Sophie Devine once again successfully defended 9 runs in the final over of the match to help Gujarat Giants secure a narrow win by three runs over Delhi Capitals. In match No. 17 of WPL 2026, played at BCA
Stadium in Vadodara on Tuesday (January 27), Devine picked up four wickets for 37 runs in four overs for the Ashleigh Gardner-led side. Of her four wickets, two came in the 20th over of Delhi’s innings.
The win over Delhi Capitals has helped Gujarat Giants pip Mumbai Indians and take No. 2 position in the WPL 2026 points table. They have almost confirmed their place in the top three.
On the other hand, Delhi Capitals have inched closer to elimination now. They have six points to their credit from seven matches played so far.
WPL 2026 points table after Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Giants match
| POSITION | TEAM | MATCHES | WINS | LOSSES | NO RESULT | POINTS | NET RUN RATE |
| 1. | Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Q) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | +0.947 |
| 2. | Gujarat Giants | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -0.271 |
| 3. | Mumbai Indians | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | +0.146 |
| 4. | Delhi Capitals | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | -0.164 |
| 5. | UP Warriorz | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -0.769 |
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Wicketkeeper-batter Beth Mooney scored 58 runs from 46 balls as an opener for Gujarat Giants on Tuesday against Delhi Capitals. Her first fifty of the ongoing season helped her extend her tally of runs to 191 in seven matches, and she now takes the No. 10 position in the list of batters with most runs in WPL 2026.
There was no change in the top-five batters list in WPL 2026 during the DC-GG match, but Lizelle Lee has now closed the gap with Smriti Mandhana by scoring 11 runs from 20 balls.
Sophie Devine, Ashleigh Gardner and Laura Wolvaardt also had a chance to enter the top the run getters list on Tuesday but they could only manage to score 13, 2 and 24 runs respectively.
Most runs in WPL 2026
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | RUNS | BEST |
| 1. | Nat Sciver-Brunt | Mumbai Indians | 6 | 319 | 100* |
| 2. | Harmanpreet Kaur | Mumbai Indians | 7 | 260 | 74* |
| 3. | Phoebe Litchfield | UP Warriorz | 6 | 243 | 78 |
| 4. | Smriti Mandhana | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 7 | 236 | 96 |
| 5. | Lizelle Lee | Delhi Capitals | 7 | 230 | 86 |
| 6. | Sophie Devine | Gujarat Giants | 7 | 212 | 95 |
| 7. | Meg Lanning | UP Warriorz | 6 | 207 | 70 |
| 8. | Ashleigh Gardner | Gujarat Giants | 7 | 198 | 65 |
| 9. | Laura Wolvaardt | Delhi Capitals | 7 | 194 | 77 |
| 10. | Beth Mooney | Gujarat Giants | 7 | 191 | 58 |
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Devine dismissed four Delhi Capitals batters in GG’s seventh league match of WPL 2026. The figures of 4 for 37 in four overs by Devine on Tuesday helped her go past Nandni Sharma’s tally of 14 wickets and take the No. 1 position in the list of bowlers with most wickets in WPL this year.
In seven matches of WPL 2026 for Gujarat Giants, Devine has 15 wickets to his credit.
Most wickets in WPL 2026
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | WICKETS |
| 1. | Sophie Devine | Gujarat Giants | 7 | 15 |
| 2. | Nandini Sharma | Delhi Capitals | 7 | 14 |
| 3. | Amelia Kerr | Mumbai Indians | 6 | 12 |
| 4. | Shree Charani | Delhi Capitals | 7 | 12 |
| 5. | Lauren Bell | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 7 | 11 |
| 6. | Nadine de Klerk | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 7 | 11 |
| 7. | Shreyanka Patil | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 7 | 10 |
| 8. | Rajeshwari Gayakwad | Gujarat Giants | 6 | 9 |
| 9. | Sayali Satghare | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 4 | 8 |
| 10. | Marizanne Kapp | Delhi Capitals | 7 | 7 |
Nandi Sharma picked up one wicket for Delhi Capitals against Gujarat Giants and the wicket of Mooney extended her tally of wickets to 14 in WPL 2026.
Her DC teammate Shree Charani is fourth in the list of bowlers with most wickets in WPL this year. She has dismissed 12 batters so far which is equal to Amelia Kerr’s tally.
The spinner from Andhra Pradesh accounted for the dismissal of four GG batters on Tuesday, and she only conceded 31 runs in four overs.
