DC’s Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning rejoice after Shafali scored 50 runs of their match towards UP Warriorz at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on February 26, 2024.
| Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR Ok
Fluent fifties by Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning and veteran pacer Marizanne Kapp’s incisive new-ball spell normal Delhi Capitals’ easy nine-wicket victory over UP Warriorz of their Women’s Premier League match in Bengaluru on February 26.
Shafali (64 not out, 43 balls, 6×4, 4×6) and captain Lanning (51, 43 balls, 6×4) steamrolled UP bowlers in a shocking show of batting as they overhauled the goal in simply 14.3 overs. However, it was Kapp who laid the muse of that win with a marvellous opening burst of 4-1-5-3 that noticed the Warriorz getting restricted to 119 for 9.
Shafali, who was dropped on 48 off Deepti Sharma by Kiran Navigere, and Lanning have been extreme on UP bowlers from the phrase go.
The Indian star blasted left-arm spinner Gouhar Sultana over long-on for a six, after which tore into pacer Tahlia McGrath. Shafali first hammered the Aussie for a 4 via mid-wicket after which swatted the ball over the bowler’s head for a six, and each the pictures contained utter disdain.
She quickly reached her fifty with a large six off off-spinner Deepti that sailed over mid-wicket. Her mark got here in simply 36 balls.
Lanning, who largely resorted to drives and sweeps, quickly reached her personal fifty in 42 balls as she darted between the wickets for a double off Sophie Ecclestone.
However, Lanning perished with only one run wanted to win as her uppish shot was wolfed up by Vrinda Dinesh at backward sq. leg. But the dismissal was solely enough to delay the inevitable for a few minutes.
Earlier, Kapp vindicated DC skipper Lanning’s resolution to bowl first with stupendous figures of three for 5 as she bowled her full quota in a single burst. She began her destruction job eliminating Vrinda for a naught.
Vrinda’s slice had simply sufficient energy in it to achieve Shikha Pandey at deep third man.
McGrath was the following to depart as Kapp disturbed her stumps with a growler. The ball pitched on center and off stump line after which deviated simply sufficient to smash onto the wicket as McGrath stood all squared up.
Kapp inflicted an excellent larger blow in her third over when she gave marching orders to Warriorz’s captain Alyssa Healy. Healy, who made 13 off 15 balls, tried to pressure the tempo, however her shot neither had timing nor course as Shafali Verma accomplished a high quality operating catch over her shoulder close to the circle.
The Warriorz ended the Power Play at 21 for 3 and so they wanted a large effort to show the stream of the sport.
However, the common fall of wickets dented Warriorz, regardless of Shweta Sehrawat (45, 42 balls) taking part in a few beefy pictures together with a slog swept six off Minnu Mani. But the whole was not even sufficient to stretch the highly effective batting line-up of the Capitals on the evening.
Source: www.thehindu.com
