Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning made an aggressive start for the side as they scored 59 runs in the power play during the WPL 2025 clash against UP Warriorz.
Chasing the 166 runs, Meg Lanning scored 33 runs off 22 deliveries while Shafali had 25 runs off 14 deliveries in the powerplay.
Earlier, Delhi Capitals won the toss and chose to bowl first. Warriorz had a solid start with Kiran Navgire and Vrinda Dinesh scoring 66 runs for the first wicket which was their powerplay score.
Vrinda lost her wicket to Annabel Sutherland for 16 runs while Kiran went on to score 51 runs off 27 deliveries.
After Deepti Sharma and Tahlia McGrath were dismissed cheaply for 7 and 1, Shweta Sehrawat and Chinelle Henry scored 37 and 33 runs which helped the side to cross 150+ runs. By the end of 20 overs, UP Warriorz lost seven wickets to score 166 runs.
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They are 59 without loss.
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Speaking at the toss, Meg Lanning said, “We will bowl first. That has worked well so far, we’ll have to make early inroads against a challenging opposition.”
“We’ve got good depth in our squad, the last match wasn’t our best, we’ll come hard today. We’re looking to improve, we can do a lot of things better and we’re excited. Nikki Prasad comes in place of Radha Yadav”
Meanwhile Deepit Sharma said, “We would have bowled first as well. Need to get a good total which we can defend. The more matches you play, the experience and learning is always there.”
“It’s very good for women’s cricket (on this match being the 50th WPL game) – two changes for us, Alana King and Saima Thakor miss out, Chinelle Henry and Rajeshwari Gayakwad are in”
