WPL 2025: Gujarat Giants Women vs Delhi Capitals Women, Match 10- Who Said What?

The Women's T20 cricket is in its full gusto as the caravan of the Women's Premier League (WPL 2025) moves ahead of Match 10. Notably, the fixture was played between Gujarat Giants Women (GJ-W) and Delhi Capitals Women (DC-W), at the renowned venue of M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru.

Even before coming into this match, Giants have shown inconsistency this season as they won only one game out of the three games they have featured in the WPL 2025. After finishing with the Vadodara leg of the tournament, the side was hoping for a change of fortunes in Bangalore. However, their batting woes continued in the new venue as well as they managed to post a paltry total of 127.

Talking Points from Match 10 of WPL 2025:

1. Meg Lanning's side exploits conditions to rattle Delhi

Interestingly enough, the venue is known for producing high-scoring games as the pitch often proves to be a batting paradise for the batters. Despite that, the DC skipper Meg Lanning won the toss and elected to take the field first. The decision proved quite right as GJ-W struggled to score freely and kept losing wickets at regular intervals.  Big players like Ashleigh Gardner, Laura Wolvaardt, Beth Mooney and Harleen Deol were expected to step up for the team but they failed to convert their starts into an impactful knock. Except for the opening game where Gujarat Giants scored 201, their batting has not been up to the mark. As a result, Gujarat ended up giving a meagre target to their opponent.

2. Shafali misses fifty, Jes Jonassen stars with bat

While chasing a low target of 128 runs, Delhi Capitals Women suffered an early jolt in the form of their skipper and opener Meg Lanning, who departed in the fourth over after Kashvi Gautam cleaned her up. Barring that, Shafali Varma from the other end played aggressively and made 44 runs off 27 balls. After Lanning's departure, she was joined by another Australian in the form of the all rounder, Jess Jonassen.

The Aussie played a fiery unbeaten half-century (61* off 32 balls) knock to guide Delhi to a dominating win over Gujarat. Although Jemimah Rodrigues and Annabel Sutherland did not contribute much and got out in quick succession, an unfazed Jonassen carried on smoothly with her innings and did not allow the opponent to get back into the game ahead. As a result, Delhi Capitals convincingly beat Gujarat Giants Women by six wickets with 29 balls to spare. For her entertaining knock, Jes Jonassen was adjudged as the Player of the Match (POTM).

3. Delhi Capitals Women claim top spot in WPL 2025

With this win, Delhi Capitals Women climb up to take the top spot in the WPL 2025 points table while Gujarat Giants Women are languishing at the bottom of the points tally. Meanwhile, here is what the captains had to say about how the game panned out for their respective sides.

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Who Said What?

Losing skipper, Ashleigh Gardner

"If you look at DC's bowling line-up, they've got four international quicks. So it was always going to be challenging in the powerplay. They bowled exceptionally well, and put us under pressure. We didn't do well with the bat. We know the potential Fulmali and Kanwar have. To see them take the opportunity and put on a 50-run partnership was fantastic to see. That was a bit of shock to see Jonna come out [at No. 3]! There's nothing to be concerned about as such. When you lose three-plus wickets in the powerplay, it puts you under pressure. So hopefully, we can reflect on that. We have a really quick turnaround."

Winning Skipper, Meg Lanning

"We bounced back really nicely. Kappy and Shikha take wickets upfront, and it makes it easy. There's been a little bit there for the bowlers; a bit of nibble. It's just about improving each game, and tightening areas which you haven't nailed. We need to keep winning. As a bowling group, if you put the ball in the right areas, there's a bit for you. Feel like we've been improving all the time. It's nice when something comes off like that [on promoting Jonassen to No. 3]."

Player of the Match, Jess Jonassen

"Loved it. Bit surprised by the opportunity, but always happy to take it. Had a bit of luck early, but that's part of the T20 game. With the new ball, for the seamers, there was a bit of shape early. It's huge [to be shown confidence in]. It was nice that it was able to come off. It's amazing; we've got almost all bases covered. Kapp is world class, and showed that again. Sadhu coming in for her first game, and taking a wicket. It's nice to know that in a certain situation we have someone put their hand up."