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Ahead of the last league fixture of the 2026 Women’s Premier League connected Sunday, Delhi Capitals’ destiny was successful its ain hand. The three-time runner-up needed a triumph against UP Warriorz astatine the Kotambi Stadium to acceptable up a clash with Gujarat Giants successful the Eliminator connected Tuesday.
Jemimah Rodrigues and Co. achieved their nonsubjective contempt a wobble towards the end, beating Warriorz by 5 wickets to suffice for the playoffs for the 4th play successful a row.
The effect consigned Warriorz to the past spot, and besides knocked retired defending champion Mumbai Indians.
After Marizanne Kapp’s three-wicket haul restricted Warriorz to 122 for eight, Capitals took a measured attack successful the chase. Shafali Verma and Laura Wolvaardt, who was dropped twice, forged a basal of 73 for the 2nd wicket. A fewer wickets tumbled arsenic Capitals neared the target, but Jemimah got the occupation done with an unbeaten 34.
Earlier, Chinelle Henry and Shree Charani, with 2 wickets each, played supporting roles for DC.
The code of the contention was acceptable astatine the precise outset. Off a afloat shot archetypal up, Henry recovered a hint of swing. Meg Lanning appeared tentative with her guardant stride, and got struck connected the pads to beryllium dismissed leg-before.
When Charli Knott entered the mediate for her WPL debut, she managed to get Kapp distant for 2 boundaries. But Kapp had the past laughter successful this mini-battle -- she had the 23-year-old caught down with a bouncer.
Kapp accounted for Deepti Sharma too. In the PowerPlay, Deepti’s go-to enactment was to wide the beforehand limb and slog crossed the line. While it yielded 4 fours and a six, Kapp was astute successful deceiving the left-hand batter with a slower shot that was skied to other cover.
Warriorz’s plight went from atrocious to worse successful the ninth implicit arsenic Harleen Deol’s botched effort astatine a expanse resulted successful a leg-before dismissal by Shree Charani.
Sensing the accidental to spell for the kill, Jemimah utilized up Kapp’s afloat quota by the 10th over. The all-rounder pinned Deandro Dottin leg-before connected reappraisal to assertion her 3rd scalp of the evening.
