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Delhi Capitals Women and UP Warriorz Women will face each other in the 8th Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 match. M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, will host the game on February 22, 2025. 

WPL 2025 Match-8 Details  

LeagueWomen’s Premier League (WPL) 2025
MatchDelhi Capitals Women vs UP Warriorz Women | 8th Match
Date22nd February 2025
Time07:30 PM IST
VenueM Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru  

DEL-W vs UP-W Match Preview

Delhi Capitals Women 

Meg Lanning’s leading team, Delhi Capitals Women, is the runner-up in the Women’s Premier League 2024. Notably, they delivered an incredible performance in the last edition of the league. The DEL-W started this season with a win against Mumbai Indians women. They came to the field first and got a target of 167 runs in the previous game against UP-W. In the batting line-up, Meg Lanning played well and scored 69 runs. Similarly, played well, scoring 41 runs and also took two wickets. As a result, DEL-W secured a comfortable win by 7 wickets. They will surely want to repeat their performance from last season.

UP Warriorz Women 

Deepti Sharma will lead UP Warriorz Women this season. They didn’t perform well in the previous season of the Women’s Premier League. In group stages in the previous season, UP-W won just 3 matches out of 8. This season, they had an unfortunate start, suffering a loss against Gujarat Giants Women. Moreover, in their previous game, they came to bat first and scored 166 runs against Delhi Capitals Women. In the batting line-up, Kiran Navgire played well and scored 51 runs. Meanwhile, in the bowling department, Sophie Ecclestone, Grace Harris, and Deepti Sharma took one wicket each. However, despite their efforts, UP-W lost the game by 7 wickets.

Past Performance Stats at the Venue

The average 1st innings score at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, in T20 matches, is 145 runs, and the batting second average score is 136.

     Weather Report

  • Mostly Sunny Day
  • Rain Chance – 6%
  • Humidity – 28 %
  • Wind – 10 kph

DEL-W vs UP-W Toss Prediction

Advantages of Bowling First on This Pitch

The team that was bowling first won 61% of the matches. And in 89% of the matches, teams chose to bowl first here. So, there are more chances that teams will choose to bowl first after winning the toss. 

DEL-W vs UP-W Head-to-Head Record

Total Head-to-Head Match – 05

Delhi Capitals Women Won – 04

UP Warriorz Won – 01

Team Form (Last 5 Match in WPL)

Delhi Capitals Women: – W, L, W, L, W,

UP Warriorz Women: – L, L, L, W, L, 

Probable Playing 11

Delhi Capitals Women: Meg Lanning ©, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Annabel Sutherland, Marizanne Kapp, Niki Prasad, Sarah Bryce, Minnu Mani, Shikha Pandey, Arundhati Reddy,

UP Warriorz Women: Deepti Sharma ©, Vrinda Dinesh, Kiran Navgire, Chanelle Henry, Grace Harris, Tahlia McGrath, Uma Chetry, Sophie Ecclestone, Kranti Goud, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shweta Sehrawat 

Must Picks for DEL-W vs UP-W Match

Top wicket-keepers to pick

Uma Chetry | WK | UP-W: Uma scored 24 runs against Gujarat Giants Women in the previous game. So having her on your fantasy team will increase your chances of winning.

Top Batters to Pick 

Meg Lenning | BAT | DEL-W: Lenning played outstandingly in the previous season of WPL. She is the second-highest run-scorer. Meg played 9 matches and scored 331 runs, with a good strike rate of 123. She scored 69 runs in the previous game against UP-W. We hope that she will help you gain some fantasy points in the next game.

Shafali Verma | BAT | DEL-W: Shafali played outstandingly in the previous season of WPL. She is the third-highest run-scorer. Shafali played 9 matches and scored 309 runs, with an impressive strike rate of 156. Shafali played well in the previous game and Scored 26 runs in 16 balls against UP Warriorz Women. She will surely help you gain some important fantasy points in the next game.

Grace Harris | BAT | UP-W: Grace played well in the previous season of WPL. She played 8 matches and scored 188 runs with an impressive strike rate of 136. Grace also took 4 wickets. She performed well in the previous game against Delhi Women, scoring 12 runs and taking one wicket as well. She will surely help you gain some important fantasy points in the next game.

Top All-Rounders to Pic

Annabel Sutherland | AR | DEL-W: Annabel scored 41 runs and took two wickets as well against UP-W in the previous game. She is an excellent all-rounder and will surely help you gain important fantasy points.

Deepti Sharma | AR | UP-W: This Indian all-rounder played outstandingly in the previous season of WPL. She played 8 matches and scored 295 runs. She also took 10 wickets as well. Deepti took one wicket in the previous game against Delhi Capitals Women. She is an excellent all-rounder and will surely help you gain important fantasy points.

Chinelle Henry | AR | UP-W: This West Indies all-rounder played outstandingly in recent times. She scored 33 runs in the previous game against the Delhi Women. She is an excellent all-rounder and will surely help you gain important fantasy points.

Top Bowlers to Pick

Shikha Pandey | BOW | DEL-W: Sikha is in excellent form. Recently she performed brilliantly with the bat and ball in the Women’s Super Smash League. Although, she went wicketless in the previous match against UP-W. We expect she will perform well in this season as well and will surely help you gain important fantasy points.

Sophie Ecclestone | BOW | UP-W: Ecclestone is the highest wicket-taker for the UP Warriorz Women in the previous season. She took 11 wickets in 8 matches. Sophie took one wicket in the previous game against DEL-W. We expect she will help you to gain important fantasy points.

Captain & Vice-Captain

Captain

Annabel Sutherland, Deepti Sharma

Vice Captain

M Lanning, M Kapp

DEL-W vs UP-W Today Match Prediction

  • Scenario 1
  • Toss Winner: Delhi Capitals Women (opts to bat first)
  • Power-Play Score: 40-55
  • DEL-W Total: 155-165
  • Match Winner: Delhi Capitals Women 
  • Scenario 2
  • Toss Winner: UP Warriorz Women (opts to bat first)
  • Power-Play Score: 45-60
  • UP-W Total: 135-145
  • Match Winner: Delhi Capitals Women  

Dream11 Team For DEL-W vs UP-W Match

Head-to-Head / Small League

Grand League / Mega League

Disclaimer

The author created this team based on his knowledge, analysis, and judgment. While selecting your team, note the points mentioned and make your own decision. Also, once the toss occurs, you might modify the teams based on the playing XIs.

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