The last league game of the first edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) turned out to be very important in many ways. The Delhi Capitals team entered the final directly after winning by 5 wickets against UP Warriors. With this victory, the women of Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians have 12 points in the points table, but on the basis of a better net run rate, the women’s team of Delhi Capitals managed to take the first place.
In this match, the Delhi Capitals side got a target of 139 runs, which they achieved with the loss of 5 wickets in 17.5 overs. The starting pairing of Captain Meg Lanning and Shefali Verma shared a quick partnership of 56 runs for the first wicket, giving the team a great start. Following this, Shefali returned to the arena after scoring 21 runs while Captain Lanning scored 39 runs while Jemima was also able to manage to score just 3 runs.
After losing 3 wickets at a score of 70, the Delhi Capitals innings were handled by Marijane Cape and Alice Kepsey to bring them on target. There was a great partnership of 60 runs for the fourth wicket between the two. A brilliant 34-34 run innings was seen from the bat of Alice Kepsey and Marijane Cape. In the UP bowling, Shabnim Ismail took 2 wickets.
Delhi Capitals team captain Meg Lanning decided to pitch first after winning the toss in this match. Captain Alyssa Healy and Shweta Sehrawat, who started the innings for UP, saw a 30-run partnership for the first wicket. In the first 6 overs, the UP team was able to manage to score just 38 runs.
After losing Captain Healy’s wicket with a score of 63, the UP team kept losing wicket at frequent intervals, thus the team was unable to achieve a big score. Tahlia McGrath definitely played an unbeaten innings of 58 runs off 32 balls so the team were able to reach the score of 138 for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Alice Kepsey took 3 wickets while Radha Yadav took 2 wickets in Delhi’s bowling.
