UP Warriorz Women vs Delhi Capitals Women, WPL, Today Match Prediction

upw vs dcw Match Prediction & Analysis

UP Warriorz finally made it to the top three of the Women’s Premier League after defeating the Gujarat Giants in a nail biting encounter. They also have the opportunity to go into the top two considering they win their next match over Delhi Capitals by a huge margin in order to have an improved run rate.

Delhi Capitals has been a batting sensation throughout the tournament because of having Shefali Verma and Meg Lanning as their openers. The Capitals have been flamboyant in every way. They thrashed the top team Mumbai Indians in their previous match to make a statement.

TEAMS PREVIEW

UP Warriorz Women Preview

UP Warriorz entered the playoffs in style after defeating the Gujarat Giants in what was a thrilling match. The opposition set UP a target of 179 to chase in 20 overs. Parshavi Chopra was the pick of the bowlers for UP as she took 2 wickets in her 4 overs while conceding 29 runs. Sophie Ecclestone too proved to be economically sound giving away only 27 runs.

The UP batters played beautifully and chased down the target with a ball to spare. Tahlia McGrath scored 57 runs off 38 balls and Grace Harris scored 72 runs off 41 balls to help the Warriorz chase down this big total.

Key players:Tahlia McGrath, Parshavi Chopra, Grace Harris.

UP Warriorz Women Predicted Playing XI:

Tahlia McGrath, Parshavi Chopra, Grace Harris, Devika Vaidya, Alyssa Healy, Kiran Navgire, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Simran Shaikh, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad.

UP Warriorz Women Actual Playing XI:

Anjali Sarwani, Deepti Sharma, Shabnim Ismail, Simran Shaikh, Sophie Ecclestone, Kiran Navgire, Parshavi Chopra, Shweta Sehrawat, Tahlia McGrath, Alyssa Healy, Soppadhandi Yashasri

Delhi Capitals Women Preview

Delhi Capitals is currently at the top spot of the WPL after defeating Mumbai Indians quite comfortably. They won the match by 9 wickets and 66 balls to spare. Delhi Capitals bowled first and got the opposition all out for a very less score of 108 runs. Marizanne Kapp, Shikha Pandey and Jess Jonassen all claimed 2 wickets each to dismantle the Mumbai batting.

The low total was easily chased down thanks to the start provided to the team by the openers Shefali Verma and Meg Lanning. Verma scored 33 off 15 balls while Lanning remained unbeaten on 32 of 22 balls. Alice Capsey too took the bowlers to the cleaners as she scored 38 off 17 balls. The Delhi Capitals team look very dangerous as they head into their final encounter of the group stages.

Key players: Marizanne Kapp, Shikha Pandey, Jess Jonassen.

Delhi Capitals Women Predicted Playing XI:

Marizanne Kapp, Shikha Pandey, Jess Jonassen, Alice Capsey, Shefali Verma, Meg Lanning, Jemimah Rodrigues, Taniya Bhatia, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Yadav.

Delhi Capitals Women Actual Playing XI:

Meg Lanning, Taniya Bhatia, Jess Jonassen, Shikha Pandey, Alice Capsey, Poonam Yadav, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Arundhati Reddy

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The pitch is a high scoring one for the batters. The batters will look to make full use of the wicket and the fact that the ball will come nicely onto the bat making it easier for strokeplay.

Throughout the game, there will be humidity and heat. Throughout the encounter, temperatures will be about 28 degrees Celsius. There is less probability of precipitation during the match.

Venue Details

UP Warriorz women VS Delhi Capitals women will be played at the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai.

Toss: To Bowl

The Brabourne stadium will always be a chasing wicket because of the due factor. The team winning the toss here will always choose to bowl first and chase down a target. Chasing down totals is much easier than defending them.