Women's T20 League

Match 9: GUJ-W vs DEL-W

Preview

The Women’s IND T20 League's ninth match is set to begin on Saturday at 07:30 PM IST, 11th March 2023. Sneh Rana's Gujarat and Meg Lanning's Delhi will face off in a much-awaited contest of the league. This match is scheduled to take place at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai. One side is coming with a win and the other is coming with a defeat in this match.

GUJ-W finally managed to break their losing streak with a close win over Mandhana's BLR-W by 11 runs in the 6th league match, GUJ-W skipper Sneh Rana will be hoping that the side can maintain their standards with a bat & ball in this fixture.

On the other hand, Delhi's side was completely outplayed by invincible Mumbai in all three departments in the last match and Meg Lanning's girls lost the match by 8 wickets after setting a target of 106 runs against MUM-W in the 7th league match. Despite losing their first match, the DEL-W is still lying in the second position in the league table. In the batting department, the side will be relying on the likes of Sophie Dunkley, Harleen Doel, Ashleigh Gardner, Dayalan Hemalatha, and Anabel Sutherland to deliver the bulk of the runs.

In the last match, Sophia Dunkley and Harleen Doel smashed splendid half-centuries to help GUJ-W post a daunting 202 runs on the board against BLR-W. India's batter Harleen Doel showcased excellent form for Gujarat in the previous match and finished the innings with the top score of 67 off 45 balls. Doel was well supported by Dunkley, who smashed 65 runs off just 28 balls with the help of eleven fours and three sixes.

In the bowling department, the side will be relying on the likes of Kim Garth, Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner and Sneha Rana to provide timely breakthroughs. Off-spinner Ashleigh Gardner was the pick of the bowlers for GUJ-W and claimed 3 for 31 in her four overs in the last match.

DEL-W will be depending on the likes of Meg Lanning, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Shafali Verma and Alice Capsey to produce lots of runs when the side needs it. Skipper of the side Meg Lanning was a lone warrior with the bat for Delhi. Lanning looked in excellent touch with the bat and scored 43 runs off 41 balls with the help of five fours. Besides Lanning, Jemimah Rodrigues scored 25 runs off 18 balls with the help of three fours.

In the bowling department, the side will be depending on the likes of Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Tara Norris, Marizanne Kapp and Jess Jonassen to deliver crucial breakthroughs. In the previous match, Alice Capsey and Tara Norris bowled well and picked one wicket apiece.

Match Details

Match: GUJ-W vs DEL-W, Match 10, Women's T20 League

Date: Saturday, 11th March

Time: 07:30 PM

Venue: DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai

Pitch & Weather Report

Both teams will be motivated to choose their side to bowl first, limit the opponent to fewer than 140 runs, and win the toss. The team batting second won the previous game at DY Patil Stadium.

The DY Patil Stadium's game-day wicket will provide for a thrilling battle between bat and ball. The game is expected to take place under clear skies with a 27% humidity level. The Temperature will be revolve around 25 to 31 degree celcius.

GUJ-W vs DEL-W Squad:

BLR-W: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Georgia Wareham, Sneh Rana, Annabel Sutherland, Deandra Dottin, Sophia Dunkley, Sushma Verma, Tanuja Kanwer, Harleen Deol, Ashwani Kumari, Dayalan Hemalatha, Mansi Joshi, Monica Patel, Sabbineni Meghana, Hurley Gala, Parunika Sisodia, Shabnam Shakil.

DEL-W: Jemimah Rodrigues, Shefali Verma, Marizanne Kapp, Meg Lanning, Alice Capsey, Shikha Pandey, Jess Jonassen, Laura Harris, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Minnu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Sneha Deepthi, Taniyaa Bhatia, Titas Sadhu, Jasia Akhter, Aparna Mondal and Tara Norris.

GUJ-W vs DEL-W: Probable XIs

GUJ-W: Sabbhineni Meghana, Sophia Dunkley, Harleen Deol, Annabel Sutherland, Sushma Verma (wk), Ashleigh Gardner, Dayalan Hemalatha, Sneh Rana (c), Kim Garth, Mansi Joshi, Tanuja Kanwar

DEL-W: Meg Lanning (c), Shafali Verma, Marizanne Kapp, Jemimah Rodrigues, Alice Capsey, Jess Jonassen, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Minnu Mani, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Tara Norris

Match Prediction

Based on the current form, DEL-W will be the favourites to win their game against GUJ-W in the 9th contest on Saturday. The team management will be hoping that the likes of Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Shafali Verma and Jemimah Rodrigues can come to the party with bat and ball in this fixture. We say DEL-W to bounce back and win this match against Gujarat to pick their 3rd win of the tournament.

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