UP Warriorz Women Playing 11 vs Delhi Capitals Women, WPL 2024, Match 4

UP Warriorz takes on Delhi Capitals women in match 4 of WPL 2024 in Bengaluru on Monday, February 26. The match starts from 7.30 pm IST. The Chinnaswamy stadium hosts the first 11 matches of WPL 2024. The tournament’s second half, including the Eliminator, will be played in Delhi.

Alyssa Healy leads UP Warriors. They lost their campaign opener against RCB women as they failed to chase down 158 for victory. They lost in the end by two runs after finishing for 155/7 in their 20 overs.

RCB Women scored 157/6 in their 20 overs. The UP Warriorz were well on course to win the game settled at 126/3 in the 17th over. Three wickets by RCB spinner Sobhana Asha changed the game on its head for UP. They lost Shweta Sehrawat (31), Grace Harris (38), and Kiran Navgire (1) as RCB came storming back into the game.

UP needed 10 off the final over to win as they fell short by just two runs with Sophie Molineux keeping her cool in the final over. She dismissed Alyssa Healy to strike a breakthrough for her team. Heading into their next game, UP should think about bringing in Chamari Athapaththu who was called in as a replacement for Lauran Bell. She can come in for Tahila McGrath.

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UP Warriorz Women Playing 11 vs Delhi Capitals Women, WPL 2024, Match 4

Alyssa Healy (C/WK)

Healy will open the batting for UP. She scored just 5 off four balls in the last match before being cleaned up by Sophie Molineux. Healy scored 253 runs last season and an average of 31.62.

Chamari Athapaththu

Chamari should open the batting with Healy and forge a good partnership up at the top. She was called in as a replacement for Lauran Bell and should replace Tahila McGrath in the XI. Athapaththu has experience playing 122 T20Is for Sri Lanka.

Vrinda Dinesh

Dinesh should bat at three. She fielded brilliantly in the first game and scored 18 with the bat before she was stumped by Richa Ghosh. She was one of the most expensive players in this auction at 1.3 crores.

Shweta Sehrawat

Shweta should bat at four. Se showed plenty of maturity in the first game in that partnership with Grace Harris that kept UP in the game. She added 77 runs with Harris.

Grace Harris

Harris should bat at five. She scored a brilliant 38 off 23 balls and kept UP alive in the game against RCB women. Her wicket was a big breakthrough for the opposition and one of the key reasons why UP lost the game.

Kiran Navgire

The big-hitting Kiran Navgire scored just one. She was stumped by Richa Ghosh and was one of the five wickets taken by Sobhana Asha. She should play this game.

Deepti Sharma

Deepti should bat at seven. She scored an unbeaten 13 but could not win the match for her side. She took 1 for 23 in her first game this season. She took nine wickets last season at an average of 34.33.

Poonam Khemnar

The all-rounder scored 14 off 7 balls and looked good to take the UP Warriorz home with a few lusty hits. Georgia Wareham dismissed her. Khemnar adds batting depth to this UP side.

Sophie Ecclestone

Ecclestone bats at nine and can hit a few lusty blows herself. She is one of the key spinners in the UP side. She took the key wicket of Ellyse Perry in the last game. Last year she had 16 wickets, the second most.

Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Gayakwad is another key spinner and completes the trio alongside Deepti Sharma and Sophie Ecclestone. She took the wickets of Meghana and Wareham against RCB. Last year she took seven wickets in 8 matches.

Saima Thakor

Saima concludes the XI for UP Warriorz as the specialist Indian seamer. She bowled two overs and went wicketless. UP should give her more chances in the remaining games.

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