Delhi Capitals have entered the final of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) by defeating Gujarat Giants in the eliminator match. Gujarat Giants scored 168 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs with the help of Beth Mooney’s unbeaten half-century. In reply, Delhi Capitals scored 169 runs for three wickets in 15.4 overs and won by seven wickets. This is the fourth consecutive time that the Delhi team has reached the title match. Now he will face Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the final on February 5. Delhi has never won the WPL title so far and will have the opportunity to win their first trophy.
Delhi Capitals made it to the final of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026. It defeated Gujarat Giants by seven wickets in the eliminator. With this result, Delhi entered the WPL final for the fourth consecutive time. Till now, this team has not been able to win the title. Batting first, Gujarat scored 168 runs for seven wickets. On her side, Beth Mooney played the highest innings of 62 runs. Delhi achieved the target by losing three wickets in 15.4 overs. His top order batted stormily. Delhi will face Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final of the fourth season of WPL.
Batting first, Gujarat Giants did not have a good start. He lost four wickets for 59 runs. Sophie Devine was out first after scoring six runs. Anushka Sharma scored 16 runs in 13 balls. But Nandani Sharma pushed Gujarat on the back foot by dismissing Anushka and Ashley Gardner in two consecutive balls. Kanika Ahuja could also score six runs and was stumped by Meenu Mani. At such a time, Beth Mooney and Georgia Warham (35) together handled the innings. Both of them made a partnership of 61 runs for the fifth wicket and took the team beyond 100.
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Delhi Capitals in the WPL Final for the Fourth Time
Delhi Capitals performed brilliantly and secured their place in the final of the Women’s Premier League. It defeated Gujarat Giants by 7 wickets in the eliminator match on Tuesday (February 3). The Delhi team will play in the final for the record fourth time.
By defeating the Gujarat Giants, the Delhi Capitals performed brilliantly and secured their place in the final of the Women’s Premier League. It defeated Gujarat by 7 wickets in the eliminator match on Tuesday (3 February). Gujarat scored 168 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.
In reply, Delhi Capitals won the match by scoring 169 runs for 3 wickets in 15.4 overs. The Delhi team will play in the final for the record fourth time. It was defeated on the last three occasions by the Mumbai Indians (2 times) and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (1 time).
This time, under the captaincy of Jemimah Rodrigues, Delhi Capitals will aim to break the losing streak in the finals and take revenge on Royal Challengers Bengaluru for the defeat in the 2024 title match. The title match will be played on 5 February.
Gujarat vs Delhi Match Playing 11
Delhi won the toss and decided to bowl first in this important match. Delhi captain Jemimah Rodrigues said that she did not make any changes in the playing-11 for this match. At the same time, there was no change in Gujarat’s eleven. Here is the playing 11 of both teams.
Delhi Capitals
Lizelle Lee (wk), Shafali Verma, Laura Wolvaardt, Jemimah Rodrigues (c), Marizanne Kapp, Chinelle Henry, Nikki Prasad, Sneh Rana, Minoo Mani, Shree Charani, and Nandini Sharma.
Gujarat Giants
Beth Mooney (wk), Sophie Devine, Anushka Sharma, Ashley Gardner (c), Georgia Wareham, Bharti Fulmali, Kanika Ahuja, Kashvi Gautam, Tanuja Kanwar, Renuka Singh Thakur, and Rajeshwari Gaikwad.
Can Jemimah Rodrigues Make Delhi Win This Time
Delhi Capitals’ new captain Jemimah Rodrigues will have a golden chance to erase the stain of the last 3 defeats. Even though Jemima was not the captain the last three times, she was also considered guilty of the defeat. No big innings were seen from Jemimah’s bat in all three finals.
In the last three finals, Jemimah scored only 9, 0, and 30 runs. In such a situation, if she wins the trophy this time as captain, then the stain of the previous defeat will be erased. Twice, the team was defeated by the Mumbai Indians in the finals, while once it was defeated by the Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
WPL 2023 Final
First of all, if we talk about the WPL 2023 final, Delhi had to face a 7-wicket defeat against Mumbai. Here, the team captained by Meg Lanning did not succeed in crossing the 20 mark, and the entire team stopped at 131. Due to the low score, the bowlers appeared under pressure, and a panic situation was created from the outset, forcing the team to face defeat.
WPL 2024 Final
Now let’s talk about the 2024 final, where Bengaluru defeated Delhi by 8 wickets. Here too, there was the same middle-order problem as the openers had given a good start with a partnership of 64 runs, but then wickets fell like a house of cards; a ‘middle-order collapse’ proved to be the reason for the defeat. The entire team was limited to 113 runs, and RCB chased it easily.
WPL 2025 Final
If we look at last year’s final match, once again, the Delhi team did not work on its weaknesses. However, here Marijan Kap played a brilliant innings of 40 runs in the middle order, but this time the top order failed. Jemima scored 30 runs, but her strike rate was poor, and then she was out. Misfield also created problems for the team. Hopefully, this time they could win,
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Beth Mooney takes Gujarat Giants to a Respectable Score
In the eliminator match played in Vadodara, after losing the toss, Gujarat Giants came to bat and scored 168 runs, losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. This team had lost 4 wickets till the score of 59, from where opener Beth Mooney took over the team by making a partnership of 61 runs for the fifth wicket with Georgia Wareham.
Wareham returned to the pavilion after scoring 35 runs in 25 balls, after which Mooney continued to hold the lead. He played an unbeaten innings of 62 runs with 6 fours. Kashvi Gautam scored 18 runs in 10 balls with 3 fours. For DC, Chinley Henry took 3 wickets for 35 runs, while Nandini Sharma took 2 wickets.
Delhi’s Stormy Batting
In response, Delhi Capitals won in 15.4 overs. Lizelle Lee and Shefali Verma gave a great start to this team. The opening pair added 89 runs in 7.1 overs. Lizelle Lee was out after scoring 43 runs in 24 balls with the help of 1 six and 8 fours, while Shefali scored 31 runs in 21 balls with 7 fours. The Capitals had lost the wickets of both the openers by the score of 92.
From here, Captain Jemimah Rodrigues, along with Laura Wolvaardt, scored 68 runs in 41 balls for the third wicket and took the team to the threshold of victory. Jemima scored 41 runs in 23 balls with 1 six and 4 fours, while Wolvaardt scored an unbeaten 32 runs in 24 balls with 3 boundaries. Georgia took a maximum 2 wickets for Gujarat. Jemima was given the Player of the Match award.
It’s RCB W vs DC W in the Finals of WPL
Delhi Capitals will face Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final to be held on Thursday, 5 February. RCB, captained by Smriti Mandhana, had directly entered the finals by securing first place in the league stage. Now the team will take the field with the hope of winning its second title.
The final to be held on Thursday will be an action replay of the first two years. Earlier, Delhi and Bengaluru had also clashed in the final of WPL 2024, where RCB won the title. Now Delhi has a chance to avenge that defeat, and they will be hoping to win the first title.