Big picture: Giants eye back-to-back wins

Gujarat Giants were in the news for all the wrong reasons at the start of the WPL.

Players to watch: Pandey and Meghana

Remember that devious inswinger to clean bowl Alyssa Healy from a couple of years ago? That's the version of Shikha Pandey the Capitals would love to see with the new ball. So far, there has been little swing and movement on offer for her. And without those two elements, Pandey has struggled a bit. She takes great pride in reinventing herself every time she is challenged, so how she bounces back against Giants could be worth watching.

S Meghana has the reputation of being an explosive batter in Indian domestic cricket. So far, opportunities to exhibit that with the Indian team have been rare, because of the presence of an established top order in Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma and Jemimah Rodrigues. That has meant she has mostly been in the reserves. Now is her opportunity to bring that explosive game to the fore and show the selectors what she can potentially offer going forward.

Delhi Capitals: 1 Meg Lanning (capt), 2 Shafali Verma, 3 Jemimah Rodrigues, 4 Marizanne Kapp, 5 Alice Capsey, 6 Jess Jonassen, 7 Taniya Bhatia (wk), 8 Shikha Pandey, 9 Radha Yadav, 10 Tara Norris, 11 Titas Sadhu/Minnu Mani

Gujarat Giants: 1 Sophia Dunkley, 2 S Meghana, 3 Harleen Deol, 4 Ash Gardner, 5 D Hemalatha, 6 Annabel Sutherland, 7 Sneh Rana (capt), 8 Kim Garth, 9 Sushma Verma (wk), 10 Tanuja Kanwar, 11 Mansi Joshi

"You can't go out there and look at 180 right from the start. You get yourself into a bit of trouble if you do that."
Meg Lanning on her learning from the Mumbai game

"Sneh Rana has had very good support from her vice-captain, her deputy Ash Gardner - both of them worked together. Sneh has done well because she also has the experience of leading Indian Railways in the domestic season."
Giants mentor Mithali Raj gives a ringing endorsement of their stand-in captain