- BATSMENRB4s6sSR16.3 another wicket at the death for Nandani, and she takes out the big fish! Slower full ball on middle and off. Drops on Money late and she cannot get under it enough. Scuffs it a touch too and Rodrigues, stood right on the ring at mid off, accepts the offering with glee. Wicket number 11 at the death for Nandani, and the Capitals are strengthening their grip on this contest! 135/62.2 straight through Devine, and Kapp produces a moment of magic! Back of a length on middle, and this seems to move away late. Devine wants to turn this to leg and tries to aim too square. Plays all around it in the end, with the ball knocking back middle stump. Devine is livid with herself; Kapp, utterly jubilant, and this is a huge moment early in the piece! 19/18.5 in the air again, and taken this time! Tossed up on a fullish length on off. Anushka chances her luck with the slog sweep but like the previous ball, fails in her pursuit for adequate elevation. Another flat hit straight to the fielder and Minnu Mani makes no mistake at deep mid wicket! 73/211.3 clothed to long on, and Mani provides a huge breakthrough! Throws up the invitation outside off and Gardner hops down to try and capitalize. Has to reach out too far to her right, though, and in that process, she shanks this completely. Straight down Rana's throat, and the Giants lose their skipper! 96/314.4 middle stump out of the ground, and Wareham has to go! Flighted up on a length on middle stump. Wareham winds up for an almighty swipe but is nowhere to the pitch of the ball. The ball straightens off the surface and that is enough to take it past the swiping blade and onto middle stump. DC keep chipping away! 128/415.4 nip-backer does it for Fulmali, and the Giants are now five down! Cutter on a length on off. Fulmali does not pick it and she definitely does not expect it to cut back in so viciously. Gets caught on the crease and then gets cut in half. The ball whistles past the inside edge and pings back leg stump. Henry on the board too now! 131/517.6 lbw shout, not given! DC review! Pulls the length back slightly outside off but plenty of revs on this, meaning the ball drops, grips and spins back in. Ahuja, having advanced, plays all over it and gets pinged on the back leg. Was it doing too much? She could be in trouble here. Clear gap between bat and ball, and Ball Tracking has the ball crashing into leg stump too. Charani has four, and GG eight down now! 151/817.1 three for Charani, and the Giants are crumbling now! Back of a length on middle and off. Sticks in the surface and then spins away just a shade. Gautam tries to work this too square on the leg side and ends up missing it altogether. Hears the death rattle soon after, and this GG innings has hit a submerged log! 139/719.6 sliced to short third, and the Giants finish on 174! Length ball hidden well outside off. Kanwar swishes at it because, well, why not. Gets a thick outside edge this time, though, and Charani snares the chance smartly to bring this innings to a close! 174/9Extras18 (b 5, lb 6, w 7)TOTAL174/9 (20 Overs, RR: 8.7)Did not bat: RS GayakwadFall of wickets: 1-19 (Sophie Devine, 2.2 ov), 2-73 (Anushka Sharma, 8.5 ov), 3-96 (Ashleigh Gardner, 11.3 ov), 4-128 (Georgia Wareham, 14.4 ov), 5-131 (Bharti Fulmali, 15.4 ov), 6-135 (Beth Mooney, 16.3 ov), 7-139 (Kashvee Gautam, 17.1 ov), 8-151 (Kanika Ahuja, 17.6 ov), 9-174 (Tanuja Kanwar, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB M Kapp 4 0 34 1 8.5 12 7 0 0 0 CA Henry 4 0 38 2 9.5 10 6 1 0 0 NSS Sharma 4 0 26 1 6.5 6 2 0 1 0 N Shree Charani 4 0 31 4 7.75 8 3 0 1 0 S Rana 1 0 11 0 11 1 2 0 0 0 M Mani 3 0 23 1 7.66 6 1 1 1 0
Player of the Match
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.2 an ugly hoick, and Shafali bites the dust! Flighted up full and this is hung up way outside off. Shafali tries to fetch it but has to reach out far too much. Miscues it completely and Gardner, who has stationed herself at long on, gobbles up the chance. Gayakwad among the wickets again, and DC, after a brisk start, have been pegged back! 26/15.6 lifted in the air, but only to mid on! Fullish on middle and off. There to be hit and Lee feels so too. She tries to go downtown but cloths her attempt badly. The ball pops up off the inside half of the bat and Gardner, back-pedaling, takes it comfortably in front of her face. GG with a timely breakthrough! 51/212.3 timmmmbbbbeerrrrr again, and GG all over DC now! Slowed up on a length just outside off. Wolvaardt has a wild swipe at it, despite not being to the pitch of the ball. Has a swish at thin air and the ball rattles into the outside of off stump. Gayakwad has two, GG have five, and DC, now clutching at hope! 85/510.6 Rodrigues misses her scoop and perishes! It's a slower ball on a length on middle and Rodrigues shuffles across and shapes for a shot she frequents, but on this occasion, she's missed the ball completely and it clatters into the stumps 82/311.2 Boom! Right through her. Kapp stays on the back foot to this length ball outside off, but it stays low and spins in to beat the bat and crash into middle and off. That's a huge wicket 83/414.3 astute take on the fence, and Henry falls too! Tossed up generously on a length just outside off. Grips in the surface and spins away. Henry has an agricultural swipe at it and shanks it. Gardner, stood right near the rope at long on, takes it over her head and then maintains her balance to tiptoe her way out of potential trouble. Gayakwad has her third, and DC on the brink now! 100/619.6 slapped to long on, and there is heartbreak for the Delhi Capitals against Devine and the Gujarat Giants again! Absolute pandemonium. The Capitals do not know where to look. The Giants do not know how they have pulled off another classic and another final-over heist against the same opposition. This is banged in short, tucking up the batter, despite Prasad backing away. She cannot free her arms and all she manages is a slap straight to the GG skipper at long on. Spare a thought for the youngster. DC had no business coming this close, and then they perhaps had no business losing it. But they were up against Sophie, and she, like in Navi Mumbai weeks ago, conjured up some Devine intervention! 171/819.4 smoked straight to Wareham, and deja vu for the Delhi Capitals, all over again! Cometh the hour, cometh Sophie Devine. Off-pace on a back of a length on off. Rana marches down the track and clubs it to deep mid wicket. Could not have picked out Wareham better if she tried, and the DC have that sinking feeling in the tummy again in a Devne last over! 170/7Extras20 (b 4, lb 1, nb 1, w 14)TOTAL171/8 (20 Overs, RR: 8.55)Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Shafali Verma, 2.2 ov), 2-51 (Lizelle Lee, 5.6 ov), 3-82 (Jemimah Rodrigues, 10.6 ov), 4-83 (Marizanne Kapp, 11.2 ov), 5-85 (Laura Wolvaardt, 12.3 ov), 6-100 (Chinelle Henry, 14.3 ov), 7-170 (Sneh Rana, 19.4 ov), 8-171 (Niki Prasad, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Renuka Singh 1 0 16 0 16 3 2 0 2 0 KS Gautam 2 0 18 0 9 6 3 0 1 1 RS Gayakwad 4 0 20 3 5 13 3 0 0 0 SFM Devine 4 0 37 4 9.25 11 4 1 2 0 TP Kanwar 4 0 26 0 6.5 4 2 0 0 0 A Gardner 4 0 37 1 9.25 7 5 1 0 0 G Wareham 1 0 12 0 12 0 2 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Delhi Capitals Women , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50
Match days
27 January 2026 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Gujarat Giants Women 2, Delhi Capitals Women 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 53 runs, 1 wicket)
- Gujarat Giants Women: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (35 balls), Extras 5
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (BL Mooney 7, AB Sharma 39, Ex 4)
- Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Giants Women - 73/2 in 8.5 overs (BL Mooney 16)
- Gujarat Giants Women: 100 runs in 11.5 overs (71 balls), Extras 5
- BL Mooney: 50 off 40 balls (6 x 4)
- Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Giants Women - 129/4 in 15.0 overs (BL Mooney 56, BS Fulmali 1)
- Gujarat Giants Women: 150 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 13
- Over 17.6: Review by Delhi Capitals Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AK Argal, Batter - KS Ahuja (Upheld)
- Slow over-rate Penalty: Overs 18.1 - 20.0 (extra fielder inside the circle)
- Innings Break: Gujarat Giants Women - 174/9 in 20.0 overs (Renuka Singh 3)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 2 wickets)
- Delhi Capitals Women: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (36 balls), Extras 18
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals Women - 51/2 in 6.0 overs (L Wolvaardt 8)
- Delhi Capitals Women: 100 runs in 14.2 overs (87 balls), Extras 18
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals Women - 100/6 in 14.3 overs (NS Prasad 8)
- Delhi Capitals Women: 150 runs in 18.1 overs (110 balls), Extras 19
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 22 balls (NS Prasad 31, S Rana 20, Ex 1)
- Slow over-rate Penalty: Overs 19.1 - 20.0 (extra fielder inside the circle)
- Over 19.2: Review by Gujarat Giants Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - AK Argal, Batter - S Rana (Struck down)
Match Coverage
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The win took Giants to second place on the points table and a big step towards the knockouts
Gujarat Giants face in-form Delhi Capitals in near must-win contest
A win will put DC in a comfortable spot ahead of playoffs, while GG preferably need a big victory



