DC vs UPW, WPL 2024 Cricket Highlights: UP Warriorz turned the tides around in a nerve-rattling game to blow the race for playoff wide open following their one-run win over Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Friday.
Warriorz hanging with the tiniest thread of hope, defied the odds and snatched victory from the jaws of defeat leaving DC desolate. UP managed to defend the lowest total in the history of the WPL, neutralising skipper Meg Lanning’s heroic 60(46).
Apart from Lanning, no other player could string up meaning full score while chasing a sub-par total of 139. After starring with the bat, Deepti Sharma picked up a four-wicket haul which included the wicket of Lanning.
Pacer Saima Thakor provided the ideal backup by dismissing in-form batters which included Shafali Verma (15) and Jemimah Rodrigues (17). DC still had hopes of clinching victory with 10 runs needed in the final over. Radha Yadav struck a six on the first ball which tipped the balance in favour of DC.
But Grace Harris who didn’t bowl a single over in the game, struck back and picked up two wickets and a run out in the next four balls to clinch a famous one-run win for UPW.
DC vs UPW, WPL 2024 Playing XIs
UP Warriorz: Alyssa Healy(w/c), Kiran Navgire, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Poonam Khemnar, Sophie Ecclestone, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Gouher Sultana, Saima Thakor
Delhi Capitals Women: Meg Lanning(c), Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonassen, Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav, Taniya Bhatia(w), Shikha Pandey, Titas Sadhuaa
