WPL 2025: Harleen's unbeaten 70 helps Giants beat DC, oust UP Warriorz

Harleen Deolrsquos unbeaten 70 runs off 49 deliveries took her side home as Gujarat Giants scored 1785 in 193 overs to seal a fivewicket win over Delhi Capitals in Match 17 of the Womens Premier League WPL 2025 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium here on FridayWith this result the UP Warriorz have been eliminated from playoff contention The Gujarat Giants on the other hand will need to win their final game to secure qualificationAfter having conceded 177 in the first innings thanks to a brilliant 92run innings by Meg Lanning the Giants faced a massive setback at the beginning of their chase as Dayalan Hemalatha was sent back to the dugout on the first ball of the second over With one wicket down Deol and Beth Mooney had to face the powerplay overs with patience and gritAfter starting slowly at 151 after four overs Mooney and Harleen combined for five boundaries in the next two overs Titas Sadhu missed out on an opportunity to dismiss Harleen via run out when they tried to take a quick single but the fast bowler missed the stumps at the batting endAlso ReadMI skipper Harmanpreet Kaur penalised for showing dissentMinnu Mani got the important wicket of Mooney when the Aussie powerhitter tried to step out and hit her over longoff but found the fielder at longon Skipper Ashleigh Gardner looked to be continuing her fine form having scored one boundary and two sixes before losing her wicket to Shikha PandeyDeandra Dottin also joined the onslaught and helped her side gain control over the game with a quick cameo of 24 runs in 10 deliveries with two boundaries and sixes each Jess Jonassen pulled the Capitals back into the contest by dismissing Dottin and Phoebe Litchfield on consecutive deliveries in the 18th over but by then the damage was done as Harleen raced her side over the finish line with three balls to spareIn the first innings Lanning scored her highestever WPL score of 92 leading Delhi to a total of 1775 in 20 overs This knock included Lannings ninth fifty in the tournament making her the player with the most halfcenturies in WPL history She also reclaimed the top spot for most runs in WPL history overtaking her fellow Australian Ellyse PerryThe Delhi openers got off to a flying start before Shafali Verma was eventually dismissed for 40 just 10 runs shy of a seventh WPL halfcentury as she mistimed a slower delivery from Meghna SinghJess Jonassen in good form was dismissed by Deandra Dottin who took her third career wicket against the Australian Jonassen missed a fuller delivery and the ball hit the stumps Jemimah Rodrigues continued her lean run falling for just four runs caught by Ashleigh Gardner off Meghna Singhs bowlingAnnabel Sutherland also failed to make an impact dismissed by Dottin after a brilliant catch at the boundary Lanning and Marizanne Kapp took the score past 170 but Lanning was dismissed with one ball left in the inningsBrief scoresDelhi Capitals 1775 in 20 overs Meg Lanning 92 Shafali Verma 40 Meghna Singh 335 Deandra Dottin 237 lost to Gujarat Giants 1785 in 193 overs Harleen Deol 70 Beth Mooney 44 Deandra Dottin 24 Shikha Pandey 231 Jess Jonassen 238 by five wicketsThis 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