UP Warriorz vs Delhi Capitals Match Highlights & Results

Right then, the league stage of the inaugural edition of the Women's T20 League 2023 has come to an end and it is now time to move on to the knockout matches. It is Delhi who are the first confirmed finalists and they will play the winner of the Eliminator game on Sunday, the 26th of March. The Eliminator game will now be played between Mumbai and UP at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai on Friday, the 24th of March. The match will begin at 7.30 pm IST (2 pm GMT) but our build-up will begin much sooner. So, who will book their place in the final alongside Delhi? Join us in a couple of days time to find out. Till then, take care and goodbye!

Alice Capsey is the PLAYER OF THE MATCH for her brilliant display with both bat and ball. Capsey says that it was a different role that she played in this game than the one she played last time around and is really glad she could help the team. Mentions it was all about building a partnership and stay calm under pressure. Adds that getting in a battle with Sophie Ecclestone was fun, and says that it is always fun to battle with your mates.

Meg Lanning, the captain of Delhi, says that she doesn't think about being the leading run-scorer much and is happy to help the team. Adds that they weren't at their best in this game and were sloppy in the field as wll but it is good to get a win when not being at your best. Says that there was purchase for the spinners and it came on a bit better with the new ball and spin was effective later on. Mentions that they have depth in their side and you need that to win games. Ends by saying that they will try to relax for a couple of days and get back into the preparation for the final.

The Presentation ceremony...

Jess Jonassen is down for a quick chat. She says that they have a huge advantage as they make it through to the finals. Mentions that they will sit back and watch the Eliminator. Says that she has been delighted with all the girls. Informs that they have got a incredible group of players and it feels like a huge family. Adds that the games have been so rapid, so the girls haven't been able to get some break, so maybe they will get back on the field in a couple of days. Ends by saying that she feels that can be the first Delhi franchise to win the cup.

UP skipper, Alyssa Healy informs that they were trying to give some rest to their main players. Adds that Shabnim Ismail's brace gave them a sniff but they could not make it count. States that the conditions were not easier to bat on. Adds that they will reflect on their mistakes and fix a few areas, as they will face Mumbai next.

Earlier in the game, Meg Lanning had no hesitation in bowling first and it turned out to be a good decision. UP got off to a solid start as their openers found a bit of rhythm but then the Delhi bowlers made a comeback into the game. the Australian pair of Alyssa Healy and Tahlia McGrath tried their best but once Healy got out, McGrath had to do it all alone. Radha Yadav and Jess Jonassen bowled really well and ended with 2 and 3 wickets respectively. McGrath did manage to turn on the heat toward the end and finished with 58* off 32 balls to take UP to 138 defendable runs. Coming to the chase, Delhi got their noses well in front via their openers and from then on it was about game management and they were able to get the win pretty comfotably.

UP made changes to their team and in the end, it didn't work out. Tahlia McGrath gave them a fighting chance with the bat but Shabnim Ismail went for 20 runs in the first over of the chase which proved to be a big blow for them. After that the bowlers were hammered a bit but Ismail came back in strongly to get rid of Jemimah Rodrigues and Meg Lanning in the same over. They then bowled decently but failed to pick up wickets in the middle phase. Sophie Ecclestone did pick up a wicket and bowled a lovely over to become the outright leading wicket-taker of the tournament but they just didn't have enough runs on the board. They will now look to bounce back in the Eliminator game after a couple of days.

Delhi needed 139 runs to win which wasn't a big target but wasn't a simple one to chase down either. But, as has been the case for most of their campaign, the pair of Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning simply put them ahead in the game inside the Powerplay. The pair added 56 runs before Verma got out and Lanning too followed suit and Delhi were 3 down in a hurry. It was then Alice Capsey who played a gem of a knock and added on 60 crucial runs with Marizanne Kapp to take Delhi near the finish line. Kapp stayed on as a couple of wickets fell and hit the winning runs.

DELHI STORM INTO THE FINAL! Mumbai bossed the points table right from the first game but Delhi managed to keep pace with them and have ended up toppling them off the top of the table. Another commanding win for them and they will now look ahead for the grand finale a few days later.

FOUR! Here are the winning runs! Marizanne Kapp has done the job for her side. Touch short, outside off. Kapp goes back and cuts it through point for a boundary. DELHI WIN THE MATCH BY 5 WICKETS.

Fuller, on leg. Kapp flicks it past mid on and colllects a brace.

Arundhati Reddy is in next.

OUT! RUN OUT! A huge mix-up and UP pounce on this opportunity. Full and on off. Jess Jonassen reverse sweeps it to point. Jess Jonassen ventures out looking for a single. Soppadhandi Yashasri throws it to Deepti Sharma at the non-strikers end. Sharma dives with the ball and gets the bails off.

Tosses it up, outside off. Jess Jonassen tries to hit it through the line but gets beaten by the turn here.

Floated, outside off, Jess Jonassen defends it out solidly.

FOUR! Marizanne Kapp finds the boundary. Delhi getting closer to the victory. It is fuller, on off. Marizanne Kapp smacks it over mid on for four runs.

WIDE! The umpire signals a wide now as Sophie Ecclestone spills it down the leg side.

JAFFA! Sophie Ecclestone angles it in, full and around off. It grips and turns away sharply with some extra bounce. Marizanne Kapp goes back and keeps her bat to herself.

BYE! It is pushed through quicker, outside off. Alyssa Healy fails to grab it. They cross for a bye.

On off, blocked.

Jess Jonassen is in next.

OUT! STUMPED! Is there a twist in the tale? Sophie Ecclestone tosses it up, full and ouside off. It grips and turns away a touch, to beat the outside edge as Alice Capsey dances down the track. Alyssa Healy dislodges the bails in a flash.

Flighted and full, outside off. Alice Capsey prods and tries to poke at it but misses.

Strategic break! Right then, Delhi are just 9 runs away from victory and they will look to finish things here at the earliest here and sail directly into the final. As for UP, it is all about trying to finish well and get ready for the Eliminator game.

Full and on leg, Alice Capsey sweeps it to deep square leg for a single.

Alice Capsey knocks this full one down the park. The batters take a couple.

Full and on off. Kapp knocks it down to long on for a single.

SIX! Marizanne Kapp with a telling blow here. This is tossed up around middle, Kapp gets down on one knee and smokes it over cow corner for a biggie.

Nicely flighted, full and outside off, Marizanne Kapp drives it firmly but straight to extra cover.

TWO WIDES! Floated up down the leg side, Alice Capsey misses the sweep and the ball goes off the keeper's pad toward short fine leg. They scamper through for one as well.

Flatter one on off stump, punched off the back foot down to long on for a single.

Slower one, full and on off stump, Alice Capsey backs away for the big heave leg side but toe-ends it toward cover-point.

Just milking the runs now. Length ball on off stump, Marizanne Kapp punches it on the up and down to long off for one.

Length ball, angling in from around off, Marizanne Kapp backs away and pats it back to the bowler.

Pitched up around off, Alice Capsey drives it uppishly and through mid off for yet another single.

Full and on off stump, driven firmly down to long off for a single.

This is pitched up on middle, Marizanne Kapp drives it straight back to the bowler.

Four dots on the trot to end and now 25 runs are needed off 36 balls. Flights it onto the pads, Alice Capsey leans on and makes the block.

Play and a miss! Tossed up around off and turning away, Alice Capsey attempts the reverse sweep but misses.

Floated up around off stump, Alice Capsey blocks this one off the front foot now.

Slows it up and bowls it on a length on leg stump, Alice Capsey gets on the back foot to defend.

Nagging length around off, Marizanne Kapp rocks back and cuts it to the left of backward point. The fielder makes a half stop there and the batters scamper through for the run.

Indrifter onto the pads, Alice Capsey steps out and hits it on the full to long on for a single.

Change. Sophie Ecclestone comes back into the attack now.

FOUR! Picked up and dispatched! Pitched up outside off, Marizanne Kapp gets down and drags this one aerially in between long on and deep mid-wicket for a boundary. Delhi inching closer to the win now.

On a good length angling into middle and leg, Marizanne Kapp defends it from inside her crease.

Length ball on off stump, this is pushed away to the left of deep mid-wicket for a single.

WIDE! This is a bumper over the leg stump and angling down leg. Alice Capsey looks to take it on but misses and a wide is called.

Good length around off, slinging away a bit, Alice Capsey gets an inside edge onto the pads as she tries to ease it away.

Drags this one down and bowls it slower, pushing it well outside the off stump. Alice Capsey looks to throw her hands at it but gets a bottom edge down to the keeper.

On a good length, angled onto middle, Marizanne Kapp stays back and tucks it away in front of mid-wicket for a run.

Floated up around middle, Marizanne Kapp crouches and slogs it on the bounce to long on for one more. 34 needed now off 48 balls.

Tossed up on the stumps, this is pushed through mid on for one.

FOUR! Floated up on off stump, turning in. Alice Capsey stays leg side of the ball and manages to muscle it away in front of square on the leg side for a boundary.

Flatter delivery outside off, Marizanne Kapp goes on the back foot and whips it down to long on for a single.

Slower and shorter, turning in from well outside off, Alice Capsey forces it to the left of the bowler and down to long off for a run.

Nicely floated up around off, Alice Capsey waits for it and nudges it down toward short third man.

FOUR! Finally, Marizanne Kapp gets one away and that will do her a world of good. Banged in short again and over middle, Kapp pulls it along the ground and in front of deep mid-wicket for a boundary.

Back of a length around off at 124.3 clicks, Marizanne Kapp mistimes it completely toward extra cover.

Marizanne Kapp is getting bogged down here! Keeps the pace up and bangs it in over middle. Kapp looks to pull but misses and gets hit on the shoulder.

Pacy delivery, fuller and angling in from around off. Marizanne Kapp looks to hammer it through cover but is well beaten.

Slower and banged into the deck around off, Alice Capsey ramps it down to wide third man for a single.

On a hard length outside off and at 126.3 clicks. Alice Capsey looks to slap it off the back foot but is beaten for raw pace.

Marizanne Kapp knocks this full ball to mid off for no run.  8 runs come off this over. Delhi are finding their rhythm once again.

Flatter one, outside off. Kapp rocks back and tries to cut it away. The ball zips past the outside edge.

Short ball, on off. Capsey pulls it to deep square leg for a single.

SIX! BANG! It is pitched up, in the arc for Capsey. She gets forward and smokes it over the long on fence. Clears the fence with ease.

A dot now! It is floated and full, outside off. Capsey taps it to point.

Full and on leg. Kapp flicks it through mid-wicket and they cross.

Strategic break! Just when UP were building up a bit of pressure on Delhi, Alice Capsey has calmed the nerves with those three boundaries. With 55 needed off 66 balls, it is Delhi's to lose from here and they should also seal top spot from here on. UP have got the top three of Delhi out and a couple of more quick wickets here will definitely bring them back in the game. A crucial make-or-break phase of the chase awaits.

FOUR! This should settle some nerves for Delhi. It is full and on off. Alice Capsey gets low and reverse sweeps it through the gap at point. It races away to the fence. 12 runs come off this over.

Beaten! It is tossed up, outside off. Alice Capsey prods and tries to block it away but gets beaten on the outside edge.

FOUR! Consecutive boundaries. Back of a length, on off. Capsey smacks it down to long on for four runs.

FOUR! Incredible shot! Alice Capsey is turning up the heat with the bat. It is full and on off. Capsey lofts it over mid off for four runs.

Floated and full, outside off. Alice Capsey looks to chase it but misses.

On off, blocked out on the off side.

Sophie Ecclestone (1-0-6-0) is brought back into the attack now.

Short, outside off, tapped to point off the back foot. Five dots on the trot to end the over. Exceptional over from Parshavi Chopra. UP are tightening the screws here.

Four dots in a row! It is a googly, outside off. Kapp leaves it alone, she does not pick up the googly.

Flighted and full, on leg. Kapp clips it to short mid-wicket.

Flatter, outside off, Kapp cuts it to backward point.

Gives it some more air this time, Kapp blocks it.

Floats it up, full and on off, driven to sweeper covers for a single.

Parshavi Chopra comes into the attack now.

A length ball, on middle and leg. Alice Capsey gets it to mid-wicket off the inner half. One taken. An entertaining over from Shabnim Ismail comes to an end.

Alice Capsey walks in at number 5.

OUT! CAUGHT! Shabnim Ismail has turned the game on its head here. She gave away 20 runs in her first over but she makes amends here by picking two huge wickets in her second over. It is a short ball, on off. Meg Lanning thinks about riding the bounce and pulls it flat behind square on the leg side. Simran Shaikh runs to her right and takes a sharp catch near the ropes.

An appeal for lbw but turned down! Shabnim Ismail thinks it hits the pads first and Alyssa Healy takes it upstairs. It is a length ball, around off, nips back in. Meg Lanning prods and tries to defend it. The UltraEdge confirms that the bat is involved. The original decision of not out stands.

A length ball, around off. Meg Lanning guides it to the right of third man. There is a fumble and the batters take a couple.

Short ball, outside off. Kapp dabs it to short third man and gets to the other end.

Marizanne Kapp is in next.

OUT! Given lbw! Shabnim Ismail comes into the attack and does the trick for her side. It is a full-length ball, on off, it stays low a touch and nips in a bit. Jemimah Rodrigues tries to flick it away but misses. She gets pinged on her pads. Shabnim Ismail appeals and the finger goes up. Jemimah Rodrigues decides to walk back to the dugout after consulting Meg Lanning. UP are making inroads here. The replays show that there was a faint inside edge on it but Jemimah didn't feel it and hence didn't take the review, a big miss.

Shabnim Ismail (1-0-20-0) is back on.

Full and outside off. Meg Lanning comes down a long way down the track and defends.

Goes full and on off. It holds in the deck. Meg Lanning gets it to the right of the bowler.

SIX! BANG! Tossed up, on off. Meg Lanning gets forward and tonks it over the long off fence for a biggie. Meg Lanning makes it look so effortless.

Floats it up, full and on off. Jemimah Rodrigues gets low and paddles it down to fine leg. Soppadhandi Yashasri hares after it and keeps it down to three runs.

Full and on off. Meg Lanning knocks it down to mid on and crosses.

Flatter, outside off. Meg Lanning chops it to backward point.