Ten thrilling fixtures are done in the Women’s Premier League. The race for the purple cap is on. The bowlers are trying hard to be on the top of the chart. On March 3, Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans met at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. On the 10th match, fans experienced another exciting match.
Gujarat Giants won the toss and decided to bowl first. While batting first, Delhi Capitals gave a decent start. Meghana Singh dismissed Shafali Verma on 13 runs and took the first wicket. After that, she strikes again. She dismissed Alice Capsey on 27 runs. She bowled brilliantly and ended up taking 4 wickets in 37 runs.
Ashleigh Gardner dismissed Jess Jonasen on 11 runs in 7 balls. Arundhati Reddy was dismissed by Gardner on 5 runs. She ended up taking 2 wickets in 37 runs. Tanuja Kanwar took 1 wicket in 31 runs. Mannat Kashyap took 1 wicket in 31 runs. Delhi Capitals set a target of 164 runs.
While chasing the total, Gujarat Giants struggled in front of the opponent bowlers. Ashleigh Gardner scored 40 runs in 31 balls. Delhi Capitals bowler Radha Yadav picked up 3 wickets in 20 runs. Jess Jonasen took 3 wickets in 22 runs. Shikha Pandey and Arundhati Reddy took 1 wicket each.
The Purple Cap Race:
Bowler | Team | Wickets | Matches | BBI | Average | Economy Rate |
Radha Yadav | DEL-W | 7 | 4 | 4/20 | 11 | 6.42 |
Amelia Kerr | MUM-W | 7 | 3 | 4/17 | 13.43 | 7.83 |
Jess Jonassen | DEL-W | 6 | 2 | 3/21 | 7.17 | 5.38 |
Marizanne Kapp | DEL-W | 6 | 3 | 3/5 | 12 | 6 |
Sophie Ecclestone | UP-W | 6 | 4 | 3/20 | 17 | 6.58 |
TP Kanwer | GUJ-W | 5 | 3 | 2/21 | 12.8 | 7.11 |
Arundhati Reddy | DEL-W | 6 | 4 | 2/27 | 18 | 7.71 |
Asha Sobhana | BAN-W | 5 | 3 | 5/22 | 13 | 7.22 |
Natalie Sciver-Brunt | MUM-W | 5 | 4 | 2/27 | 20.8 | 8.00 |
Meghana Singh | GUJ-W | 5 | 4 | 4/37 | 22.4 | 9.33 |