Delhi Capitals Women vs UP Warriorz Women, 7th Match, Womens Premier League 2026 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

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Shafali Verma | Player of the Match (translated from Hindi): I have a lot of confidence in my bowling. Even from my domestic days, I was confident of my bowling. When you take important wickets in a World Cup final, everyone has confidence in you. I was trying to make them play dots and just give singles, because first two matches we gave 200 and it's tough to defend. I was trying to bowl stump-to-stump and cut out the boundaries. I'm a hard-hitter so I know where to bowl. If you bowl too full, you will get smashed. When I bowl, I envision that I'm batting and the plan is not to get hit for six. As a hitter, it's easy to bowl where and also on what variations to use. Tonight was a turning track, so I had to work on my batting. When it turns you can't hit straight down the ground sixes. I worked on a lot of sweeps and reverse-sweeps. I know tonight I got out to a reverse-sweep but I have been practicing on that in the nets. To bring out new shots is a growing up thing for a player and I will be confident on different pitches. (on batting with Lanning vs Lee) It's very tough. I batted the last three years with Lanning, she knew me really well and now I'm slowly gelling with Lizelle Lee. We talk about taking the singles against a bowler who we would fancy batting against. We are so happy for tonight's win. We would look to contribute more to the team. We know we lost our first two games and tonight's win will give us more confidence as a team.

Jemimah Rodrigues | DC-W captain: I'm very happy. I know it was a nail-biting finish, but so proud of the way the girls played and just kept their calm. Such things happen in cricket, but it feels good to be on the winning side. (how nervy was it at the end?) Yeah, it did go, but I think everyone was pretty calm. I think even when I walked in, it felt really calm. The dugout was calm and I think that's really important. Yes, it was a bit nervy towards the end, especially when I lost my wicket. It was like a deja vu, like seven runs and something like that. But I think the way Wolvfey and Kappy finished it, hats off. I think today we bowled really well. The way Sneh especially came back and got first ball wicket, you know, that's cricket. It changes, one, you have a bad game the other day, you come and take an important wicket for us. And I thought that was very crucial for us to get going. But then yeah, Meg and Harleen played really well, but all our bowlers bowled well, but I think Sheefu was the standout. And very pleased with her. She always contributes to DC either with the bat or with the ball today. (on Shafali's bowling) I don't think she was my last option because of the way she bowled in the last game. And I've also seen her, she's very confident with the bowling. She'd be like, anytime you wake her up from a sleep, she'll be like, I'll go and bowl for you. And to have that much confidence, I think it gives the captain a lot more trust on their bowler. So, but yeah, but she was phenomenal.

Lizelle Lee: Yeah, there was a little bit of a miscommunication. I'm gonna call it a language barrier. So I thought they said they're gonna retire me out after the over. So I was like, I'm gonna just swing and see what happens. But yeah, that was not the communication, and that's why me and the keeper heard, so we basically lost. It's like, okay, that's it. But yeah, look, the team did extremely well to take us over the line on that one. (on batting with Shafali) Yeah, look, she's been hitting the ball truly well in the nets. Look, sometimes I wish I had a bat like that, but the ball goes really far. So, but I'm happy for her that she got some runs tonight. Yeah, she really deserves it because she's putting in a lot of hard work. Yeah, definitely, especially that first over. But I think it was all three overs she did extremely well. Some of her squeak balls even surprised me and hit my hands really hard. But look, she did extremely well for us tonight. (on her keeping) Oh yeah, look, normally it's the crowd that does everything for us. And now they're so quiet. Yeah, look, I have to do something and I'm really enjoying it. I feel like I'm trusting my hands since Big Bash now. So yeah, it's just been going really well, really well. Yeah, look, I have to say both inningses didn't really feel like I'm hitting the ball. And there's a lot of times I'm just timing the ball and yeah, I'm hoping I can time the ball a bit better in the next game. But look, I'm not taking anything away from it. I also feel like the team is doing really well and they're supporting me really well. So I'm just happy about that.

Meg Lanning | UPW-W captain: Yeah, I think it was an excellent effort from our bowlers to take it that deep. It did get more difficult to bat, I think, especially when pace was taken off the ball, which we learned from Delhi's bowling innings. And I thought they did that extremely well. So, we felt like we were in the game if we could bowl well. Yeah, great effort from the team to take it that deep. (on her knock) Yeah, it was nice to get away a little bit. Yeah, would have liked to have kept going, but yeah, always nice to contribute. But yeah, hopefully there's a few more in there as well. (on retiring Harleen out) Yep, yep, for sure. You know, Chloe Tryon is a boundary hitter, and we felt like we wanted to maximize that as much as we could. Harleen batted extremely well, but it was getting harder to bat, and I guess, you know, got a little bit stuck there towards the end, as I did as well. So we make a decision based on what's best for the team. You know, unfortunately for Harleen, and that was what happened today, but you know, stand by that decision. It didn't work today, but sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But there was definitely method behind it. (on Dottin's omission) No, it was tactical. We felt like Chloe was a good matchup to a lot of these DC batters. I think she did really well coming in her first game of WPL. I thought she played a role for us. So that was the best matchup we felt like, you know, would go well for this game. (on tomorrow's game) Yeah, I think so. There's still a lot of positives to take from tonight. Obviously some areas we need to work on, which is always the case, but we take a bit of confidence how we finished the game. But yeah, certainly really keen to get that first win tomorrow against a Mumbai side who, yeah, certainly got some world-class players, but we're looking forward to that.

Run-chases completed off the last ball in the WPL
MI-W vs DC-W, Bengaluru, 2024 (T: 172)
DC-W vs MI-W, Vadodara, 2025 (T: 165)
RCB-W vs MI-W, Mumbai DYP, 2026 (T: 155)
DC-W vs UPW, Mumbai DYP, 2026 (T: 155)

22:52 Local Time, 17:22 GMT, 22:52 IST: DCW nearly fluffed a chase for the second game running. But the calmness of Wolvaardt took her side home. When Lizelle Lee and Shafali were going strong, it looked like DCW would win it easily. But wickets kept UPW in it till the end. Asha Sobhana was superb and she got the deserved wicket of Shafali. After that she troubled Wolvaardt and her spell brought UPW back in it. Wolvaardt though didn't throw it away and stayed there till the end which was key. Deepti was not thrown the ball till the 15th over but her two wickets gave DCW the jitters. In the end, it was just not enough for UPW. Stay tuned for the post-match stuff...

1 off 1. All the fielders are in.

UPW review for an LBW. Sophie Ecclestone has a chat with Lanning and they take it. Some can't bear to watch. Looks like no bat. Did it flick the glove? No. We move on. Impact well outside off.

2 from 2. Nerves.

Marizanne Kapp and Wolvaardt have a chat. 2 from 3. Super Over anyone? My colleague - Mukesh wants one. He is eager.

6 off 6, who will bowl the final over? Ecclestone it is. Long chat between Ecclestone and Lanning. We saw Devine defend 7 against the same side. Can Ecclestone do the same? Here we go..