DC-W vs UP-W Highlights WPL 2024: UP-W 138/8 in 20 overs, DCW 137 in 19.5 overs, UP Warriorz won by 1 run

Lovely exhibition from UP Warrioz as they stole a thriller with Deepti Sharma picking four wickets while defending 139 runs.

A run-out at this stage as Jonassen falls and what a contest we had tonight. UP Warriorz pull off a dramatic win as Titas Sadhu hits straight to the fielder at mid-on, and what an unbelievable match we have had! UP Warriorz stealing a victory from the jaws of defeat as it beats Delhi by 1 run. The last 20 minutes have been unbelivable!

Another twist in the tale as Annabel Sutherland gets bowled by Grace. Arundhati Reddy’s ambitious ploy to take on Deepti doesn’t work as she walks back for a duck. To make matters worse, Deepti takes an excellent caught and bowled to pack off Shikha Pandey. 

Deepti removes Jemimah and this is poor execution from Delhi who were going so strong only to find themselves in trouble. Jess Jonassen with a brilliant six turns the tide in Delhi’s favour but Deepti picks three!

Delhi has dragged this for a thriller as Ecclestone bowls a brilliant over and Delhi Capitals Women needs 27 runs in 18 balls.

This is getting tight. Jemimah Rodrigues and Annabel Sutherland are struggling to find the boundaries intially with McGrath bowling a tight spell. But Jemimah with a superb sic over the long-off, has calmed nerves. 

Deepti Sharma into her third over, and she traps Lanning. A sweep shot that went wrong and this run chase has taken another course. Annabel Sutherland douses the tension with a solid pull and releases the pressure. 

Brilliant half-century from Lanning and Delhi going near to the target pretty quickly. Three boundaries have come come in the over. 

Lanning is playing a beautiful innings and is driving Delhi towards a comfortable win. A boundary takes her to five runs close to her half-century.

UP has got no reviews left, but it has got the wicket of Capsey who perishes after smacking Ecclestone for a six and then hitting straight to Harris at deep mid-wicket. 

Rajeshwari Gayakwad into the attack, but the boundaries are flowing very freely, with Lanning bisecting the gap for her eighth boundary. Delhi Capitals Women needs 76 runs in 60 balls

Lovely reverse scoop from Capsey to get the fifty up for Delhi, and that was a brilliant innovation followed by brilliant running between the wickets. 

Deepti Sharma into the attack, and the spinner starts well by bowling some tight lengths. However, Lanning punishes the off-spinner with a brilliant pull, and the fielding has been poor. 

Gouher Sultana back with her left-arm spin, trying to break the stand. Lanning going strong as she finds the boundary, this time with a solid pull through the square. 

Wonderful from Lanning as she guides a length delivery through the covers for a boundary and it was much-needed for Delhi. Lanning then slaps Saima through the backward point region to hand Delhi the advantage. 

Alice Capsey into the middle and the UP Warrioz have tightened the screws. Lanning and Capsey have to built a partnership from here on. 

Saima Thakor poses questions, but Shafali with a couple of runs to the deep square leg region keeps the scorecard ticking. But Saima has the last laugh by casting the opener. 

Sophie Ecclestone replaces Sultana, and an inside edge gives Shafali her second boundary. DC nice and poised in the run chase. 

Poor review by UP as it loses and Lanning survives as a LBW review was clearly an inside edge. Delhi going in the run chase.

Meg Lanning begins the run chase with a brilliant pull through the square. UP starts with the spin of Sultana, and Shafali gets going with a boundary. 

Deepti Sharma hits back to back half-centuries, and it’s been brilliant from the all-rounder. Shouldered the innings with a scintillating knock as UP finished with a middling kind of total. Delhi should fancy to chase down quickly. 

Jess Jonassen finishes her quota of four overs picking a wicket and giving 31 runs. UP will look for a final flourish.

Now Shikha Pandey into her third over, and Delhi has stemmed the flow of runs with Deepti Sharma stranded at the other end.

Sophie Ecclestone goes big, and she connects well to dispatch Jonassen over the deep for a maximum. But Ecclestone falls with a Bhatia completing a simple stumping. 

Radha Yadav picks her second wicket as she takes a neat caught and bowled to remove Poonam Khemnar and UP suddenly loses momentum.

Titas Sadhu is back into the attack with a bang as she castles Shweta Sehrawat who skips down the track only to lose her leg-stump. Meanwhile, the 100 is up for UP.

Radha Yadav with her left-arm spin and Meg Lanning drops Grace Harris! A simple catch that went begging. However, luck rides in the bowler’s favour with Grace skipping down the track only to mistime a shot that went high up in the air, and this time Jonassen makes no mistake. 

Arundhati Reddy is back into the attack for her third over, but both Deepti and Grace are looking very comfortable at the wicket.

The boundaries are flowing, and Delhi has used seven bowlers so far! Jess Jonassen is being punished for bowling short as Deepti and Grace smack the spinner to the boundary. This is poor captaincy from Meg Lanning. Just shuffling bowling bowlers and not allowing anyone to settle into a rhythm.

Now Annabel Sutherland is back into the attack but Deepti Sharma has taken on the attack with a pull to the deep fine leg region. She is keeping UP going. 

Arundhati Reddy replaces Radha and coming back into the attack, the medium pacer strikes with a brilliant delivery that knocks off the off-stump as Tahlia McGrath falls for just three. Huge blow. 

Alice Capsey into the attack, and the right-arm off-spinner strikes in her very first over. Finally, the change in bowling working for Delhi as Healy falls in an attempt to up the ante. Huge wicket.

Another bowling change as Radha Yadav is now introduced into the attack. Delhi ringing in the bowling changes but unable to break the partnership. The fifty is up for UP with Healy being the guiding light. A lovely shot, with dancing down the track being the pick of the shot.

Annabel Sutherland into the attack as Delhi aims to break the partnership with Healy in full flow with the bat. UP going well with a planned attack. 

Shikha Pandey into the attack, and both Healy and Deepti motoring nicely, with the skipper fetching a boundary to end the PowerPlay on a positive note. 

Jess Jonassen into the attack and the first signs of spin into the attack. Healy is unstoppable as she smacks the left-arm spinner for a boundary, and this is a nice partnership building between Healy and Deepti Sharma.

Healy goes aerial and connects well as she dispatches Titas over the covers for a lovely boundary. UP Warriorz opted to bat, and the run-rate is just over 6 rpo.

Arundhati Reddy into the attack and the medium pacer starts well despite starting with a couple of wides. Just four from the over. 

Kiran Navgire welcomes Titas Sadhu with a boundary to the third man but the medium pacer strikes back with a wonderful seam-up delivery that breaches the defence of Navgire who falls after playing a wild slog. Deepti Sharma gets off the mark by using the pace and guiding the ball to the third-man region.

Shikha Pandey starts with an in-swinger, as Alyssa Healy and Kiran Navgire begin UP’s innings. Healy opens the boundary count of the evening with a brilliant drive through the mid-on. 

Alyssa Healy(w/c), Kiran Navgire, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Poonam Khemnar, Sophie Ecclestone, Uma Chetry, Gouher Sultana, Saima Thakor

Meg Lanning(c), Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonassen, Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav, Taniya Bhatia(w), Shikha Pandey, Titas Sadhu

UP Warriorz wins toss, opts to bat first

Alyssa Healy(w/c), Kiran Navgire, Chamari Athapaththu, Grace Harris, Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Uma Chetry, Poonam Khemnar, Sophie Ecclestone, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Saima Thakor, Gouher Sultana, Danielle Wyatt, Tahlia McGrath, Anjali Sarvani, Laxmi Yadav, Vrinda Dinesh, Parshavi Chopra, Soppadhandi Yashasri

Meg Lanning(c), Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Taniya Bhatia(w), Arundhati Reddy, Titas Sadhu, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Minnu Mani, Ashwani Kumari, Aparna Mondal, Sneha Deepthi, Annabel Sutherland, Laura Harris, Poonam Yadav