

In the 5th match of the WPL, Delhi Capital Women and UP Warriorz faced each other. However, the UP Warriorz won the toss and elected to bowl first. With the ball, the UP Warriorz were unable to stop the Delhi Capitals with a small score. Delhi Capitals scored 211 runs in 20 overs. The UP Warriorz failed to chase this big target. This is the fifth match in the series, with more to come. UP Warriorz has to make a strong strategy to stop the opposition. Moreover, they have to make their batting lineup strong to chase the big targets.
Delhi Capital Women’s Innings
Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma opened the inning for the Delhi Capitals. Moreover, they have given the team a good start. Meg Lanning scored 70 runs in 42 balls with a strike rate of 166.67. Her inning has 10 fours and three sixes. She got bowled by Rajaeshwari Gayakwad in the 12th over.
Shafali Verma scored 17 runs in 14 balls. Her inning contains one four and one six. Moreover, Marizanne Kapp came to bat at number three. She scored 16 runs in 12 balls. She was caught by Deepti Sharma on the ball by S. Ecclestone.
Jemimah Rodrigues batted at number four. She played a no-hitter for the team. She scored 34 runs in 22 balls. Alice Capsey batted at number five.She scored 21 runs in 10 balls. Jess Jonassen batted at number six. She also played an excellent inning for the team. She scored not quite 42 runs in 20 balls. Her strike rate was 210. The Delhi Capitals collectively scored 211 runs on the scoreboard. Moreover, this is a tough target for the UP Warriors to chase. Delhi Capitals played well with the bat and bowl also. They successfully defended this score.
Delhi Capital Women’s Bowling Scorecard
Bowlers | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets |
Marizanne Kapp | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
Shikha Pandey | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
Jess Jonassen | 4 | 0 | 43 | 3 |
Tara Norris | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
Alice Capsey | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
Radha Yadav | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Arundhati Reddy | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
UP Warriorz Innings
Alyssa Healy and Shweta Sehrawat opened the inning for the UP Warriorz. However, in the 4th over, Alyssa Healy got out on the ball of Jess Jonasen. She scored 24 runs in 17 balls with five fours in her inning. Shweta Sehrawat scored only one run in six balls. She was caught by Taniya Bhatia on the ball by M. Kapp.
Tahlia McGrath came to bat after Shweta. She tried hard to make her team win. She scored not quite 90 runs in 50 balls. Her inning contains 11 fours and 4 sixes. Deepti Sharma batted at number five. She scored 12 runs in 20 balls. Devika Vaidya came to bat at number six. She scored 23 runs in 21 balls.
UP Warriorz tried hard to chase the target. However, they failed to reach the target. In the 20 overs, the UP Warriorz scored 169 runs.
UP Warriorz Bowling Scorecard
Bowlers | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets |
Shabnim Ismail | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
Anjali Sarvani | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
Rajeshwari Gayakwad | 2 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
Tahlia McGrath | 3 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
Deepti Sharma | 4 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
Sophie Ecclestone | 4 | 0 | 41 | 1 |
Delhi Capital Women Playing XI
- Meg Lanning(C)
- Shafali Verma
- Marizanne Kapp
- Jemimah Rodrigues
- Alice Capsey
- Jess Jonassen
- Taniya Bhatia(WK)
- Arundhati Reddy
- Shikha Pandey
- Radha Yadav
- Tara Norris
UP Warriorz Playing XI
- Alyssa Healy(WK/C)
- Shweta Sehrawat
- Kiran Prabhu Navgire
- Tahlia McGrath
- Deepti Sharma
- Simran Shaikh
- Devika Vaidya
- Sophie Ecclestone
- Shabnim Ismail
- Anjali Sarvani
- Rajeshwari Gayakwad