WPL 2023: Some of the best hitting I've seen: Meg Lanning on Shafali Verma blitz

The peerless Meg Lanning was awestruck seeing Shafali Vermas powerhitting from the other end and described the 19yearolds knock as one of the best she has ever seenShafali smoked five sixes and 10 fours in her 28ball 76 not out as she along with Lanning 21 not out 15b made a mockery of Gujarat Giants 106run target by cantering home in 43 ballsIt was some of the best hitting Ive seen I said just keep it simple Stay still and hit the ball straight Im still to get over it the fivetime World Cup winning Australian skipper said after their 10wicket hammering of GGThat was a pretty cool show to watch from the other end I was just cheerleading from the other end It seemed like a new ball wicket We just had to make sure what we had to do Shafali didnt make it look very difficult Those sort of chases can be tricky if you go into a shell she added showering more praise on ShafaliIt was their South African pacebowling allrounder Marizanne Kapp who set the tone with her sensational display of 515Kapps natural length is one that works on a wicket like this She was excellent today I love watching her bowl She was frustrated with her performances so far she shouldnt have been Lanning saidAlso Read WPL Mandhana to Shafali top 5 Indians who could finish atop runscoring chartsWanted to play straight ShafaliFor Shafali this was her second fifty in four matches in the inaugural WPL In their WPL opener Shafali looked set for a century but got out for 84 45 balls while playing an away deliveryI got out while playing flick in the last match so I tried to play straight tonight Shafali said I wasnt in a hurry but I was trying to give my best during the run chase Now we can rest and enjoy ourselvesI would like to thank Lanning for her advice I want to work hard in future and keep scoring and playing in the same way We openers tried to give our best for the team and we managed to do so We backed ourselves during the chase kept talking to each other and you know such small things matter as a player Shafali addedWanted to preform badly KappHaving erred in the first three matches where she could manage just one wicket from 16 overs South African Kapp finally hit the straps with an incisive spellJust wanted to perform so badly Its not been going so well said Kapp after being adjudged PlayeroftheMatchI felt I missed my line and length a lot in the previous three games If you want to perform you need to put in the hard work Good to contribute tonightThats what makes it tough being an allrounder If you bowl well and dont bat well you dont feel good Thankfully I wasnt needed to bat tonight Weve got such a nice group of players Such an amazing experience being hereRival skipper Sneh Rana defended her decision to bat and termed Shafalis innings as incredible Its completely okay Girls did the best they can do So its finePitch was a bit skiddy It was a good decision at the toss because the ball was coming on well Shafali was fantastic tonight All those shots were incredibleThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever