DC-W vs UPW-W

Right then folks, that's all we have for you from this match! The WPL takes a break tomorrow as we will be treated to the India vs Pakistan match in the Champions Trophy. But the WPL caravan will be back on 24th February, as the home team Royal Challengers Bengaluru takes on the UP Warriorz. Until then, it is goodbye! 

Chinelle Henry (Player of the Match): My role in the team is pretty clear. The players before me go out there and set up the innings. This is my second match in WPL. It's about backing my skills and my team trusts me, it's about going out there and executing. When I went out to bat, the ball was doing a bit much. It was just about backing my strengths. The bowlers were bowling to my strength. Back in December was a good series, I missed a couple of matches due to injury. To pick up where I left off was nice and I am happy my contribution helped my team win. It happens (dropped catches). It's about going back and train. The next game we play is against RCB and we need to take on chances. It was loud today and imagine what it'll be then. It's about backing each other and do well as a team. 

Deepti Sharma (UP Warriorz captain): We needed this win, it was very important. It feels very good to win, the mindset is very positive. The mindset was pretty similar, we were focusing on partnerships. Henry was unbelievable. We need to improve on fielding. We are believing that our team can keep winning. 

Grace Harris, the lady with the hat-trick is here for a chat! Here is her take: That was not great bowling from me! But, I've got the wickets! I was joking in the bowlers' meeting today that I'm going to take a hat-trick, and the girls took it a bit casually! Now, I'll try to do something similar with the batting too you know! I've batted once with Chinelle Henry at the nets and she is a powerful athlete! She can strike it clean alright! Also, she is a nice, bubbly person. She adds up a lot to our batting unit and I've plans of batting with her a lot as the tournament goes along! A lot of the trend at the moment is that you win the toss and win the match. But it's about executing our plans. Hopefully, Chinelle's innings tonight and kickstarted something special! RCB here is a tough proposition, but we want to knock them over first and do the same to the Mumbai Indians! 

UP Warriorz 177/9 (20) beat Delhi Capitals 144/10 (19.3) by 33 runs

Chinelle Henry 62(23) | Jess Jonassen 4-31(4)

Jemimah Rodrigues 56(35) | Grace Harries 4-15 (2.3) | Kranti Goud 4-25 (4)

UP Warriorz become the first team in WPL 2025 to win while defending! And they get off the mark in the points table. They notched up a massive total thanks to Chinelle Henry's heroics and they have defended it quite comfortably. Kranti Goud bowled a stunning spell, snaring important wickets with some sensational bowling. But in the end, it was Grace Harris' hat-trick that stole the show! The Capitals kept losing wickets at crucial junctures, and in regular intervals. Jemimah Rodrigues played a handy knock, got going, but it was a mountain to chase in the end and she perished while trying to hit it big. A comprehensive victory for UP Warriorz in the end and they get their first points tonight. They will be hoping to carry this form into the rest of the tournament as some hope still remains for their qualification. 

Meg Lanning (Delhi Capitals captain): I thought we did a lot right in the first 15 overs of our bowling innings. But Chinelle Henry after that was too good! It would have been nice to slow it down, but we were running slow anyway. But she batted extremely well! I think there was a little bit in it for the bowlers, and all in all, it was a good surface for everyone. We've had patches in all our games when we've been extremely good, and then, some bad patches. We need to get better and more consistent to get the wins. 

19.3 Grace Harris to Minnu Mani, round the wicket, hat-trick ball, CAUGHT AND BOWLED! GRACE HARRIS COMPLETES THE HAT-TRICK AND UP WARRIORZ WIN THEIR FIRST! Full and slow around off-stump. Driven firmly back to the bowler but in the air. Harris does not catch it at first go as the ball bursts through. It hits her body and she gets hold of it on the ricochet! 

Minnu Mani c and b Grace Harris 0 (1b, 0x4, 0x6)

19.2 Grace Harris to Arundhati Reddy, OUT! SHWETA TAKES THE CATCH AND GIVES ARUNDHATI A RETURN SEND-OFF! Full toss around off-stump. Sliced off the front foot to cover. Shweta took a rather easy catch low down and was pumped! 

Arundhati Reddy c Shweta Sehrawat b Grace Harris 0 (1b, 0x4s, 0x6s)

19.1 Grace Harris to Niki Prasad, over the wicket, HENRY TAKES A GOOD CATCH! Back of a length on off-stump. Niki went off the back foot with the turn over mid-wicket but ended up finding the fielder in the deep perfectly! 

Niki Prasad c Chinelle Henry b Grace Harris 18 (10b, 2x4s, 1x6s) 

18.6 Sophie Ecclestone to Shikha Pandey, good length ball fired in at the pads. The lofted drive on the charge, over mid-off, gets missed. No leg-bye possible either.