WPL 2026: DC registered its first win by defeating UPW, these records were made

Updated: 14-01-2026, 05.55 PM

What is the news?

In the 7th match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026, Delhi Capitals (DC) registered their first win this season by defeating UP Warriors (UPW) by 7 wickets. In the match held in Navi Mumbai, UPW, playing first, scored 154/8. In reply, DC achieved the target thanks to Liezel Lee’s half-century (67). Interestingly, this turned out to be UPW’s third consecutive defeat. Let’s take a look at the records made in the match.

Statement of account

This is how DC team won

Captain Meg Lanning scored a half-century (54) after the early dismissal of Kiran Navgire (0). Batting at number-4, Harleen Deol played an inning of 47 runs and the team scored beyond 150. In reply, Shafali Verma (36) and Lizelle Lee (67) made a partnership of 94 runs for the first wicket. After this, captain Jemimah Rodriguez (21) and Laura Wolvadt (25) contributed to the victory.

Lanning scored his 10th half-century in WPL

UPW, batting first against DC, lost its wicket early in the form of Kiran Navagire (0). In this situation, Lanning scored the 10th half-century of his WPL career. She was out after scoring 54 runs in 38 balls with the help of 9 fours and 1 six. Along with Harleen Deol, he also added 85 runs in 56 balls for the third wicket. Deol retired after scoring 47 runs in 36 balls.

result on last ball

DC needed 6 runs to win in the last over, while its 7 wickets were safe. UPW spinner Sophie Ecclestone bowled the first ball dot in front of Marizanne Kapp. Whereas, Kapp hit a four on the second ball. After this, Ecclestone did not give any runs on the next 2 balls. Kapp changed the end as a leg bye on the fifth ball. Wolvadt sealed the victory by hitting a four on the last ball.

Meg Lanning completes her 1,000 runs in WPL

Lanning became the third player in the history of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) to score 1,000 runs. Lanning now joins England’s Nat Sciver-Brunt and Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur in the list. So far, she has scored 1,050 runs in the same innings of 30 matches at an average of 38.88 and strike rate of 125.74. Meanwhile, his best score has been 92 runs.

Lizel Lee scored a quick half-century

Lizelle Lee, who came to start the innings for DC, batted brilliantly. Thanks to him, DC scored 46 runs without losing any wicket after the powerplay overs. This wicketkeeper batsman completed his half-century in just 31 balls. She was out after scoring 67 runs in 44 balls with the help of 8 fours and 3 sixes. Deepti Sharma ended her innings.