WPL Delhi Capitals reached final for fourth time after: Delhi Capitals team has reached the final for the fourth consecutive time in the Women’s Premier League.

Vadodara: After strong bowling by Shinel Henry and Nandini Sharma, Delhi Capitals defeated Gujarat Giants in the women’s eliminator by 7 wickets due to strong batting. With this victory, Delhi Capitals got the ticket to the final for the fourth consecutive time. The Capitals will face a challenge from former champion Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final to be played on Thursday. After Jemimah Rodrigues’ team restricted the Giants to 168 runs for seven wickets, Delhi Capitals achieved the target by losing three wickets in 15.4 overs.

For Capitals, Liezel Lee contributed 43 runs in 24 balls, Shefali Verma 31 runs in 21 balls, captain Jemimah Rodrigues 41 runs in 23 balls and Laura Wolvaardt contributed 24 not out and 32 runs. While Liezel Lee and Shefali set the tone for the match with an aggressive partnership of 89 runs in 43 balls for the first wicket, Wolvaardt and Jemima did not let the good start go to waste by making a partnership of 68 runs in 42 balls for the third wicket. For the Giants, Georgia Wareham got two wickets while Rajeshwari Gaikwad got one wicket.

Beth Mooney’s strong start for Gujarat

Giants scored 168 runs for seven wickets on the basis of opener Beth Mooney’s brilliant unbeaten inning of 62 runs. Mooney, while holding one end, hit six fours in his 51-ball innings and made 61 runs in 46 balls with Georgia Wareham for the fifth wicket, while in the last overs, he made a partnership of 39 runs in 19 balls with Kashvi Gautam to take the team to a competitive score. Wareham scored 35 runs in 25 balls with three fours and a six while Kashvi hit three fours in his innings of 18 runs in 10 balls.

Lizel and Shefali batted brilliantly

Lizelle Lee and Shefali Verma gave a fast start to the Capitals while chasing the target. While Lee hit fours against Renuka Singh and Kashvi Gautam in the first two overs, Shefali sent the ball across the boundary line twice in Rajshwari Gaikwad’s over.

While Lizelle Lee hit a hat-trick four in the fifth over against Renuka, Shefli finished the over with two consecutive fours. The team scored 21 runs from this over. Lee continued his aggressive attitude against Rajshwari in the next over, hitting a four and the first six of the innings, taking the team’s score to 75 runs without any loss in the powerplay.

Jemimah Rodrigues did not do any mistake

This is the team’s best score in powerplay in the current season. Lizelle Lee and Shefali’s partnership of 89 runs in 43 balls was broken by Wareham by LBWing Lee in the eighth over. He also gave a double blow to the Capitals by bowling Shefali in the same over.

Laura Wolvaardt, who came to the crease, opened her hand by hitting a four against Kashvi, while captain Jemimah Rodrigues, after the passage of time at the crease, increased the pace of the match by hitting fours against Ashleigh Gardner and Sophie Devine. Jemima’s aggressive innings ended by getting caught by Divine while trying to play a big shot against Rajeshwari. However, before getting out, she had already ensured the team’s victory.