MATCH NO – 20th MATCH
SERIES – Women’s Premier Leagues – 2024
DATE – 13th March, 2024
TIME – 07:30 PM IST
VENUE – Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
INTRODUCTION
Women’s Premier League is one of the most popular T20 leagues in Women’s cricket. This league started last year. In this league many big stars like Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet kaur, Harleen Deol, Shafali Varma, Meg Lanning, Alyssa Healy, Ellyse Perry, Sophia Devine, Sophie Ecceleston, Deepti Sharma, Shabnam Ismail, Annabeal Sutherland, Renuka Singh, Tahlia McGrath, etc play for many frenchies.
This t20 format started from 2023 by Board of Cricket Council of India (BCCI), This is an Indian professional t20 league and biggest T20 league in Women;s Cricket.
Women’s Premier League 2024 has started from 23th February.Last league matches of Women’s Premier League league will be played between Gujarat Giants & Delhi Capitals.
MATCH PREVIEW
The 20th match played between Gujarat Giants (GGW) and Delhi Capitals Women (DCW) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. In this Season Gujarat Giants team won only 2 matches and lost 5 out of 7 matches and last position in the points table. Gujarat team already eliminated from Women’s Premier league.Whereas Delhi capital team have won 5 matches and lost only 2 matches out of 7 matches and are table topper in Point table.
Last time when both teams Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Giants played between each other, Delhi Capitals team scored 163 runs and Gujarat Giants team failed to chase this total and Delhi team won the match by 25 runs.
Defending runner up Champion Delhi Capitals is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players. They have proven themselves in the last season with won 6 matches and lost only 2 matches out of 8 matches and topper in point table.They continued their form in this season also and won 5 matches and lost only 2 matches out of 7 matches and table topper of this season also. They have talented & aggressive batsmen like Meg Lanning, Shafali Varma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Alice Capsey.They have good all-rounders also like, Marizanne Kapp, Annabeal Sutherland. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy & Sikha Pandey adding depth and experience to their bowling line-up.
On the other hand, Gujarat Giants did not look good in previous season and won only 2 matches and lost 5 matches and out of 7 and last position in point table and failed to qualify in previous season, This season they continue their bad form and won only 2 matches and lost 6 matches out of 8 matches and failed to qualify in this season also.They have talented & aggressive batsmen like Beth mooney, Laura Wolvaardt, Phoebe Litchfield, Dayalan Hemlatha. They have good all-rounders also, like Ashleigh Gardner, Sneh Rana, Kathryn Bryce. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Meghna Singh, Tanuja Kanwar, Shabnam Shakil, adding depth and experience to their batting and bowling line-up.
Both teams boast of strong batting & bowling attacks, so the battle between the batsmen and bowlers will be crucial in deciding the outcome of the match.
Considering the form and capabilities of both teams, this match has the potential to be a close contest. It will be interesting to see how the teams strategize and adapt to the conditions. Fans can again expect an exciting and competitive match between Gujarat Giants and Delhi Capitals.
PITCH REPORT
Arun Jaitley Stadium is a cricket stadium located in the Capital of Country, Delhi, India. It is known for its lively pitches and high-scoring matches, particularly in limited-overs cricket, due to its true bounce and short boundaries.This Venue is the first time it will host the Women;s Premier league matches from this season.
- 1. Bounce and Carry: The pitches at Arun Jaitley Stadium often offer good bounce and carry for the bowlers, which makes it conducive to fast bowling. Seamers can extract movement off the surface, especially in the early stages of the match.
- 2. Batting-Friendly: Typically, pitches in Delhi are known to be batting-friendly, especially in the early parts of matches. However, as the game progresses, spinners tend to come into play more due to the dryness and cracks on the pitch. The weather conditions, especially during winter months, can also affect the behaviour of the pitch.
- 3. Short Boundaries: One notable characteristic of Arun jaitley Stadium is its relatively short boundaries, especially square of the wicket. This makes it easier for batsmen to clear the ropes and score boundaries, leading to high-scoring contests.
- 4. Spinners’ Role: While seamers may enjoy some assistance, spinners also have a role to play, particularly as the match progresses. The pitch tends to slow down as the game goes on, allowing spinners to vary their pace and extract turns.
- 5. Weather Conditions: Due to the dry and dusty weather conditions prevalent in Delhi, the pitches often tend to deteriorate over the course of a match, developing cracks that can assist spin bowlers. However, the exact nature of the pitch can vary depending on factors such as recent weather conditions, groundsmanship, and specific preparation for upcoming matches.
Overall, Arun Jaitley Stadium is known for producing entertaining and high-scoring matches, with something in it for both batsmen and bowlers. It’s a venue where fans can expect exciting cricketing action, particularly in limited-overs formats like T20 and One-Day Internationals.
GROUND STATS (WPL)
| TOTAL MATCH | 07 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 170+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 06 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 01 |
| NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 120 | 00 |
| BETWEEN 120 TO 139 | 01 |
| BETWEEN 140 TO 169 | 02 |
| ABOVE SCORE 170 | 04 |
BOWLERS STATS ON ARUN JAITLEY STADIUM (WPL)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 07
PACER WICKETS – 28
SPINNER WICKETS – 51.
NOTE -:PITCH REPORT WILL BE UPDATED AFTER 19TH MATCH MIW VS RCBW.
DCW TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Delhi Capitals team performed superb in this season and won 5 matches and lost only 2 matches and table toppers in this season.
- Last match played between Delhi Capitals & Gujarat Giants, Delhi Capital team successfully defended an average score of 163 runs and won the match by 25 runs.
- Meg Lanning has scored 290 runs with the help of 4 half centuries in 7 innings with a 41+average in this season of Women Premier League.
- Shafali Varma has scored 194 runs in 7 innings with the help of 2 half centuries in this season of Women Premier League.
- Jemimah Rodrigues has scored 197 runs in 7 innings with the help of 2 half centuries in this season of Women Premier League.
- Marizanne Kapp has scored 59 runs and taken 9 wickets in 5 innings in this season of Women Premier League.
- Alice Capsey has scored 230 runs in 6 innings with the help of 1 half century in this season of Women Premier League.
- Arundhati Reddy has taken 8 wickets in 7 innings in this season of Women’s Premier League.
- Jess Jonnasen has scored 51 runs and taken 10 wickets in 5 innings in this season of women’s premier league.
- Radha Yadav has taken 10 wickets in 7 innings in this season of Women’s Premier League.
- In the last match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Capital team scored 181 runs and successfully defended this total and won the match by 1 run.
- Meg Lanning scored 29 runs, Jemimah Rodrigues scored 58 runs in just 36 balls, ALice Capsey Scored 48 runs & took 1 wicket and shefali varma scored 23 runs in the previous match against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
- Marizanne Kapp, Shikha Pandey, Arundhati Reddy took 1-1 wickets each in the previous match against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
- Both teams played 3 matches and Delhi Capitals team won 2 matches and lost 1 match against Gujarat Giants.
SQUADS
Batting – Meg Lanning ©, Shafali Varma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Laura Harris, Aparna Mondal (wk), Sneh Deepthi.
Bowling – Radha Yadav, Sikha Pandey, Minnu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Titas Sadhu, Ashwani Kumari.
All Rounder – Marizanne Kapp, Alice Capsey, Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonassenn.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Meg Lanning ©, Shefali Varma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Arundhati Reddy, Titas Sadhu, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Meg Lanning | 29r, 60r, 53r, 55r, 11r. |
| Shafali Varma | 23r, 15r, 28r, 13r, 51r. |
| Alice Capsey | 48+1W, 15+1W, 19r, 27r, 46r. |
| Jemimah Rodrigues | 58r, 17r, 69r, 7r, 0r. |
| Marizanne Kapp | 12+1W, 11+2W, 32+2W, 3W, 16+1W. |
| Jess Jonassen | 1+0W, 11+1W, 4+3W, 11+3W, 36+3W. |
| Taniya Bhatia | 0r, 0r, 1r, 4r, 3r. |
| Shikha Pandey | 1W, 1W, 1W, 1W, 1W. |
| Titas Sadhu | 0W, 2W, 1W, 0W, 0W. |
| Radha Yadav | 0W, 2W, 1W, 3W, 0W. |
| Arundhati Reddy | 1W, 1W, 0W, 1W, 2W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON ARUN JAITLEY STADIUM (WPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Meg Lanning | 3 INNINGS – 142 RUNS. |
| Shafali Varma | 3 INNINGS – 66 RUNS. |
| Alice Capsey | 3 INNINGS – 82 RUNS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Jemimah Rodrigues | 3 INNINGS – 144 RUNS. |
| Marizanne Kapp | 2 INNINGS – 23 RUNS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Jess Jonassen | 3 INNINGS – 16 RUNS – 4 WICKETS. |
| Taniya Bhatia | 1 INNING – 0 RUN. |
| Shikha Pandey | 3 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Titas Sadhu | 3 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Radha Yadav | 3 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Arundhati Reddy | 3 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS GGW (WPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS GGW |
| Meg Lanning | 55r, 18r, 21r. |
| Shafali Varma | 13r, 8r, 76r. |
| Alice Capsey | 27r, 22+0W. |
| Jemimah Rodrigues | 7r, 1r. |
| Marizanne Kapp | 36+1W, 5W. |
| Jess Jonassen | 11+3W, 4+2W, 0W. |
| Taniya Bhatia | 1r. |
| Shikha Pandey | 14+!W, 8+0W, 3W. |
| Titas Sadhu | 0W. |
| Radha Yadav | 3W, 0W, 1W. |
| Arundhati Reddy | 5+1W, 25+1W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS GGW (WPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS GGW |
| Meg Lanning | 3 INNINGS – 94 RUNS. |
| Shafali Varma | 3 INNINGS – 97 RUNS. |
| Alice Capsey | 2 INNINGS – 49 RUNS – 0 WICKET. |
| Jemimah Rodrigues | 2 INNINGS – 8 RUNS. |
| Marizanne Kapp | 2 INNINGS – 36 RUNS – 6 WICKETS. |
| Jess Jonassen | 3 INNINGS – 15 RUNS – 5 WICKETS. |
| Taniya Bhatia | 1 INNING – 1 RUN. |
| Shikha Pandey | 3 INNINGS – 4 WICKETS. |
| Titas Sadhu | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
| Radha Yadav | 3 INNINGS – 4 WICKETS. |
| Arundhati Reddy | 2 INNINGS – 30 RUNS – 2 WICKET. |
GGW TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Gujarat Giants team performed very poorly in the previous season and they continued their form in this season also and lost 5 matches and won only 2 matches in 7 matches and last position in the points table.
- Gujarat Giants team already failed to qualify in this season like the previous season.
- Last match played between Delhi Capitals & Gujarat Giants, Gujarat Giants failed to chase an average score of 163 runs and lost the match by 25 runs.
- Beth Monney has scored only 285 runs in 7 innings with the help of 3 half centuries in this season of Women’s Premier League.
- Phoebe Litchfield has scored 88 runs in 7 innings in this season of Women’s Premier League.
- Laura Wolvaardt has scored 160 runs in 5 innings in this season of Women’s Premier League.
- Aseilgh Gardner has scored 108 runs & taken 6 wickets in 4 innings in this season of Women’s Premier League.
- Kathryn Bryce has scored 36 runs and taken 3 wickets in 6 innings in this season of Women’s Premier League.
- Tanuja Kanwar has taken 8 wickets in 6 innings in this season of Women’s Premier League.
- Shabnam Shakil has taken 4 wickets in 3 innings in this season of Women’s Premier League.
- In the last match against UP Warriorz, Gujarat team successfully defended a normal score of 152 runs and won the match by 8 runs.
- Beth Money scored back to back third half centuries on this ground and scored 74 runs, Laura Wolvardt scored 43 runs in the previous match against UP Warriorz.
- Shabnam Shakil took 3 wickets and Ashleigh Gardner & Kathryn Bryce took 1-1 wicket each in the previous match against UP Warriorz.
- Meghna Singh took 4 wickets in the previous match against Delhi Capitals.
- Both teams played 3 matches and Gujarat Giants team won 1 match and lost 2 matches against Royal Delhi Capitals.
SQUADS
Batting – Beth Mooney © (wk), Veda Krishnamurthy, Phoebe Litchfield, Laura Wolvaardt, Trisha Poojitha.
Bowling – Lea Tahuhu, Sneh Rana, Shabnam MD Shakil, Tanuja Kanwar, Priya Mishra.
All Rounder – Harleen Deol, Asheigh Gaedner, Kashvee Gautham, Kathryn Bryce, Mannat Kashyap, Meghana Singh, Tarannum Pathan.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Beth Mooney © (wk), Phoebe Litchfield, Laura Wolvaardt, Dayalan Hemlatha, Ashleigh Gardner, Bharti Fulmali, Tanjua Kanwar, Kathryn Bryce, Mannat Kashyap, Meghna Singh, Shabnam Shakil MD.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Beth Mooney | 74r, 66r, 85r, 12r, 16r.. |
| Laura Wolvaardt | 43r, 13r, 76r, 0r, 28r. |
| Phoebe Litchfield | 4r, 3r, 18r, 15r, 35r. |
| Dayalan Hemlatha | 0r, 74r, 1r, 2r, 31r. |
| Ashleigh Gardner | 15+1W, 1+1W, 0+2W, 40+2W, 30+0W. |
| Bharti Fulmali | 1r, 21r |
| Kathryn Bryce | 11+1W, 7+0W, 3+1W, 3+0W, 5+1W. |
| Mannat kashyap | 0W, 0W, 1W, 0W, 0W. |
| Tanuja Kanwar | 0W, 1W, 1W, 13+1W, 2W. |
| Meghna Singh | 0W, 0W, 0W, 4W, 1W. |
| Shabnam Shakil MD | 3W, 1W, 0W, 1W, 0W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON ARUN JAITLEY STADIUM (WPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Beth Mooney | 3 INNINGS – 225 RUNS. |
| Laura Wolvaardt | 3 INNINGS – 132 RUNS. |
| Phoebe Litchfield | 3 INNINGS – 25 RUNS. |
| Dayalan Hemlatha | 3 INNINGS – 75 RUNS. |
| Ashleigh Gardner | 3 INNINGS – 16 RUNS – 4 WICKETS. |
| Bharti Fulmali | 2 INNINGS – 22 RUNS. |
| Kathryn Bryce | 3 INNINGS – 19 RUNS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Mannat kashyap | 2 INNINGS – 0 WICKET. |
| Tanuja Kanwar | 3 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Meghna Singh | 3 INNINGS – 0 WICKET. |
| Shabnam Shakil MD | 3 INNINGS – 4 WICKETS. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS DCW (WPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS DCW |
| Beth Mooney | 12r. |
| Laura Wolvaardt | 0r, 57r, 1r. |
| Phoebe Litchfield | 15r. |
| Dayalan Hemlatha | 1r, 5r. |
| Ashleigh Gardner | 40+2W, 51+2W, 0W. |
| Bharti Fulmali | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Kathryn Bryce | 3+0W. |
| Mannat kashyap | 1W. |
| Tanuja Kanwar | 13+1W, 2W, 13+0W. |
| Meghna Singh | 4W. |
| Shabnam Shakil MD | NOT PLAYED YET. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS DCW (WPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS DCW |
| Beth Mooney | 1 INNING – 12 RUNS. |
| Laura Wolvaardt | 3 INNINGS – 58 RUNS. |
| Phoebe Litchfield | 1 INNING – 15 RUNS. |
| Dayalan Hemlatha | 2 INNINGS – 6 RUNS. |
| Ashleigh Gardner | 3 INNINGS – 91 RUNS – 4 WICKETS. |
| Bharti Fulmali | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Kathryn Bryce | 1 INNING – 3 RUNS – 0 WICKET. |
| Mannat kashyap | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
| Tanuja Kanwar | 3 INNINGS – 26 RUNS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Meghna Singh | 1 INNING – 4 WICKETS. |
| Shabnam Shakil MD | NOT PLAYED YET. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 03
- DCW WIN – 02
- GGW WIN – 01
- NO RESULT – 00
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – B. Mooney.
BATSMEN – M. Lanning, S. Varma, J. Rodrigues, L. Wolvaardt.
ALL-ROUNDERS – J. Jonassen, M. Kapp, A. Capsey, A. Gardner.
BOWLERS – T. Kanwar, R. Yadav.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – B. Mooney.
BATSMEN – M. Lanning, D. Hemlatha, J. Rodrigues, L. Wolvaardt.
ALL-ROUNDERS – J. Jonassen, M. Kapp, A. Capsey, A. Gardner.
BOWLERS – S. Pandey/S. Shakil, A. Reddy.
BACK-UPS – T. Sadhu, M. Singh, S. Shakil, P. Litchfield.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – J. Jonassen, A. Capsey.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – B. Mooney, M. Lanning.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
DELHI CAPITALS MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.
