DC vs UPW, WPL Live Score: Calm Wolvaardt secures victory for Delhi Capitals in tense chase; first win for DC this season

Asha Sobhana to Lizelle Lee, Full and on off, Lizelle Lee hits this through the mid-wicket region for a single. 

Asha Sobhana to Lizelle Lee, Flighted, wide of off, spinning away from the batter. Lee looks to sweep but misses.

Asha Sobhana to Shafali Verma, Tossed up, on off, Shafali Verma milks this to deep mid-wicket for a single. 

Asha Sobhana to Shafali Verma, FOUR! A poor start from Asha Sobhana and the ball has been smashed to the fence for four. Short of a length, around the pads, Shafali Verma had enough time to rock onto her back foot and pulls this over the fielder at square leg for four.

Chloe Tryon to Lizelle Lee, SIX! That's been smashed out of the park for six. Tossed up, around middle and off, Lizelle Lee goes down on a knee and slog sweeps this over the fence towards the deep mid-wicket region for a huge six.

Chloe Tryon to Lizelle Lee, Floated on off, Lizelle Lee blocks this one.

Chloe Tryon to Lizelle Lee, FOUR! Smashed in the gap for four more. Pushed through, on middle and off, Lizelle Lee ricks onto her back foot and slogs this in the gap towards the cow corner region for four more. 

Chloe Tryon to Lizelle Lee, FOUR! Poor from Asha Sobhana and the ball has raced to the fence. Short and on off, Lizelle Lee hangs on her back foot and cuts this sharply towards backward point on the bounce. Asha Sobhana fails to field this and the ball bounces away from her for four towards the deep third region. 

Chloe Tryon to Shafali Verma, Pushed through on middle and leg, Shafali Verma flicks this through the mid-wicket region for one more.

Chloe Tryon comes in to replace Sophie Ecclestone. 

Chloe Tryon to Lizelle Lee, Short of a length around off, Lizelle Lee hangs back and smashes this through the covers region for a single. 

Shikha Pandey to Lizelle Lee, Short and on off, Lizelle Lee cuts this to sweeper cover for a single.

Shikha Pandey to Lizelle Lee, Short and wide of off, Lizelle Lee hangs back and looks to cut this square but misses out.

Shikha Pandey to Lizelle Lee, Slower one, on a length around off, Lizelle Lee pushes this off her front foot to mid off.

Shikha Pandey to Shafali Verma, Good length, on top of off, Shafali Verma hits this to the right of mid-wicket for a single.

Shikha Pandey to Shafali Verma, Back of a length on off, Shafali Verma punches this but fails to beat covers.

Shikha Pandey to Shafali Verma, FOUR! That's been hit away from the fielder for four. Back of a length on middle and off, Shafali Verma rises with the bounce and flicks this through the right of the mid on fielder for a boundary.

Sophie Ecclestone to Lizelle Lee, Quicker one, on off, Lizelle Lee rolls this back to the bowler. 

Sophie Ecclestone to Lizelle Lee, Full and going down the leg, Lizelle Lee clears her front foot and looks to sweep this but misses and gets hit on the body.

Sophie Ecclestone to Lizelle Lee, FOUR! SHOT! Wide full toss, outside off, Lizelle Lee swings her bat on it and slices it over the backward point region for four more runs. 

Sophie Ecclestone to Shafali Verma, Full, on leg, Shafali Verma flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single. 

Sophie Ecclestone to Shafali Verma, Full, on leg, Shafali Verma eases it bakc to the bowler. 

Sophie Ecclestone to Shafali Verma, Short, on off, Shafali Verma pushes it to mid off. 

Kranti Gaud to Lizelle Lee, Full, on leg, Lizelle Lee dabs it to the leg side. 

Kranti Gaud to Lizelle Lee, FOUR! CRUNCHED! Short, outside off, Lizelle Lee makes room and cuts hard at it. The ball flies between short third and backward point for four runs. 

Kranti Gaud to Lizelle Lee, Short, on off, Lizelle Lee pulls it to short fine leg. 

Kranti Gaud to Lizelle Lee, Short, outside off, Lizelle Lee pushes it to mid off. 

Kranti Gaud to Shafali Verma, On a hard length, just outside off, Shafali Verma pushes it to sweeper cover for a single. 

Kranti Gaud to Shafali Verma, Back of a length, outside off, Shafali Verma dabs it to extra cover. 

Shikha Pandey to Lizelle Lee, On a length, on off, Lizelle Lee pushes it to cover. 

Shikha Pandey to Lizelle Lee, On a length, around the whips of the batter, Lizelle Lee pulls it wide of the short fine leg fielder for the boundary. 

Shikha Pandey to Shafali Verma, Full, outside off, Shafali Verma flicks it to deep square leg for one. 

Shikha Pandey to Shafali Verma, FOUR! SHOT! On a length, outside off, Shafali Verma opens the face of her bat and guides it wide of backward point for four runs. 

Shikha Pandey to Shafali Verma, Short, outside off, Shafali Verma pulls it to mid-wicket. 

Shikha Pandey to Shafali Verma, Mix-up between the batters! On a length, around off, Shafali Verma pushes it to the front of the cover fielder to get a single. Lizelle Lee sets off as well, but puts on her break and rejects the call. Meanwhile, Verma is halfway through the deck. The fielder in the cover region fails to collect the ball in one go and Verma gets enough time to get back. 

Who will share the new ball? Shikha Pandey it is. 

Kranti Gaud to Lizelle Lee, On a length, around off, Lizelle Lee dabs it to cover. 

Kranti Gaud to Lizelle Lee, FOUR! Lizelle Lee sets off with style! Back of a length again from Kranti Gaud, on off and middle, Lizelle Lee pulls it late to beat the wide of short fine leg for four runs. 

Kranti Gaud to Shafali Verma, Back of a length, on middle, Shafali Verma pulls it to deep square leg for a single. Shafali Verma and the Delhi Capitals are underway with that single. 

Kranti Gaud to Shafali Verma, Fuller, on middle, Shafali Verma pushes it to mid-wicket. 

Kranti Gaud to Shafali Verma, Swings it away now! On a length, outside off, nips it away from the batter. Shafali Verma looks to punch it through cover but gets beaten on the outside edge. 

Kranti Gaud to Shafali Verma, Nearly dragged on! Back of a length, around the fifth stump, Shafali Verma looks to guide it to cover, but gets an inside edge and bounces over the wickets. 

We are back for Delhi Capitals' reply! The players have entered the field. Lizelle Lee and Shafali Verma will be opening for Delhi Capitals. Kranti Gaud will bowl with the new ball. Let's play

... THE RUN CHASE ...

The target for Delhi Capitals is 155 and they have their opening Lizelle Lee hot in form. Shafali Verma just has to provide the support, but don't underestimate the bowling unit of the Warrorz, having the likes of Deepti Sharma, Shikha Pandey and Sophie Ecclestone. Stay tuned as the second inning will commence in no time.

Marizanne Kapp of the Delhi Capitals stated she was not happy with her performance in the first two games and felt due for wickets in the most recent match. She expressed satisfaction with restricting the opposing team to their final total. Kapp mentioned it had been some time since she had bowled at the death overs and that she had made a few changes to her game this year. The coach had informed her she would need to bowl some overs at the back end of the innings, a role she felt was going well so far. She also praised teammate Nandani, highlighting her brilliant performance, especially in the previous game, where she took five wickets.

The scoring rate clearly dropped after that dismissal and UP Warriorz opted for a bold move by asking Harleen Deol to retire out, who clearly didn't like the plan, but had to walk off the field anyways. But the wickets started to tumble one by one, and no lower middle order batter was able to provide a major impact. By the end of the play, Marizanne Kapp and Shafali Verma bagged two scalps, Nandni Sharma, Sneh Rana, and Sree Charani chipped in for one each. 

Even after losing a wicket in the very first over of the inning. Phoebe Litchfield and Meg Lanning notched a 47-run partnership to ease the situation. But after the introduction of Sneh Rana had an immediate effect on the Capitals with a wicket, eliminating Litchfield. However, Meg Lanning continued her knock, partnering with Harleen Deol and notched an even better partnership. But it was Nandni Sharma who brought the breakthrough by getting the wicket of the opposition skipper, Lanning.

What an exciting inning it was! UP Warriorz have posted 154 runs on the board, losing eight wickets. However, if we look back in the innings, the side was totally under control till the 16th over, but after that, they scored only 16 runs in the last four overs. On the other hand, much deserved credit to the bowling unit of the Capitals for showing their resilience and coming back into the game in the latter half of the inning. 

Shafali Verma to Shikha Pandey, A couple to end the innings. Full and on off, Shikha Pandey chips this wide to the left of Sneh Rana at mid off and takes two to end the UP Warriorz innings. 154 is what they have scored batting first.