DC vs GG, WPL 2025 Highlights: Gujarat Giants beats Delhi Capitals by five wickets to keep Playoffs hope alive

DC vs GG, WPL 2025 Highlights: Gujarat Giants beats Delhi Capitals by five wickets to keep Playoffs hope alive

Credits: SANDEEP SAXENA/The Hindu

Jonassen to bowl the final over. FOUR! Harleen not bothered by the heavily defended on side. Beats Jemimah at deep mid-wicket wit ha powerful stroke. Harleen takes a single before Kashvee finishes the game! Amisfield on the fence lets the GG batters compete the second and GG has done it!

GG beats DC by six wickets!

Shikha to bowl out. Starts with a dot and Harleen finds a single on the next. Kashvee Gautam off the mark with a single. Harleen gets plenty of height on the ball but it lands safely on the leg side. Kashvee on strike. SIX! The youngster slams it over the wide long on fence. 

Jonassen returns. Dottin powers it down to long off and Shafali dives to save a couple of runs. FOUR! Goes the other way this time, acing it in the gap between deep backward square leg and deep mid wicket. SIX! A massive one at that! Clubbed over deep mid wicket. FOUR this time, between long on and deep mid wicket again. OUT! A brilliant catch by Jemimah at the area Dottin had been going at.

Deandra Dottin c Rodrigues b Jonassen 24 (10)

Make that two-in-two for Jonassen. Phoebe Litchfield holes out to long off while trying to go for a big shot. 

Phoebe Litchfield c Shafali Verma b Jonassen 0 (1)

SIX! Harleen joining in on the fun now. Slot ball, outside off, Harleen launches the ball over mid off. Dottin slaps it to deep mid-wicket for a single. Another good bit of fielding in the deep by DC, this time by veteran Kapp who saves two. 

Shikha back. FOUR! Harleen slices it towards an empty deep point region. Gets to her 50!

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Gardner on strike now and that’s OUT! Tries to go over deep mid wicket but doesn’t get enough on it. Minnu completes a safe, momentum-changing catch. 

Ashleigh Gardner c Mani b Pandey 22 (13)

Deandra Dottin off the mark with a single. SIX! Dottin ends the over on a positive not. 13 coming off it.

Sutherland returns. Harleen thumps its back to Sutherland, whose left hand can’t grip the ball. Boundaries are starting to dry up for the Giants. A couple of big overs will be enough to tilt the game around. SIX! Gardner makes it 11 runs off the over with a maximum well over deep mid wicket. 

Jonassen to Harleen. Heaved over deep mid wicket but Jemimah running to her left from deep mid wicket dives to save two. Both batters constantly targetting the deep mid wicket and long on region. Manages to add only 7 runs. 

Kapp to bowl out. Just going down leg, Gardner cannot get a touch on it but shoots down the pitch for an extra run. Kapp reloads and that’s called wide again. DC reviews the decision and is called a fair delivery. A few singles and that’s SIX! Gardner with a big swing of the bat and the ball flies over long off. 11 coming off the over. 

Timeout.

Mooney starts with a double to long off’s right. OUT! Minnu gets the breakthrough. Sutherland takes a good catch running tp her left at long off. 

Beth Mooney c Sutherland b Mani 44 (35)

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Skipper Ash Gardner is the new batter in. Starts with a FOUR! Sweeps it behind square. Seven runs and a wicket off the over. 

Titas returns. Mooney cuts it to deep point but paces back for a second. Is back in safely despite a good pickup and throw from Niki Prasad at backward point. A couple of wides and Harleen ends the over with a FOUR! On the leg stump line and Harleen guides it fine to the fence. 12 runs off it. 

Jess Jonassen into the attack. A couple of singles and Harleen goes down the ground! Tossed up and just outside off, Harleen moves back and launches it over the bowler. Shafali tries to catch it, running from long off, but isn’t quite there. 

Sutherland back. FOUR! Mooney finds the gap behind extra cover again. FOUR more, this time for Harleen. Sliced past Jonassen at point and the chasing backward point fielder can’t stop it. And another FOUR! Craft shot from Mooney this. Waits a while and upper-cuts it over the keeper and short third. 

Minnu Mani with the ball. A few singles between the wicket and Mooney finally breaks the shackles with a FOUR! Skips down the track and lofts it over extra cover. Finishes the over with a quick single at mid on. 

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Titas Sadhu with the ball. Short and wide to start the over, Harleen reaches out to swipe it but can’t get to it. Mooney on strike and finds two after a midfield by Jonassen at point. No ball but single taken, meaning Harleen on strike. Can she go big? She cannot. Finds Shafali at mid off. 

Timeout. 

Annabel Sutherland into the attack. FOUR! Harleen slices it with great force, well wide of Lanning at point. FOUR more! Banged over mid on this time. A quick single to end the over, and the PowerPlay. 

Another FOUR for Mooney! Targets the gap behind mid off and extra cover region again. Harleen on strike and that’s a FOUR to finally get off the mark. Threads it past Shafali at mid off who tries to chase it down but in vain. FOUR more! Thick outside edge and beats a diving Sarah Bryce to the fence. 

Shikha continues. FOUR! Length, wide of outside off, Mooney slices it over extra covers. Makes room and cuts towards sweeper cover for a single. Wide to Harleen but she cannot score a run off the bat this over. 

Kapp continues. FOUR! Mooney finds the boundary after a longish wait. Steps down the track and thumps it past and over mid off. A run out attempt and Harleen Deol would have been out at the striker’s end if it was a direct hit. Five off the over. 

Shikha Pandey into the attack. Both Mooney and Hemalatha takes a single each at deep backward square leg. OUT! Hemalatha tries to take it over the padded cover region but holes out to extra cover instead. Lanning gets a hold of it on the second go. 

Dayalan Hemalatha c Lanning b Pandey 1 (7)

Harleen Deol in at 3. 

Marizanne Kapp with the ball. Mooney on strike and gets off the mark with a single. A shaky one at that as she limps across. The hit she took on the knee early seems to be a problem now. Just a run off the first over. 

GG needs 178 runs to win. A strong start by its openers Beth Mooney and D Hemalatha will be crucial. 

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Lanning starts with a FOUR between deep mid-wicket and long on. A couple of singles taken and Lanning back on strike. FOUR! and Lanning is into the 90s. Clips it over the inside ring on the off side. OUT! Castled on the next and a wonderful innings by the skipper comes to an end. 

Meg Lanning b Dottin 92 (57)

Sarah Bryce gets one ball and launches it over deep point fence. A long check to check if bounced before the cushions, but that’s a SIX! 

Kashvee welcomed with a FOUR! Caressed past cover and Lanning is into her 80s. Kapp looking shaky but manages to find a FOUR! The top edge flies over short third and runs away to the cushions. Kapp misses the last ball and Mooney was the one who was struck just above the knee. 

Tanuja bowls her fourth over. FOUR! Licchfield with a rare midfield, does not pick up the ball and lets it roll to the fence. FOUR more! Lanning lofts it over Gardner at mid off. Ends with a yorker that Kapp can’t put away. 

Meghna to bowl out. FOUR! Sutherland with perfect placement, between deep mid wicket and long on. OUT on the next ball! Dottin got her fingers just underneath the ball at long on. And the third umpire is convinced it was a clean catch. Third wicket for Meghna!

Annabel Sutherland c Dottin b Meghna Singh 14 (8)

Priya continues. A failed run-out attempt! That could have been the game for Lanning. Bharti’s throw back to Priya could not be collected properly. FOUR! Lanning step down the track and pierces it through point. Seven off it. 

Timeout. 

Meghna back. OUT! Jemimah’s chips it off the bottom edge which lands safely in Gardner’s hand at mid-off. 

Jemimah Rodrigues c Gardner b Meghna Singh 4 (8)

FOUR! Kashvee with another midfield, at cover, and Annabel Sutherland is off the mark. Eight runs. 

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Priya to Jemimah. Find a single at deep square leg. FOUR! Short and wide, Lanning hammers it through point. Jemimah back on strike and that’s a loud appeal for lbw! Gardner takes the review. Gets very low to sweep it behind did not hit the pad but her helmet. Ball tracking showed missing the stump by a whisker. 

Dottin returns. Starta with a wide. OUT! Yorker and plumb on the stumps! Jonassen stepped down but misjudged the length, watches her middle stump get dislodged. 

Jess Jonassen b Dottin 9 (10)

Jemimah Rodrigues off the mark with a single. Five runs and a wicket off the over. 

Dropped! Harleen jumps up high and tries to take a single-handed catch at mid off but it had too much on it. Lanning gets another life. Misses out on a stumping attempt and Jonassen too gets a reprieve. SIX! What a way to bring up her 50! Lanning with an inside out shot over extra cover. 12 runs off it. 

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Priya Mishra into the attack. Both batters having to squeeze for singles but Lanning has enough on the last ball. FOUR! Hammered behind square leg. 

Gardner back. New batter Jonassen off the mark. Gets a top-edge over short fine leg and adds two. A few singles after the breakthrough wicket. SIx coming off it. 

GG needs wickets here. Ball handed back to Meghna. FOUR! Full toss, easy picking for Shafali who finds empty space behind cover region. OUT! GG finally has a breakthrough! Shafali deceived by the slower ball, heaves it to Litchfield at deep mid-wicket. 

Shafali Verma c Litchfield b Meghna Singh 40 (27)

Skipper Ashleigh Gardner into the attack. Stopped at extra cover to deny Lanning another boundary. A few singles taken but Shafali takes back control with a SIX! Lofted over long off. 12 runs off the over. 

Meghna Singh with the ball. A bit of movement but the short ball is punished by Lanning between short third and backward point. FOUR! Baton passed on to Shafali who slams it over covers for SIX! 12 runs off the over. 

Tanuja continues. Dropped but was a tough one. Tanuja leaps to her right but ball bounces out her hand, handing Shafali a reprieve. FOUR to end the over! Finds the gap at deep extra cover. 

DC holds the upper hand but can GG strike back? Certainly to be discussed in the timeout. 

FOUR! Kashvee bowls it wide on off and Lanning slashes it away behind backward point. Gets the next one to come back into the stumps. No run. FOUR again! The most dangerous inside edge that flies past the stumps and keeper to the fence. 9 runs. 

Tanuja Kanwer into the attack. Shouts for catch but Dottin running in from long on, who cant get to it but keeps the damage to two. Coming back in sharp to Lanning who cuts it back close to her outside off stump. Shafali on strike. Steps out to crack it past point but cannot connect enough. GG slows the openers down, two runs. 

Dottin continues. Stretches out to play the ball to third man for a single. Struck on the pads but appeal interest fizzes out. One leg bye. FOUR! Half-volley outside off, Lanning whips it between covers. Less expensive over from Dottin, six off it. 

Kashvee Gautam from the other end. FOUR! Shafali starts confidently with a cut that sails over backward point. A slightly confusing one that. Shafali doesn’t time the ball and it goes straight down. Bharti got a hand to it but couldn’t hold on to it, eventually having to chase it to the fence.c FOUR! Dot followed by a SIX! Clean loft over long off fence. 

Deandra Dottin to start the proceedings. Starts with a full ball on leg stump, Lanning puts it away to the on side. FOUR! A streaky one. Just enough width on it for Lanning but only manages an edge that beats slip by a long way. FOUR more! Opens the face of the bat and punches it past point. Misfield and that’s FOUR! FLicks towards mid wicket, who lets it go through her. 

GG players are on the field. DC’s openers Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma are making their way to the middle. Both teams coming off win streaks, but whose will end today?

All to play for!

Delhi Capitals: Meg Lanning (capt), Shafali Verma, Jess Jonassen, Jemimah Rodrigues, Annabel Sutherland, Marizanne Kapp, Sarah Bryce (wk), Niki Prasad, Shikha Pandey, Minnu Mani, Titas Sadhu

Gujarat Giants: Beth Mooney (wk), Harleen Deol, Ashleigh Gardner (capt), Dayalan Hemalatha, Deandra Dottin, Kashvee Gautam, Phoebe Litchfield, Bharti Fulmali, Tanuja Kanwar, Meghna Singh, Priya Mishra

Gardner: Feels like a good surface and the potential of dew played a part in her decision (to bowl). The Giants are unchanged, fielding the same side which won against UP Warriorz.

Lanning: Looks a really good batting track, and that if teams can put up a good score, they have done well too. Titas Sadhu comes in for Charani.

GG wins the toss, opts to bowl. 

It’s pitch no. 5 today, the same one GG won on against homeside against UP Warriorz.

Dimensions – skewed square boundaries 59m and 50m. 65m hit straight down.

Some grass covering but there are patchy areas. Spinners might extract some turn and there are runs on offer. 

Dew likely later in the game. 

“I was certainly not aspiring to become captain while starting my career,” Ashleigh Gardner admitted, as she nears a decade of playing the sport professionally. “If that opportunity ever came up, I’d go with it, and it’s a fantastic challenge,” she told Sportstar, six matches into leading the Giants. 

GG had finished last in both previous WPL seasons, but 2025 brought a turnaround. With three wins so far, the Gardner-led side ended its four-point slump and sits second in the standings. 

Read the full interview by Kavita Menon here:

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Matches: 5

DC: 4

GG: 1

Delhi Capitals, which has already qualified for the Playoffs, will play its last league stage game, against a high-flying Gujarat Giants. 

Hello and welcome back to WPL 2025 action! 

It’s the third game at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow and one more remains before WPL reaches the last leg – Mumbai. 

Published on Mar 07, 2025