The Capitals were brilliant with the bat and thanks to a dazzling performance by their openers, they reached 223-2 in their 20 overs. While Shafali made 84, Lanning scored 72. Later in the innings, Norris’ five-wicket haul bulldozed all the RCB hopes and gave Delhi a scintillating 60-run win to start off their campaign.
200 on the trot give Delhi another victory
In the second game in a row, the team in blue and red crossed the 200 mark. This time around their leader, Lanning scored 70 and was helped by the cameos from Jemimah Rodriguez and Jess Jonassen.
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The Delhi team tasted its first defeat against the Mumbai Indians who bowled them out for 105 in 18 overs. This was shocking given that the Capitals had crossed the 200 mark in their previous two encounters. Saika Ishaque did most of the damage to Delhi as she got rid of both Lanning and Verma. Mumbai chased down the total pretty easily as well.
Kapp’s five-for put Delhi back on track
After the defeat against Mumbai, the team representing India’s capital city were back on track as they restricted Gujarat Giants to a meagre 105/9 thanks to a five-wicket haul by Marizanne Kapp. Chasing an easy target such as that was never going to be difficult for the Capitals as they did it in just 7.1 overs, with all 10 wickets intact. Verma reached her fifty in just 19 balls and scored a 28-ball 76*.
The Capitals faced Bangalore once again and this time around the match got a little tense as Delhi needed 24 off the last three overs and a new batter in Jess Jonassen was at the crease. However, the Aussie kept her calm and helped the Capitals chase down the total with a ball to spare. She scored 29 off just 15 balls and was named Player of the Match.
The Aussie captain of the Capitals faced her second defeat when her team were not able to chase 148 and Gujarat Giants earned their second victory of the tournament. Alice Capsey and Marizanne Kapp were run out and they were the only two batters that looked like going somewhere with the chase. The women in blue and red finished 136 all out in 18.4 overs, losing the game by 11 runs with 8 balls to spare.
After the loss to the Giants, the Lanning-led unit needed to win two in the remaining two games to get themselves in contention to make it to the final directly. They faced tough opposition in Mumbai in the first of the two games and stopped them at 109/8 in the 20 overs. Chasing that was too easy and the Capitals won the game by nine wickets with 11 overs to spare.