WPL 2024 | Twitter reacts to relieved Gardner-Mooney as Meghna’s buttery grasp follows several faux pas

03/03/2024

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Sometimes, a sigh carries the weight of a thousand anxieties and it seemed relatable with Beth Mooney and Ashleigh Gardner’s on Sunday. Despite a hat-trick of losses to kick off WPL 2024, the Gujarat fielders failed to take dollies in the field but Meghna’s buttery grasp sprinkled a sigh of relief.

The encounter between Gujarat Giants and Delhi Capitals in the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium was evident to several sloppy efforts from the fielders of the former that helped the Capitals seize control of the game on various phases of the game. Following three dropped chances a fourth one was taken despite a fumbling effort from Megna Singh, which left the bowler and skipper in smiles of relief.

On the last delivery of the first over, Tanuja Kanwer dropped a catch off his bowling while Mannat Kashyap dropped a sitter at mid-off on the second ball of the eleventh over when Meg Lanning miscued a aerial drive. In addition, Dayalan Hemalatha fumbled a reverse cup at deep mid-wicket on the fifth delivery of the 15th over and went on to get hurt underneath the eye.

After several dropped catches, Meghna Singh held onto one when Arundhati Reddy shimmied down the ground to execute an agricultural shot against a full and tossed-up delivery outside the off stump from Ashleigh Gardner on the last ball of the 18th over. The mistimed hit got the elevation but not the distance towards long-on but popped out off Meghna’s palm. However, realizing it in a fraction of a second, the pacer had her reflexes intact as she stretched her right hand to grab the ball in the second attempt. Soon after, the camera zoomed in on Gardner and Mooney, visibly exhaling in relief, sparking a frenzy on Twitter.

Finally a catch has been taken!

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— Shanaka Kundu (@KunduShanaka) March 3, 2024

Gone

Arundhati Reddy out #CricketTwitter          #DCvGG #WPL2024 #WPL pic.twitter.com/cDCDEyhgn2
— sintu moni (@sintumoni9) March 3, 2024

Dangerous

Cricket is a very dangerous game, Gujarat's player Hemlata got injured due to this catch and catch drop.....#WPL2024 pic.twitter.com/0roKRoq9jp
— KrrishnaTweets (@KAakrosh) March 3, 2024

Can't do it!

Gujarat Giants girls can't catch a shit for real 😂 and their ground fielding is so messed up 😂 2 dropped catches in 12 overs and 10 misfields, Mooney about to lose her mind the way these girls are fielding 😂 #WPL2024
— Ykush_Tyagiᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ (@Ykush_Tyagi) March 3, 2024

Looks like that

Gujarat Giants is the most irrelevant team of WPL literally no hype 😹
— 🦥💉 (@dtsaae) March 3, 2024

Good question!

Who was behind building this Gujarat side 😭
— Robin (@robin_rounder) March 3, 2024

Yup

Gujarat Giants: Their problems won't be rectified unless there's a major auction at the WPL, provided they don't mess up again. DC without Kapp, was a golden opportunity, but GG haven't taken any advantage. You can gear up for another MI vs DC finale. #CricketTwitter #WPL2024
— Spandan Roy (@talksports45) March 3, 2024

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