🏏WPL 2026: Match 4: DCW vs GGW at Navi Mumbai on 11/01/26🏏

🏏WPL 2026: Match 4: DCW vs GGW at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai on 11/01/26 7:30PM IST🏏

Delhi Capitals Women (DC W) and Gujarat Giants Women (GG W) will take on each other in the Match No. 4 of the ongoing WPL 2026 at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai. The three-time finalists will be taking on a team which has never managed to reach the final of the WPL.

The Capitals are being led by star batter Jemimah Rodrigues for this season. The Capitals' management decided on chasing their captain after three successful seasons, but without a title to boast about. However, they were dealt with a loss in their opener against Mumbai Indians. This will be their second match of the season.

Much like the Capitals, the Gujarat-based franchise will also be playing their second game on consecutive days. The Ashleigh Gardner-led side will be keen on leaving their demons of the past behind and get off to a positive start. They also look a much better balanced side than their composition compared to previous seasons.

Squads:

Gujarat Giants Women Squad: Beth Mooney(w), Sophie Devine, Anushka Sharma, Ashleigh Gardner(c), Georgia Wareham, Bharti Fulmali, Kanika Ahuja, Kashvee Gautam, Tanuja Kanwar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Singh Thakur, Danielle Wyatt-Hodge, Yastika Bhatia, Kim Garth, Titas Sadhu, Ayushi Soni, Shivani Singh, Happy Kumari

Delhi Capitals Women Squad: Shafali Verma, Lizelle Lee(w), Laura Wolvaardt, Jemimah Rodrigues(c), Marizanne Kapp, Niki Prasad, Chinelle Henry, Sneh Rana, Minnu Mani, Shree Charani, Nandani Sharma, Taniya Bhatia, Alana King, Lucy Hamilton, Mamatha Madiwala, Deeya Yadav

Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai Pitch Report

The first WPL match this season went in the hands of the team chasing, mainly due to the presence of dew later on in the match. This particular match is also an evening start. The pitch is usually not the easiest to bat on. However, with the outfield being lush, batters can expect to find good value for grounded shots if played in the gaps.

DC W vs GG W Head to Head Record in T20s

Matches Played 6

Won by DC W 4

Won by GG W 2

Tied 0

No Result 0

First-ever Fixture March 11, 2023

Most-recent Fixture March 7, 2025

DC W vs GG W Probable Best Performers

Probable Best Batter: Shafali Verma

Attacking opening batter Shafali Verma has been in fine nick ahead of the WPL. She top-scored for India in their recent five-match series against Sri Lanka by scoring 241 runs in five matches at a strike-rate of 181.20. The top-order batter can be expected to get the Capitals off to a flying start, and be the difference between Giants and win.

Probable Best Bowler: Ashleigh Gardner

Giants' captain Ashleigh Gardner had a successful Women's World Cup with bat and ball. She starred with the ball by picking up 19 wickets in 10 matches at an economy rate of 7.67. However, her start to the WPL wasn't as expected, as she bowled an expensive spell to take a wicket. The spinner, however, will be looking to start afresh in the upcoming contest.

Today's Match Prediction: Chasing team to win the match

Disclaimer

The prediction is based on the understanding, analysis, and instinct of the author. While making your prediction, consider the points mentioned, and make your own decision.

In the spotlight - Lizelle Lee and Georgia Wareham

Lizelle Lee arrived at the WPL on the back of a prolific WBBL, having powered Hobart Hurricanes to their maiden title. But she has big shoes to fill as an opener at DC, a spot occupied by Lanning till last year. In DC's opening fixture, Lee impressed behind the stumps, taking a sharp catch to remove Amelia Kerr and another to dismiss G Kamalini. With the bat, though, she didn't quite make an impact, dismissed for a run-a-ball 10. In Lee and Shafali, DC have two of the tournament's most destructive hitters, and they will hope the partnership clicks soon.

Allrounders have made a massive impact in all three games so far, and Georgia Wareham stood out in GG's match against UPW. She provided the late impetus with the bat, smashing three sixes off Deandra Dottin in the 19th over to finish with 27 off just ten balls, lifting GG to 207. Wareham then delivered with the ball, returning figures of 2 for 30, trapping Meg Lanning lbw and completing a superb return catch to dismiss Harleen Deol. Like Lee, Wareham is fresh off a strong WBBL season with Melbourne Renegades, where she finished as the tournament's joint-highest wicket-taker (19) and her team's highest run-scorer (277 runs), and she looks like she has brought that form to the WPL.

Stats and trivia

Two of the game's premier allrounders will be up against each other. GG's Gardner and DC's Kapp have been among the game's finest, and since 2023, have scored 1910 and 1814 runs respectively in T20s, while also taking 136 and 112 wickets. While Kapp has dismissed Gardner only once in the format, Gardner has bagged Kapp four times in eight meetings.

GG have won only two out of the six matches they've played against DC in the WPL.

18:30 Local Time, 13:00 GMT, 18:30 IST: Match 4 of the Women’s Premier League brings Delhi Capitals Women and Gujarat Giants Women together on a night that asks different questions of each side. Delhi Capitals are still searching for their first answers this season. The loss to Mumbai Indians didn’t undo them, but it did leave work behind; moments that slipped and plans that didn’t quite land. Tonight is less about reinvention and more about quiet correction - doing the small things better, staying patient and letting the game come back to them. Gujarat Giants arrive with lighter steps. Their opening win against UP Warriorz brought clarity and confidence, the kind that allows players to trust instincts rather than force outcomes. Early success can be fragile, though, and the challenge now is to carry it forward without losing shape. The surface offers room to score, but it also asks for discipline. Bowlers who miss their lengths will be punished; batters who rush will find the game moving faster than they’d like. The contest may turn not on the obvious moments, but on the overs in between. It’s early in WPL 2026, but the early nights tend to reveal who’s ready to settle, and who’s still finding their feet.