Deepti Sharma bagged only the second hat-trick in the history of the tournament after her exploits with the bat to hand UP Warriorz a thrilling one-run win over Delhi Capitals in the Women's Premier League in Delhi on Friday. (As It Happened | Full Coverage | Schedule And Points Table)
Deepti scored 59 off 48 balls to take the Warriorz to 138 for 8 in their must-win match. She then returne🀅d to pick up a four-wicket haul, including a hat trick to turn the match on itꦿs head for the UP side.
S𝔍kipper Meg Lanning's (60 off 46) master-class knock went in vain as DC suffe🍷red a bizarre batting collapse.
From 93 for 3 and needing less than 50 runs to win, DC were bowled ༺out for 137 in 19.5 overs.
With the victory, Alyssa Healy and Co. arrested their two-match losing streak.
Chasing a below-par total, the Delhi batters lo🐻oked in a hurry to finish the gam🔯e.
Lanning took a particular liking to Gouher Sultana. The Australian slammed three back-to-back fours off the spinner in 𒊎the 13th over, bringing her third consecutive fifty of the tournament in style.
The Australian slamme🐟d 12 boundaries in total and by the time Deepti trapped her🍌 leg before in the last ball of the 14th over, it seemed that the damage had already been done.
However, the tenacious Deepti returned in the 19th ov🔜er to get rid of Annabel 🐼Sutherland and Anuradha Reddy to complete her hat trick and give UP a fighting chance for a win.
The India all-rou🍬nder ꦆthen accounted for Shikha Pandey in the same over.
Nee🦋ding 10 off the last over, the Delhi batters struggled to keep their calm as Grace Harris picked two wicꩲkets, and UP also effected a run out to claim a famous win.
Earlier the in-form Deepti, who was elevated to the number three 🐭spot, anchored the Warriorz innings. The Indian all-rounder scored 59 off 48 balls with the help of six boundaries and a six.
However, she couldn't find anyone to complement her once skipper Alyssa ♓Healy (29) departed.
A♊sked to field, Titas Sadhu (2/23) got the early breakthrough for the home team. The 19-yea▨r-old cleaned up opener Kiran Navgire (5).
Healy (29) and Deepti stitched a 46-run stand for the second wicket. The two collected 44 runs off the powerplay and kept the scoreboard ticking by collecting boundaries ever🐭y over.
Off-spinner Alice Capsey (1/5) broke the partn൲ership as she bowled a slower one which was on the shorter side to the dangerous Healy, who came out of her crease to whack the ball, only to find an eager Annabel Sutherland (0/12) at long-on.
Healy's wicket changed the complexion😼 of the match as it triggered a batting collapse.
Tahlia Mcgrath's (3) stay in the middle was cut short ꧃by Arundhati Reddy (💎1/15) as the ball hit the stumps.
But that didn't stop Deepti, who smashed two boundaries each in the next overs off Sutherland and 𓆏Jess Jonassen (1/31).
However, the UP innings started unravelling as DC bowlers struck ൩at 🧸regular intervals.
Harris (14) received a reprieve in the 14th over when DC skipper Meg Lanning dropped her but the Australian couldn't make use of it, falli꧅ng to a Radha Yadav delivery a couple of balls later.
As wickets continued to tumble for the Warriorz, the boundaries dri🌌ed up as well.
Sadhu returned to claim the w🃏icket of Shweta S𒐪ehrawat (4) while Radha accounted for Poonam Khemnar (1).
