GG defeat DC, secure WPL Eliminator spot: Key stats
What's the story
Gujarat Giants booked their berth in the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2025 Eliminator after defeating table-toppers Delhi Capitals by five wickets.
The match was held at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.
Despite Delhi's skipper Meg Lanning's impactful 92 off 57 balls, her team couldn't clinch the win.
DC scored 177/5 in 20 overs. In response, GG managed 178/5 in 19.3 overs.
Match highlights
Giants's chase led by Deol and Mooney
The Giants's chase was led by Harleen Deol's unbeaten 70 runs off 49 balls and Beth Mooney's 44 runs off 35 balls.
The duo stitched a solid second-wicket stand of 84 runs after losing opener Dayalan Hemalatha early in the second over.
Despite losing Mooney to off-spinner Minnu Mani, who dismissed her with a delivery floated up on the middle and off, Deol kept leading her team toward victory.
Final push
Dottin's late surge propels Giants to victory
With the Giants requiring 16 runs from the last two overs, Ashleigh Gardner and Deandra Dottin rose to the occasion.
Gardner scored a quickfire 22 off just 13 balls while Dottin hit two fours and a six off Jess Jonassen in the 18th over.
Despite Jonassen dismissing both Dottin and Phoebe Litchfield with consecutive deliveries, Kashvee Gautam brought down the equation to seven runs in the final over by hitting Shikha Pandey for a six.
Early innings
Capitals's explosive start falls short
Earlier in the match, Delhi Capitals got off to an explosive start with Lanning and Shafali Verma adding a quick-fire 83 runs off just nine overs.
However, despite the strong start, they lost momentum as the innings progressed.
Lanning fell eight runs short of a century after being bowled by Dottin on the penultimate ball of the innings.
Meghna Singh was Gujarat's standout bowler with 3/35, while Dottin took two wickets for 37 runs.
Lanning and Verma
Lanning slams her 9th fifty, Verma gets to 49 sixes
Lanning's 92 consisted of 15 fours and a six. She struck at 161.40.
In 26 WPL matches, she owns 939 runs at 40.82 (50s: 9).
In the ongoing season, Lanning owns 263 runs from 8 matches at 37.57 with three fifties under her belt.
Meanwhile, Verma hit 40 runs from 27 balls. She hit three fours and three sixes.
In 26 matches, Verma owns 861 runs at 37.63 (49 sixes). She has 300 runs this season at 42.85 (16 sixes).
Mooney and Deol
Mooeny surpasses 500 WPL runs, Deol hits her 2nd fifty
Mooney slammed 45 runs from 35 balls with the help of 6 4s.
She now owns 509 runs in the WPL at 42.41 from 16 games.
Meanwhile, Deol's 49-ball 70* was laced with nine fours and a six. She has raced to 450 runs at 32.14.
Deol hit her career-best WPL score. She hit her 2nd fifty.
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Key numbers of Meghana and Dottin
Meghana toolk 3/35 from her 4 overs, racing to nine WPL scalps 12 games at 36.11. Dottin took 2/37 from her 4 overs. She also owns 9 scalps at 22.88 from 7 matches. She made her WPL debut this season.