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Delhi Women's Premier League final
Updated - 15-APR-2024 5:1 IST

Delhi Women's Premier League final
Defeated Gujarat Giants by 7 wickets in the last league match, Shefali Verma's fifty
Delhi Capitals has made it to the finals of Season 2 of the Women's Premier League. The team defeated Gujarat Giants by 7 wickets in the last league match. After this victory, Delhi achieved the top position in the points table.
Gujarat Titans won the toss and batted first at Arun Jaitley Ground and scored 126 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Delhi Capitals won by scoring 129 runs losing 3 wickets in 13.1 overs. Opener Shefali Verma was chosen player of the match. He played a brilliant inning of 71 runs on 37 balls.
Title match with the winner of Bengaluru-Mumbai
The title match of Delhi team will be played against the winning team of the eliminator on March 17 at Arun Jaitley Stadium. The eliminator match will be played on March 15 between Royal Challengers Bangalore and defending champion Mumbai Indians on this ground.
Delhi has won 6 out of 8 matches and achieved the top position with 12 points, while defending champion Mumbai Indians could achieve only 10 points with 5 wins out of 8 and remained at second position. Bengaluru finished third with 8 points with 4 wins and 4 losses.
Lanning-Capsie out early, Shafali-Rodriguez took over
Delhi had a bad start to chase the target of 127 runs. The team had lost two wickets in the fourth over at the score of 31 runs. Here captain Meg Lanning returned to the pavilion on 18 and Alice Capsey on zero. In such a situation, opener Shefali Verma along with Jemimah Rodriguez took the innings to the threshold of victory.
Gujarat lost wickets continuously, could not score big
Gujarat Giants, who came to bat after winning the toss, did not have a good start. The team lost the wicket of captain Beth Mooney on the team score of one run in the first over. She couldn't even open an account. The team lost wickets continuously in the first 10 overs. At one time the team's score was 48/5.