WPL 2024 | Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning and Marizanne Kapp help Delhi Capitals register a 9-wicket win against UP Warriorz

Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning, and Marizanne Kapp shine as Delhi Capitals defeat UP Warriorz in Women's Premier League.

Fluent fifties by Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning and veteran pacer Marizanne Kapp's incisive new-ball spell fashioned Delhi Capitals' smooth nine-wicket victory over UP Warriorz in their Women's Premier League match in Bengaluru on February 26.

Shafali (64 not out, 43 balls, 6x4, 4x6) and captain Lanning (51, 43 balls, 6x4) steamrolled UP bowlers in a stunning display of batting as they overhauled the target in just 14.3 overs. However, it was Kapp who laid the foundation of that win with a marvellous opening burst of 4-1-5-3 that saw the Warriorz getting restricted to 119 for nine.

Shafali, who was dropped on 48 off Deepti Sharma by Kiran Navigere, and Lanning were severe on UP bowlers from the word go.

The Indian star blasted left-arm spinner Gouhar Sultana over long-on for a six, and then tore into pacer Tahlia McGrath. Shafali first hammered the Aussie for a four through mid-wicket and then swatted the ball over the bowler's head for a six, and both the shots contained utter disdain.

She soon reached her fifty with a massive six off off-spinner Deepti that sailed over mid-wicket. Her mark came in just 36 balls.

Lanning, who mostly resorted to drives and sweeps, soon reached her own fifty in 42 balls as she darted between the wickets for a double off Sophie Ecclestone.

However, Lanning perished with just one run needed to win as her uppish shot was gobbled up by Vrinda Dinesh at backward square leg. But the dismissal was only sufficient to delay the inevitable for a couple of minutes.