreboard ticking.

DC will be eager for an ea🌼rly breakthrough, while GG look to build a strong foundation.

GGTW: 8/0 (2)

Harleen Deol falls early!

Kapp strikes in the powerplay as Deol edges one behind. ꦐA back-of-a-length delivery outside off swings away, and Deol, looking to cut, only manages a nick to the keeper. She departs for 5 off 10 balls.

GGTW: 16/1 (3.3)

Shikha Pandey joins the wicket-taking spree pickin up two in quick succession! First, she removes Beth Mooney, who miscues a pick-up shot straight to deep backward square. Then, Kashvee Gautam departs for a golden duck, chipping one to Niki Prasad at midwicket🦹.

Earlier, Marizanne Kapp set the tone by dismissing Harleen Deol (5) and trapping Phoebe Litchfield (0) LBW with a sharp i⛦nswinger.

GG: 20/4 (4.3)

Titas Sadhu cleans up Ashleigh Gardner with a beautiful nip-backer! Gardner departs for single digit (3 off 9 balls). Early in the game, we can say that Gujarat Giants are in deep trouble and Delhi Capitals are firmly on top in Bengaluru!

GG: 41/5 (8.1)

Annabel Sutherland strikes with a beauty! A back-of-a-length delivery that p🍌itched outside off and jagged back in sharply off the seam to crash into the off stump. The top cl♒ass delivery ends Dottin's stay for 26 off 24 balls.

GG: 60/6 (10.5)

Bharti Fulmali posts 30(23) and Tanuja Kanwar smashes 16(21) rescuing Gujarat Giants Women with a record-breaking 7th𝄹-wicket stand, the highest in WPL history adding crucial 51 runs.

Howeve🤡r, just when they looked set to push further, a misunderstanding led to Kanwar’s unfortunate run-out for 16.

GG: 117/7 (18)

Gujarat Giant manage to reach 127/9 in their 20 overs, thanks🔯 to Bharti Fulmali’s crucial 40 off 29 balls.

At one stage, they were in danger of folding early, but the lower order ensured they batted oꦍut the full quota of overs.

Delhi Capitals’ bowlers did 𓃲well, with Annabel Sutherland (2/20), Shikha Pandey (2/18) and Marizanne Kapp (2/17) rattling out the Gu🎉jarat batters.

DC will n💎ow look to chase down the target on what appears to be a good batting surface.

GG: 127/9 (20)

Delhi Capitals have begun their chase of 128 with a cautious approach. Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma are at the crease, nav𒀰igating the early swing from Deandra Dottin and Kashvee Gautam.

DC: 5/0 (1.3)

Gujarat Giants Strike!

Kashvee Gautam sends Meg Lanning packing for only 3(13). Thꦕe sharp deliverly rattles the stump as Lanning attempts a pull on 🧸the inside edge.

DC: 14/1 (3.3)

💟Delhi Capitals Women continue their trend of strong starts in the WPL 2025, finishing the powerplay at 46/1 in pursuit of 128 runs!

Despite losing Meg Lanning early, Shafali ๊Verma (21 off 15) and Jess Jonassen (16 off 8) took charge, finding the boundaries with ease. Jonassen was particularly aggressive, smashing back-to-back fours off Ashleigh Gardner to cap off a big over.

DC: 46/1 (6)

Ashleigh Gardner Trap💟s Shafali Verma LBW for 44 off 27 balls.

She reviews, but it's three reds on ball-tracking 🌳– hitting top of off and middle!

DC lose a review, and Gujarat Giants finally g🧜et a much-needed breakthrough, showing that they are not♒ giving up, just yet, ending a 74-run partnership.

Jemimah Rodrigues joins Jess Jona𝐆ssen in the middle.

DCW: 88/2 (9.4)

Jess Jonassen brings up a brilliant half-century! Th🐷e left-hander reaches her fifty in just 26 balls, in a show of mix of elegant drives and powerful strokes. Here it is perhaps the match-winning knock in the maꦐking as Delhi Capitals edge closer to victory!

This is the Australian batter's first WPL fifty.

DCW: 114/2 (12.2)

The Delhi Capitals win the match by 6 wickets chasing Gujarat Giants modest target of 129 runs by p🎃osting 131/4 in just 15.1 overs at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Noꦬw DC go top of the table.

Jess Jonassen s🌠tole the show with an unbeaten 61 off 32 balls, while Shafali Verma’✱s brisk 44 off 27 set the tone early on.

𒆙With this, Gujarat remai๊n winess in Bengaluru and at the bottom of the table.

GG: 127/9 (20)

DC: 131/4 (15.1)

Now the Gujarat Giants will face Royal Challenges Bengaluru on February 27 while the Delhi Capitals will take on Mumbai Indians on February 28.