Shafali Verma bowled four overs for Delhi Capitals on Wednesday (January 14) in their third league match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 played against UP Warriorz at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai and picked up two wickets for 16 runs. She opened her wicket account by dismissing Shweta Sehrawat (11 runs from 12 balls) on the third ball of the 20th over of UP Warriorz’s innings and then, on the fifth ball, got rid of Deepti Sharma, who made 2 runs from 2 balls.
While Shweta, who was retained for Rs 50 lakh by UPW ahead of the WPL 2026 mega auctions, was caught by Shree Charani, Sneh Rana completed Deepti’s catch.
Shafali’s super show with the ball helped DC restrict UPW to 154/8 despite them cruising at 132/2 in 15.2 overs.
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the 155-run chase, she slammed 36 runs from 32 balls as the opening batter. During her stay at the crease, Shafali scored six fours and added 94 runs from 69 balls for the first wicket with South African wicketkeeper-batter Lizelle Lee, who was batting at 55 runs from 37 balls at the time of her dismissal.
Shafali was unlucky to miss out on a deserving half-century, but her superb all-round show helped Delhi Capitals secure their first points in WPL 2026. But despite getting the better of UP Warriorz, DC remain fourth in the points table.
Other star performers of DC-UPW WPL 2026 match
For Delhi Capitals, apart from Shafali, Lizelle Lee impressed with her batting. The wicketkeeper-batter from South Africa slammed her second fifty in a row. She made 67 runs from 44 balls with the help of 8 fours and 3 sixes before Deepti Sharma dismissed her on the fourth ball of the 15th over of DC’s innings. In an attempt to hit a big shot down the ground, she was caught by Kiran Navgire.
For UPW, their skipper Meg Lanning, who was previously associated with Delhi Capitals in the WPL, scored 54 runs from 38 balls. During her stay at the crease, Lanning joined the 1000-run club in the WPL and also broke Harmanpreet Kaur’s record of most runs in the competition’s history as captain.
