Delhi Capitals (DC) captain Meg Lanning chose to bowl first against Gujarat Giants (GG) after winning the toss in Bengaluru for the WPL 2025. Lanning aimed for early wickets to pressure the opposition, making one change by bringing in Titas Sadhu for underperforming Arundhati Reddy. GG captain Ash Gardner noted a good week off to regroup and anticipated more bounce than in their previous match. Both teams are looking to bounce back from defeats, with GG at the bottom of the table with two points from three games, while DC has two wins and two losses from four matches.
Toss Delhi Capitals opted to bowl against Gujarat Giants
In line with the prevailing trend in WPL 2025, Delhi Capitals (DC) captain Meg Lanning chose to field first after winning the toss against Gujarat Giants (GG) in Bengaluru. Lanning anticipates her bowlers will capture early wickets to pressure the opposition.
GG captain Ash Gardner expressed that the week off was beneficial for her team to reset after a demanding schedule of three matches in quick succession. She also noted the expectation of “a lot more bounce” at this venue compared to Vadodara.
One of the square boundaries is much shorter than the other—51 metres compared to 63 metres—providing the batters an opportunity to take advantage of that. The straight boundary measures 67 metres.
Currently, GG sits at the bottom of the points table with two points from three matches. DC is just above them with two wins and two losses from four games. Both teams are coming off a defeat.
Delhi Capitals 1 Meg Lanning (capt), 2 Shafali Verma, 3 Jemimah Rodrigues, 4 Annabel Sutherland, 5 Marizanne Kapp, 6 Sarah Bryce (wk), 7 Niki Prasad, 8 Jess Jonassen, 9 Shikha Pandey, 10 Minnu Mani, 11 Titas Sadhu
Gujarat Giants 1 Beth Mooney (wk), 2 Phoebe Litchfield, 3 Harleen Deol, 4 Ash Gardner, 5 Deandra Dottin, 6 Bharti Fulmali, 7 Kashvee Gautam, 8 Simran Shaikh, 9 Tanuja Kanwar, 10 Meghna Singh, 11 Priya Mishra