Delhi Capitals Women vs Gujarat Giants Women, WPL, Today Match Prediction 16 March 2023

dcw vs ggt Match Prediction & Analysis

Delhi Capitals Women are perfectly placed to make it to the Women's Premier League (WPL) playoffs. They have 8 points from 5 matches and a net run rate of +1.887. The Capitals would be optimistic about their chances with 3 games remaining. They next face the Gujarat Giants, who are struggling in 4th place with just 2 points and a net run rate of -3.207.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Delhi Capitals Women Preview

Delhi Capitals Women have registered two comfortable wins in their previous two games – by 10 wickets against Gujarat Giants and by 6 wickets against Royal Challengers Bangalore Women.

Captain Meg Lanning has led from the front, scoring 221 runs in 5 matches at an economy of 139 – the most by any batter in the league so far. She will be the MVP for the team going ahead. 

Opener Shafali Verma (179 runs in 5 matches at an economy of 190.42) has been at her destructive best this season. While she has a tendency to give her wicket away, Varma has been a lot more assured, and we are expecting her to play another game-changing knock here. Also, keep an eye out for Jemimah Rodrigues (113 runs at an economy of 136.14), who seems to have found her groove.

Among the bowlers, Shikha Pandey has made the biggest impact, picking up 8 wickets at an economy of 6.84. Left-arm medium-pacer Tara Norris (7 wickets at 8.09) and Marizanne Kapp (6 wickets at 6.15) will continue to ask questions to the batters.

Delhi Capitals Women Predicted Playing XI:

Meg Lanning (c), Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Jess Jonassen, Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Tara Norris

Delhi Capitals Women Actual Playing XI:

Meg Lanning, Shafali Verma, Taniya Bhatia, Jess Jonassen, Shikha Pandey, Alice Capsey, Poonam Yadav, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy

Gujarat Giants Women Preview

Things haven’t been going too well for the Gujarat Giants Women. They have just one victory to show after 5 games and are unlikely to make it to the playoffs unless they pull off something remarkable in their remaining matches. They are coming off two huge back-to-back losses – by 10 wickets to Delhi Capitals Women and by 55 runs to Mumbai Indians Women – which has severely dented their net run rate too.

The only batter who has made somewhat of an impression is Harleen Deol, with 133 runs in 4 matches at a strike rate of 143. English opener Sophia Dunkley smashed a 28-ball 65 against Royal Challengers Bangalore Women at the Brabourne Stadium last week. The team would be hoping that the dashing batter can repeat her feat in this match.

Gujarat might consider bringing in Laura Wolvaardt for this game. The South African opening batter has scored 1079 runs in Women’s T20Is in 53 games and might provide solidity at the top.

Gujarat’s bowling hasn’t been that impressive either. Kim Garth (5 wickets in 3 matches at an economy of 9.22) and Ashleigh Gardner (4 wickets in 4 matches at 9.61) are the only ones who have looked like picking up wickets. As a unit, though, they have been really expensive. 

Gujarat Giants Women Predicted Playing XI:

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

Gujarat Giants Women Actual Playing XI:

Harleen Deol, Kim Garth, Laura Wolvaardt, Sneh Rana, Ashwani Kumari, Sophia Dunkley, Dayalan Hemalatha, Mansi Joshi, Ashleigh Gardner, Sushma Verma, Tanuja Kanwar

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The wicket at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai is great for batting. It does assist seam bowlers under lights when the ball is new but tends to remain even throughout. The use of slower balls and cutters by the seamers will help keep the batters in check.

The weather in Mumbai for this game will be hot and humid.

Venue Details

The average 1st innings score at Brabourne Stadium in the WPL is 173. The highest total posted here this season is 223/2 by the Delhi Capitals Women against the Royal Challengers Bangalore Women. Scores above 200 have already been achieved twice in the venue in 6 games. The team batting first should be looking to set a target of around 180 runs.

Toss: To Bat

This is a good wicket and piling on a big score after batting first pays rich dividends here. Expect the team winning the toss to bat first.