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Delhi Capitals Vs UP Warriorz, WPL 2024: Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning's Fifties Help DC Beat UPW By 9 Wickets - As It Happened

Marizanne Kapp and Radha Yadav's brilliant bowling restricted UP Warriorz to 119 runs. Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma smashed half-centuries to win it easily for Delhi Capital. Catch the highlights of the DC vs UPW match in WPL 2024 here

DC captain Meg Lanning playing a shot during her inning against UP Warriorz in WPL 2024. Photo: X/ @wplt20

Welcome!

All is in readiness for Match 4 of the Women's Premier League, featuring the two teams that came agonizingly close before losing their respective opening games - Delhi Capitals and UP Warriorz. The wounded sides would look to make amends when they take each other on at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The fact that it is a contest between Australia's present captain Alyssa Healy and her predecessor Meg Lanning adds extra spice to it, and you wouldn't want to miss out on all the fun. Stay tuned for the live scores and updates from the DC Women vs UPW Women, WPL 2024 match. (Full Coverage | Schedule And Points Table)

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Head-To-Head Record

The two teams have locked horns twice before, in the first edition of the Women's Premier League. Delhi had won on both occasions comfortably. In the first clash, Meg Lanning's team racked up a tall total of 211 and then restricted UP to 169/5 to post a 42-run victory. The second duel saw Delhi come up trumps by five wickets, a performance that was eventually followed by the team ending up runners-up.

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Squads

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

UP Warriorz Women: Alyssa Healy, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Kiran Navgire, Chamari Athapaththu, Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, S. Yashasri, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia Mcgrath, Dani Wyatt, Vrinda Dinesh, Poonam Khemnar, Saima Thakor, Gouher Sultana.

Toss Update

Delhi Capitals Women have won the toss and have opted to field

Teams:

UP Warriorz (Playing XI): Alyssa Healy(w/c), Vrinda Dinesh, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Shweta Sehrawat, Kiran Navgire, Poonam Khemnar, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Gouher Sultana

Delhi Capitals Women (Playing XI): Meg Lanning(c), Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland, Arundhati Reddy, Minnu Mani, Taniya Bhatia(w), Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey

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Pitch Report

It's a new pitch. There is a little grass on. The pitch looks a little similar to the first match's pitch but it is a bit drier. Dew might play a factor, hence batting second is a good decision.

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