WPL 2026: Devine holds nerve as Giants pip DC

The exuberance of Niki Prasad and the acquisition of Sneh Rana combined to astir snatch triumph from the jaws of decision for Delhi Capitals (DC) successful the Women’s Premier League connected Tuesday (January 27, 2026). However, Sophie Devine maintained her poise successful the last implicit and helped Gujarat Giants eke retired a three-run triumph astatine the Kotambi Stadium.

With Capitals needing 9 runs disconnected the past implicit to pursuit down 175, Devine conceded conscionable five. The seamer managed to disregard Sneh disconnected the 4th ball, and had Niki spread retired astatine long-on disconnected the last ball.

That DC came truthful adjacent was purely down to a rearguard basal of 70 betwixt Niki and Sneh for the seventh wicket. When they came together, the visitors were 100 for six, requiring different 75 runs from 33 deliveries. The duo injected content into the campy by taking 23 runs disconnected Devine successful the 17th over.

DC’s effect with the bat ebbed and flowed from the outset. In the archetypal six overs, a premix of daring strokeplay and wayward bowling yielded a speedy travel of runs, but DC besides mislaid the wickets of openers Shafali Verma and Lizelle Lee.

Three speedy wickets

Laura Wolvaardt and Jemimah Rodrigues seemed to bring a semblance of calm with a 31-run basal for the 3rd wicket. But, successful the abstraction of 10 balls, Jemimah, Marizanne Kapp and Wolvaardt were each dismissed.

Rajeshwari Gayakwad removed Shafali Verma, Wolvaardt and Chinelle Henry to decorativeness with 3 for 20.

Earlier, Giants rode connected Beth Mooney’s 46-ball 58 to scope a competitory 174 for nine. Anushka Sharma, who made 39 astatine No. 3, provided capable enactment to Mooney.

Having strode successful astatine the autumn of Devine’s wicket, Anushka drove and flicked with authorization for a spree of aboriginal boundaries. For DC, left-arm spinner Shree Charani starred with figures of 4 for 31.

Mooney brought up her half-century successful the 15th implicit by charging astatine Shree Charani for a bound towards long-on. She past pre-empted the bowler pulling backmost the length, and duly rocked backmost for a chopped done point. While the wicketkeeper-batter couldn’t enactment done to the end, the runs she compiled proved decisive to the last verdict.