🏏WPL 2023: UP Warriorz W vs Delhi Capitals W: Match 5: 7:30PM IST 🏏

🏏UP Warriorz Women vs Delhi Capitals Women on 07/03/2023 - Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai 🏏

WPL 2023: Match 5

Lanning's Capitals take on Healy's Warriorz to stay in top two

The two teams started their WPL campaigns with contrasting wins, and will want to get their playing XIs and plans in place properly.

Meg Lanning's Australia have created quite a legacy in white-ball cricket. And one of the key factors in their heady run has been Alyssa Healy. Lanning and Healy have scripted many great moments for the national team together, but like in the Australian domestic circuit, they will now go head-to-head on neutral turf at the WPL on Wednesday.

Radha Yadav proved to be expensive against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lanning's Delhi Capitals have Poonam Yadav waiting in the wings. They might also try and give Marizanne Kapp a rest, after South Africa's final appearance at the T20 World Cup recently, and that is where Laura Harris or Titas Sadhu could come in. Fortunately for them, Capitals have started with a big win. It's still early days, but that's a little bit of cushion.

Healy's UP Warriorz, meanwhile, were down for the count against Gujarat Giants, but scored the 53 they needed in the last three overs - with Grace Harris, in the main, and Sophia Ecclestone breaking records. It was a fantastic spectacle, but it's also true that Warriorz's middle order failed. Something to look at.

Weather Forecast

The temperature range in Mumbai is going to be around 25 degrees Celsius to 38 degrees Celsius during DCW vs UPW. The precipitation is going to be around 01%, humidity is going to be 19% for DCW vs UPW. And the wind speed is going to be around 08 km/hr during Delhi Capitals Women vs UP Warriorz.

The temperature in Mumbai will be a little Smoke in the morning however, it will cool down till DCW vs UPW.

Pitch Report

The pitch report for Dr DY Patil Stadium ground seems to give more runs for DCW vs UPW. The fixtures will be taking off for Delhi Capitals Women vs UP Warriorz where bowlers might have to struggle a little.

The is an expectation of an average score of around 183 runs for the first innings of the DCW vs UPW.

Teams

Delhi Capitals

Delhi would have little to worry about at this point to force any change, and are expected to go in with an unchanged eleven.

Probable XI: Meg Lanning, Shafali Varma, Marizanne Kapp, Jemimah Rodrigues, Alice Capsey, Jess Jonassen, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Tara Norris

UP Warriorz

Despite a few hiccups in their opening game. The Warrirorz managed to cross the line eventually and would not want to upset that winning combination.

Probable XI: Alyssa Healy, Shweta Sehrawat, Kiran Navgire, Tahlia McGrath, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Simran Shaikh, Devika Vaidya, Sophie Ecclestone, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Prediction

There is a prediction that the winner for the evening will be UP Warriorz for DCW vs UPW. The game seems to be in the team UP Warriorz court for the evening.

The winner predictions are on the basis of analysis and the final results for DCW vs UPW for the 5th match fixture.

What they said

"Don't know where I'll find some burgers in India. Maybe some butter chicken" - Warriorz's star player Grace Harris is keen on trying some local cuisine

"Was fun watching Shafali bat from the other end. It was a lot fun, we were smiling all the time. That's the great thing about this competition, you get to play with players you wouldn't have otherwise played with" - Delhi Capitals' captain Meg Lanning on her opening partner

Players to watch

It was good to see Shafali Verma at her attacking best. On a true DY Patil Stadium surface, she has the opportunity to continue where she left off, though the dimensions, that are slightly bigger than Brabourne Stadium, need to be taken into account. Home girl Jemimah Rodrigues is another one who has looked good.

Kiran Navgire began the WPL by becoming the first uncapped player to score a half-century. She was discarded from the national setup after a handful of chances, and could well take inspiration from Grace Harris as she finds her way back up. Rajeshwari Gayakwad, meanwhile, has been a bit of a disappointment. With young legspinner Parshavi Chopra waiting in the wings, the pressure on the seasoned pro will only increase.

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Extending best wishes to both the teams. 

Pitch and Conditions: "We have had a change of pitch which makes one side 48 meters and 60 meters on the other side. Little bit of rain around, 28 degrees and a little bit of humidity. We are on a fresh pitch and the bowlers will have to work out on what they need to do. We have seen there has been a lot more swing here than at the Brabourne. The pitch was under covers for the last couple of hours and there's a bit of weatheraround. Lot of the wickets here have come off the fullish length as the bowlers are getting the ball up there and get batters to nick off. Normal average score is 180 but don't think the batters will have it all their way tonight," inform Julia Price and Kate Cross