Updated WPL 2023 Points Table, Orange Cap, And Purple Cap After DC-W vs GUJ-W
The 14th match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 saw the clash between the Meg Lanning-led Delhi Capitals (DC-W) and the Sneh Rana-led Gujarat Giants (GUJ-W) at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday, March 16.
Delhi Capitals Women won the toss and invited Gujarat Giants to bat first in the WPL match. They made one change to the playing XI as Poonam Yadav came in for Tara Norris. Giants, on the other hand, made two changes as debutant Ashwani Kumari and Laura Wolvaardt replaced Sabbhineni Meghana and Annabel Sutherland.
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GUJ-W lost a wicket in the first over itself as Sophia Dunkley was dismissed by Marizanne Kapp for 4. In the next few overs, the Gujarat Giants batters were unable to play an attacking brand of cricket and at the end of the powerplay, they were at 32/1.
Harleen Deol, who has been the star performer for Gujarat Giants in the WPL, tried to provide some stability to the side after an early wicket as she scored 31 runs off 33 balls, with 4 fours, before being cleaned up by Jess Jonassen in the 10th over.
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After losing the wicket of Harleen, it was on the overseas stars Laura Wolvaardt and Ashleigh Gardner to take GUJ-W to a competitive total and they didn’t disappoint. Together they stitched together 81 runs off 53 balls.
Ashleigh Gardner smashed a brilliant 51* runs off 33 balls, including 9 fours, while Laura Wolvaardt amassed 57 runs off 45 balls, with 6 fours and 1 six. In the end, GUJ-W posted 147/4 on the board.
Chasing the target, dangerous Shafali Verma got dismissed in the second over itself. Skipper Meg Lanning was also cleaned up by Gujarat Giants captain Sneh Rana in the 6th over. In the same over, Alice Capsey got run out after a massive mix-up with Jemimah Rodrigues and at the end of the powerplay they were at 51/3.
DC-W’s Marizanne Kapp fought well and scored 36 runs, but the wickets kept falling at the other end and DC-W were reduced to 100/8.
From the lower order, Arundhati Reddy batted very well and scored 25 runs off 17 balls, with 4 fours, and it looked like she will take her side past the finish line. However, it didn’t happen as Kim Garth cleaned Arundhati up in the 18th over. DC-W lost the last wicket on the 4th ball of the 19th over and got bundled out for 136.
Delhi Capitals Women lost the match by 11 runs against the Gujarat Giants and this was their second defeat in the season, with the first one coming against Mumbai Indians Women.
WPL 2023 Updated Points Table
Before the match on Thursday, Mumbai Indians Women (MI-W) were comfortably sitting at the No.1 spot on the points table with 5 wins in 5 games. Delhi Capitals Women were at the second spot with 4 wins in 5 games and they were followed by UP Warriorz, Royal Challengers Bangalore Women and Gujarat Giants.
With the victory over Delhi Capitals Women, Gujarat Giants have moved past Royal Challengers Bangalore and now they occupy the 4th spot on the points table.
WPL 2023 Updated Orange Cap Standings
Before the match on March 16, Meg Lanning (221), Ellyse Perry (205), Alyssa Healy (186), Nat Sciver-Brunt (182) and Harmanpreet Kaur (180) were in the top 5 positions on the list of leading run-scorers in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023.
After the match, Meg Lanning (239) and Ellyse Perry (205) have retained their top-2 positions. However, Shafali Verma (187) has pushed Alyssa Healy (186) to the 4th position and Harleen Deol (186) has jumped to the 5th position.
WPL 2023 Updated Purple Cap Standings
Before the match between Delhi Capitals Women and Gujarat Giants, Saika Ishaque (12), Hayley Matthews (10), Sophie Ecclestone (9), Shikha Pandey (8) and Amelia Kerr (8) were in the top 5 positions on the list of leading wicket-takers in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023.
After the match, there has been no change in the top 3. However, Ashleigh Gardner (9) has jumped to the 4th position, pushing Shikha Pandey (8) to the 5th spot.
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