Alice Capsey produced a superb all-round show, snaring three wickets and smashing a 31-ball 34 as Delhi Capitals thrashed UP Warriorz by 5 wickets to straight qualify for the ultimate of the Women’s Premier League right here on Tuesday. Chasing a 139-run goal, constructed round Tahila McGrath’s 32-ball unbeaten 58, DC romped residence scoring 142 for 5 in 17.5 overs to complete on the prime of the desk, toppling Mumbai Indians on the premise of higher internet run fee. With Delhi grabbing a direct spot within the ultimate, Mumbai Indians and UP Warriorz will now face off within the eliminator for the opposite ultimate spot.
“Just wanted the team to win and help the unit. I don’t think we were at our best. We were sloppy on the field. It was a reasonable wicket. We got off to a flier and helped us when it started to turn,” DC skipper Meg Lanning stated.
“It seemed it came nicely with the new ball. They bowled a fair bit of spin towards the back end. We got some depth in batting. We have one big game to go. Hopefully, we will nail that.” MI had defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 4 wickets earlier within the day, leaving DC with the duty of not solely profitable in opposition to UPW but additionally sustaining a greater run-rate to straight e book their ultimate spot.
Meg Lanning and Co did simply that as they restricted UPW to a modest 138 for six after profitable the toss and opting to bowl.
Chasing, the opening pair of Lanning and Shafali Verma then went on a boundary hitting spree as they knocked off 56 runs off 29 balls.
If Lanning set the ball rolling with three fours and a six in a 20-run first over off Shabnim Ismail, Shafali had 4 hits to the fence in her 16-ball 21-run cameo.
Once Shafali was holed out to Soppadhandi Yashasri off Sophie Ecclestone’s bowling, Ismail returned to entice Jemimah Rodrigues after which eliminated Lanning, who was caught by Simran Shaikh within the deep, as all of a sudden DC slumped to 70 for 3.
UPW tried to tighten the screws however Capsey produced three boundaries in 4 balls off Ecclestone to maintain DC within the hunt.
Parshavi Chopra was then deposited over the fence earlier than Capsey slog swept Deepti Sharma previous the mid-wicket space for one more boundary as DC introduced up their 100 in 12 overs.
Marizanne Kapp (34 not out off 31) smashed one other most as DC reached 130 for 3 in 16 overs.
Ecclestone managed to despatched again Capsey after two balls, whereas a mix-up value Jess Jonassen’s wicket however Kapp stored her cool to hit the profitable runs.
Earlier, McGrath blasted eight boundaries and two sixes after skipper Alyssa Healy (36 off 34) supplied the platform to push UP Warriorz’s complete nearer to the 140-mark.
Capsey scalped three fast wickets conceding simply seven runs in her first three overs however McGrath modified her bowling figures with a 19-run blitz within the ultimate over.
For DC, Radha Yadav (2/28) and Jess Jonassen (1/24) have been the opposite wicket takers.
Shweta Sehrawat supplied UPW a flying begin as she hit 4 boundaries throughout her 12-ball 19 earlier than being dismissed within the fifth over.
Healy then took over, at the same time as new batter Simran Shaikh struggled to seek out the gaps.
Healy cracked a six off Radha within the eighth over, earlier than utilizing her ft in opposition to Shikha Pandey for a boundary however she lacked rhythm.
Looking to interrupt the shackles, Healy was stumped within the tenth over when she danced all the way down to Capsey.
The Delhi bowlers stored a superb line and size and shortly Simran’s wrestle was over when she was caught by Rodrigues.
McGrath then slowly constructed her innings however stored shedding companions from the opposite finish.
She smashed three boundaries because the 14th over yielded 14 runs.
Jess Jonassen then had Kiran Navgire stumped, whereas Capsey deceived Deepti Sharma with a flighted supply as Tania Bhatia took off the bails in a flash.
Bhatia was stored busy as subsequent it was the flip of Sophie Ecclestone, who too was stumped after she tried to make use of her ft as UPW slipped to 105 for six in 18 overs.
McGrath clobbered Jonassen for a 4 and 6 within the final two balls of the nineteenth over earlier than repeating the remedy to Capsey, who conceded two fours and a six as UPW completed issues on a excessive.
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