Games keep coming thick and fast in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 season. We are already more than one-third into the season as match no-8 will be played between Delhi Capitals and UP Warriorz at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Team Form and Match Preview
The contrasting form of both teams couldn’t be more prominent than the current shape of the table. With two wins in three games, DEL-W are sitting second on table while UP-W, having lost both their opening matches, are reeling at the bottom of the power rankings.
UP Warriorz have a lot of issues to address ahead of this game. The biggest worry is the bowling unit, which at times looked toothless while defending targets. UP-W batted first in both matches they played so far, and never it looked like they could defend. When the margin of defeat is as big as six wickets and seven wickets, then it’s clear that there’s some big issue with the bowling unit.
For DEL-W, the current season is giving all the positive impressions that the team is more than capable of emulating last season when they made it to the final of WPL 2024. Delhi kicked off their campaign with a narrow two-wicket win over Mumbai Indians but then suffered a heavy eight-wicket loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore – the very team that defeated them in last season’s final. Delhi came back to winning ways in the very next game after beating UP Warriorz by seven wickets.
DEL-W vs UP-W: Match Details
Date: Saturday, 22 February 2025
Time: 07:30 PM IST
Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
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DEL-W vs UP-W Dream11 Prediction: Pitch Report and Weather Conditions
Pitch Report: The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium is one of the most batting friendly venue in the whole world. The stadium has shorter boundaries and the outfield is quick as well. The playing conditions also tend to remain the same throughout the match, rendering toss, to some extent, ineffective.
Dream11 Combination: Considering the pitch at this venue, a Dream11 team consisting of top-order batsmen and some spinners should be the go-to option for fantasy cricket teams.
Weather Report: There’s 10% chance of rain in Bengaluru on Saturday, but the chances of this game getting affected by weather remains low. Since this is an evening game, temperature shouldn’t be an issue as well.
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Where to watch live broadcast of DC-W vs UP-W WPL 2025 match on TV?
The match between Delhi Capitals and UP Warriors is available to watch across Star Sports TV Network.
Where to watch live streaming of DC-W vs UP-W WPL 2025 match?
The live streaming of Delhi Capitals and UP Warriorz match is also available to stream on JioStar mobile app.
DEL-W vs UP-W Dream11: Team News
Delhi Capitals Team News-
- Delhi Capitals will go into this game with a fully-fit squad.
- DC should also go into this game with an unchanged playing XI from last match.
- Delhi Capitals Full Squad: Annabel Sutherland, Minnu Mani, Shafali Verma, Arundhati Reddy, N Charani, Shikha Pandey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Nandini Kashyap, Sneha Deepthi, Jess Jonassen, Niki Prasad, Taniyaa Bhatia, Marchizanne Kapp, Radha Yadav, Titas Sadhu, Alice Capsey, Meg Lanning, Sarah Bryce.
UP Warriorz Team News-
- No injury issues for UP Warriorz ahead of this game.
- But owing to an inconsistent start to the season, UP Warriors might ring in some changes to their playing 11.
- UP Warriorz Full Squads: Grace Harris, Shweta Sehrawat, Anjali Sarvani, Kiran Navgire, Sophie Ecclestone, Arushi Goel, Kranti Goud, Tahlia Mcgrath, Chamari Athapaththu, Poonam Khemnar, Uma Chetry, Deepti Sharma, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Vrinda Dinesh, Alana King, Gouher Sultana, Saima Thakor, Chinelle Henry.
DC-W vs UP-W Dream11 Prediction: Expected Playing 11
Delhi Capitals Expected Playing 11
- Shafali Verma
- Meg Lanning (C)
- Jemimah Rodrigues
- Marizanne Kapp
- Annabel Sutherland
- Sarah Bryce (wk)
- Jess Jonassen
- Arundhati Reddy
- Shikha Pandey
- Niki Prasad
- Minnu Mani
UP Warriorz Expected Playing 11
- Kiran Navgire
- Vrinda Dinesh
- Uma Chetry (WK)
- Deepti Sharma (C)
- Tahlia McGrath
- Grace Harris
- Shweta Sehrawat
- Chinelle Henry
- Sophie Ecclestone
- Rajeshwari Gaikwad
- Kranti Gaud
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DEL-W vs UP-W Dream11 Top Fantasy Picks
- Meg Lanning: Delhi Capitals captain scored 69 runs off 49 balls in the last match against UP Warriorz. With the Australia star back in form, DC-W look a completely different outfit.
- Annabel Sutherland: Picked up two wickets in the last match and scored 41 runs off 35 balls in the 2nd innings. Her all-round skills are enough reasons to pick her in DC-W vs UP-W teams.
- Marizanne Kapp: South African all-rounder is another player in DC-W team who can impact the match with both bat and ball. She picked up a wicket and scored 29 runs in the last match.
- Sophie Ecclestone: England star player has picked up three wickets in the first two matches for UP Warriorz. She is amongst the most consistent spinners in the world cricket.
DEL-W vs UP-W Dream11 Fantasy Team
Captain/Vice-Captain options: Sophie Ecclestone, Chinelle Henry, Deepti Sharma, Meg Lanning, Annabel Sutherland, Marizanne Kapp, Shafali Verma
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