WPL 2026: Delhi Capitals Remain 4th Despite Win, Lizelle Lee Now Only Harmanpreet Kaur In Orange Cap Race

South African wicketkeeper-batter Lizelle Lee’s second straight fifty on Wednesday (January 14) helped Delhi Capitals chase down the target of 155 runs in 19.4 overs and secure their first points in the ongoing 2026 edition of the Women’s Premier League. The 33-year-old right-handed batter opened the innings for the Jemimah Rodrigues-led side at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai and scored 67 runs from 44 balls. During her stay at the crease, she slammed 8 fours and 3 sixes and added 94 runs for the first wicket with Shafali Verma, who made 36 runs.

But despite securing their first win of WPL 2026 by 7 wickets, Delhi Capitals remain fourth in the points table, whereas after losing three matches in a row, UPW remain at the bottom of the points table, and

their chances of qualifying for the playoffs are in danger.

The Meg Lanning-led side need to win all five of their remaining matches to keep their hopes of winning the maiden WPL title alive.

WPL 2026 points after the end of Delhi Capitals vs UP Warriorz match

POSITION	TEAM	MATCHES	WINS	LOSSES	NO RESULT	POINTS	NET RUN RATE
1.	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	2	2	0	0	4	+1.974
2.	Mumbai Indians	3	2	1	0	4	+0.901
3.	Gujarat Giants	3	2	1	0	4	+0.105
4.	Delhi Capitals	3	1	2	0	2	-1.350
5.	UP Warriorz	3	0	3	0	0	-2.443

Orange Cap

Lee’s second fifty of WPL 2026 helped her extend her tally of runs to 163. She is now only second in the list of batters with the most runs in WPL 2026. Mumbai Indians skipper Harmanpreet Kaur leads the Orange Cap race with a total of 165 runs to her credit in three matches. Like Lee, Harman has also slammed two back-to-back half-centuries for her team.

Gujarat Giants’ Sophie Devine has dropped to third position now and she is followed by her GG captain Ashleigh Gardner.

Most runs in WPL 2026

POSITION	PLAYER	TEAM	MATCHES	RUNS	BEST SCORE
1.	Harmanpreet Kaur	Mumbai Indians	3	165	74*
2.	Lizelle Lee	Delhi Capitals	3	163	86
3.	Sophie Devine	Gujarat Giants	3	141	95
4.	Ashleigh Gardner	Gujarat Giants	3	134	65
5.	Phoebie Litchfield	UP Warriorz	3	125	78

Purple Cap

Delhi Capitals pacer Nandini Sharma extended her lead in the list of bowlers with the most wickets in WPL 2026 by taking one wicket on Wednesday. She dismissed UPW skipper Meg Lanning in the 16th over of the match to extend her tally of wickets to 8 in three matches.

Most wickets in WPL 2026

POSITION	PLAYER	TEAM	MATCHES	WICKETS	BEST FIGURES
1.	Nandini Sharma	Delhi Capitals	3	8	5/33
2.	Amelia Kerr	Mumbai Indians	3	6	3/24
3.	Nadine de Klerk	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	2	6	4/26
4.	Nicola Carey	Mumbai Indians	3	6	3/37
5.	Sophie Devine	Gujarat Giants	3	5	2/21

There was no change in the top-five wicket-takers list, but DC spinner Shree Charani has now moved to sixth in the Purple Cap race. She has 5 wickets to her name in three matches.