Capitals vs Giants: Gujarat defeats Delhi in a nail-biting thriller, Harleen Deol stars with a 70 run knock

Capitals vs Giants: In the 17th match of Women's Premier League held on Friday, Gujarat Giants defeated Delhi Capitals by 5 wickets in a thrilling match. Till the last moment, it was not known which way the match would turn. Sometimes it seemed that Delhi was moving towards victory, and after some time, Gujarat started to have the upper hand. The Gujarat-based team's young batter Harleen Deol played a match-winning innings of 70 runs. Deandra Dottin also made the target a little easier by playing an important innings in the end. With this victory, Gujarat Giants have come to the second position in the points table.

While chasing 178 runs, the Giants lost their first wicket at the score of 4. Dayalan Hemalatha was dismissed by Shikha Pandey. After this, Harleen Deol and Beth Mooney shared a 77-run partnership while Minnu Mani dismissed Beth Mooney (44). 

Till the last moment, we didn't know who could win the match

Harleen Deol, along with captain Ash Gardner, made a partnership of 39 runs for the third wicket. Gardner was dismissed after scoring 22 runs in 13 balls and her innings consisted of 2 sixes and 1 four. After this, Deandra Dottin pushed the strong looking Delhi on the backfoot by scoring 24 runs in 10 balls. When Dottin was dismissed by Jess Jonason, the match once again seemed stuck. Phoebe Litchfield, who came after Dottin, was dismissed on the very first ball. 

Then Gujarat Giants needed 16 runs in 12 balls, victory seemed close but Shikha Pandey gave only 3 runs in the first 5 balls of the 19th over. Now 13 runs were needed in 7 balls, Kashvi Gautam turned the tables again by hitting a six on the last ball. Harleen Deol ensured Gujarat's victory by hitting a four on the first ball of the last over. Kashvi Gautam scored the winning run on the third ball.

Harleen Deol played a match-winning innings

The star player of this match was Harleen Deol, who played an unbeaten innings of 70 runs. In this important innings, she hit 9 fours and 1 six. Her knock ensured that her side emphatically crossed the finish line.

Meg Lanning missed a century, Delhi Capitals scored 177 runs

After losing the toss and opting to bat first, Delhi Capitals' captain Meg Lanning and Shefali Verma opened the innings. Both of them shared an 83-run partnership for the first wicket. Shefali was dismissed by Meghna Singh after scoring 40 runs. After this, wickets kept falling at the other end but Meg Lanning continued her explosive innings. 

Lanning scored 92 runs in 57 balls, in this innings she hit 15 fours and 1 six. However, she missed her century. Meghna Singh took the maximum of 3 wickets for Gujarat Giants. She gave 35 runs in her 4 overs spell. Deandra Dottin took 2 wickets. She spent 37 runs in 4 overs.

WPL latest points table after Delhi vs Gujarat match 

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