WPL 2025: Jonassen's fifty, superb pace bowling helps DC hand GG six-wicket defe

Jess Jonassen hammered her maiden halfcentury as Delhi Capitals capitalized on superb bowling by their pacers to beat Gujarat Giants by six wickets in their Womens Premier League WPL 2025 match at the MChinnaswamy Stadium here on TuesdayChasing a belowpar target of 128 Jonassen made the most of being promoted to bat at No3 as she blazed to 61 not out off 32 balls while Shafali Verma struck a 27ball 44 to help Delhi Capitals reach 1314 in 151 overs to win the match with 29 balls to spareIt was their bowlers who made the victory possible as Marizanne Kapp and Shikha Pandey both claimed a couple of wickets in an over each to land early blows while Annabel Sutherland bagged two in the middle overs as Gujarat Giants were restricted to a modest 1279 despite a late charge by Bharti Fulmani who struck 40 not out off 29 ballsDelhi thus won their third match of the season and moved to the top of the table with a convincing win after they put Gujarat Giants in to bat firstDCs chase got off to a poor start as skipper Meg Lanning was castled by young Kashvee Gautam for three However Shafali Verma and Jonassen raised 74 runs for the second wicket partnership to put Delhi Capitals on the road to victoryWith the ball holding a bit and staying low Shafali played cautiously in the first couple of overs before pulling lofting and hammering some rasping shots in a fine display of powerhitting and blasted a 27ball 44 She struck Deandra Dottin for a four and six and got a decision caughtbehind decision overturned via DRS She also hammered Priya Sharma for an insideout six over extra cover and blasted Ash Gardner for a six and four in the 10th over Gardner had the last laugh as she trapped lbw and got the decision despite a lowkey appeal This time Shafali could not get it overturned by DRSJonassen who built her innings cautiously at the other end went from strength to strength as the Australian allrounder creamed boundaries off Dottin Gardner two off successive balls Meghna Singh and Kashvee as she made the most of the couple of chances she survivedThough Delhi Capitals lost Jemimah Rodrigues 5 and Annabel Sutherland 1 Marizanne Kapp 9 not out and Jonassen saw them through to victoryEarlier the pacers ruled the day for Delhi Capitals with Kapp claiming 217 Shikha Pandey bagging 218 and the experienced Sutherland taking 220 as they capitalized on the slight green tinge on the fresh pitch and the seaming conditionsBharati Fulmani hammered two sixes the only two maximums of the innings and four boundaries in her 29ball 40 not out to give them some hope and respectability to the Gujarat Giants totalThe move to promote Harleen Deol 510b 1x4 to the openers slot did not work for Gujarat Giants as Kapp sent her back in the fourth over getting her to edge behind to keeper Sarah Bryce for five Kapp struck again two balls later when she removed Phoebe Litchfield 0 as Gujarat Giants slump to 162Shikha Pandey struck two more blows in the next over getting Beth Mooney 10 11b2x4 and Kashvee Gautam 2 caught in the deep by Niki Prasad off successive balls Though she failed to get the hattrick the damage was already done as Gujarat Giants were reduced to 204 They ended the powerplay at 314Gujarat Giants did not recover much from those early jolts despite Deandra Dottin hitting a few lusty blows in scoring 26 off 24 balls hitting five boundaries as she raised Giants hopesBut Titas Sadhu bowled skipper Ashleigh Gardner 3 and Sutherland castled Dottin as GG were reeling at 606 halfway through their inningsFulmani then got into the act as she and Tanuja Kanwar 16 off 24 1x4 raised 51 runs for the seventh wicket to take Gujarat past the 100run mark But total miscommunication between them resulted in Kanwar getting run outFulmani continued to wage a lone battle as she managed to take her team past 120 ending the match with a four off the final deliveryBoth Gujarat Giants and Delhi Capitals came into the match after losing their last matches But the Capitals now need to score 128 runs to return to winning waysBrief scoresGujarat Giants 1279 in 20 overs Bharti Fulmani 40 not out Marizanne Kapp 217 Shikha Pandey 218 Annabel Sutherland 220 lost to Delhi Capitals 1314 in 151 overs Shafali Verma 44 Jess Jonassen 61 not out Kashvee Gautam 226 by six 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