UP Warriors defeated Delhi Capitals by 33 runs in the eighth match of Women’s Premier League 2025 played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
UP team achieved this memorable victory due to the all-round performance of Chinelle Henry and the brilliant bowling of Kranti Gaud.
First innings: Henry’s storm, UP scored a huge score
UP Warriors team batted first and scored a strong score of 177 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. The team had a slow start and many wickets fell quickly, but Chinelle Henry changed the course of the match as soon as she came.
Henry hit a stormy 62 runs in just 23 balls, which included 2 fours and 8 sixes. He batted at a strike rate of around 270 and thrashed the Delhi bowlers. Tahlia McGrath also contributed 24 runs.
Jess Jonason bowled brilliantly for Delhi and took 4 wickets. Marizanne Kapp and Arundhati Reddy took 2-2 wickets.
Second innings: Gaud-Harris’ bowling defeated Delhi
Chasing 178 runs, Delhi’s team was all out for 144 runs in 19.3 overs. Jemima Rodrigues played a brilliant innings of 56 runs (35 balls, 8 fours, 1 six), but could not lead the team to victory.
Kranti Gaud bowled brilliantly and took 4 important wickets for just 25 runs in 4 overs. She dismissed dangerous batsmen like captain Meg Lanning, Shefali Verma, and Jemima. Grace Harris also did wonders in the last overs and took 4 wickets for 15 runs in 2.3 overs.
Chinelle Henry also contributed with the ball and took a wicket. He was named Player of the Match for his brilliant all-round performance (42 runs and 1 wicket).
Womens Premier League 2025 – 8th Match UP Warriorz vs Delhi Capitals Women Scorecard
Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Result: UP Warriorz won by 33 runs
UP Warriorz – 177/9 (20 Overs)
- Chinelle Henry – 62 (23), 2 fours, 8 sixes Player of the Match
- Tahlia McGrath – 24 (23), 3 fours
- Kiran Prabhu Navgire – 17 (20), 3 fours
Best Bowlers (Delhi Capitals Women):
- Jess Jonassen – 4/31
- Marizanne Kapp – 2/18
- Arundhati Reddy – 2/52
Delhi Capitals Women – 144/10 (19.3 Overs)
- Jemimah Rodrigues – 56 (35), 8 fours, 1 six
- Shafali Verma – 24 (30), 4 fours
- Shikha Pandey – 15* (13), 2 fours
Best Bowlers (UP Warriorz):
- Kranti Goud – 4/25
- Grace Harris – 4/15
- Deepti Sharma – 1/25
UP Warriorz secured a strong victory with Henry’s explosive batting and Goud & Harris’ exceptional bowling.
WPL 2025 UPW vs DC After Match Statment
Chinelle Henry (Player of the Match): My role in the team is pretty clear. The players before me go out there and set up the innings. This is my second match in WPL. It’s about backing my skills and my team trusts me, it’s about going out there and executing. When I went out to bat, the ball was doing a bit much.
It was just about backing my strengths. The bowlers were bowling to my strength. Back in December was a good series, I missed a couple of matches due to injury. To pick up where I left off was nice and I am happy my contribution helped my team win. It happens (dropped catches). It’s about going back and train. The next game we play is against RCB and we need to take on chances. It was loud today and imagine what it’ll be then. It’s about backing each other and do well as a team.
Deepti Sharma (UP Warriorz captain):
We needed this win, it was very important. It feels very good to win, the mindset is very positive. The mindset was pretty similar, we were focusing on partnerships. Henry was unbelievable. We need to improve on fielding. We are believing that our team can keep winning.
Grace Harris, the lady with the hat-trick is here for a chat! Here is her take:
That was not great bowling from me! But, I’ve got the wickets! I was joking in the bowlers’ meeting today that I’m going to take a hat-trick, and the girls took it a bit casually! Now, I’ll try to do something similar with the batting too you know! I’ve batted once with Chinelle Henry at the nets and she is a powerful athlete! She can strike it clean alright! Also, she is a nice, bubbly person.
She adds up a lot to our batting unit and I’ve plans of batting with her a lot as the tournament goes along! A lot of the trend at the moment is that you win the toss and win the match. But it’s about executing our plans. Hopefully, Chinelle’s innings tonight and kickstarted something special! RCB here is a tough proposition, but we want to knock them over first and do the same to the Mumbai Indians!
