DC vs UP Warriorz Highlights, WPL 2023: Delhi Capitals beat UPW by 42 runs, secure two wins in a row

The players are back in the field with Deepti Sharma starting the attack against Marizanne Kapp. She hits the spinner for a boundary as nine runs come off her over. DC: 96/1 (10 overs)

As per latest update the rain has stopped and play will resume at 8:30 pm. The groundstaffs are busy in getting the conditions ready for play. 

The covers are on after light shower halts play in Navi Mumbai. This will definitely help UP Warriorz to break Meg Lanning's momentum, who is batting on 53 off 34 balls.

Sophie Ecclestone comes into the attack. She starts with a couple of dots against Meg Lanning before being hit for a six towards the backward square leg region. With that Lanning also completes her half-century. Second 50 in a row for the DC captain.

She then concedes a couple of singles as eight runs come off the over. DC: 87/1 (9 overs)

Deepti Sharma is introduced into the attack and she starts with a eight-run over, despite being hit for a boundary by Marizanne Kapp in the second ball. DC: 79/1 (8 overs)

It takes a special effort by Kiran Navgire to break the stand between Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning.

Shafali departs for 17(14), with Tahlia McGrath striking for UP Warriorz.

Nine runs and wicket come in her over. DC: 71/1 (7 overs)

Rajeshwari Gayakwad is introduced in the final powerplay over and Shafali Verma welcomes her with a boundary. 

Meg Lanning also joins the party and hits the spinner for a couple of more boundaries. She then finishes the over with a cut, which results in another four. DC: 62/0 (6 overs) 

Meg Lanning starts the fifth over by Shabnim Ismail with a six and then hits her for a boundary in the following delivery. 

She then bangs it at length, which is blocked by the Delhi skipper, before she passes the strike to Shafali in the fourth ball. The fifth delivery also results in a single, before Lanning closes it with another four towards the fine leg region. 16 runs come off it. DC: 45/0 (5 overs)

Anjali Sarvani continues from the other end as 11 runs come from her over. She is almost hit for a boundary in the first ball but a brilliant fielding effort saved UP two runs. 

Shafali then finishes the over with a huge six. DC: 29/0 (4 overs)

Another tight over by Shabnim Ismail but she is hit for a six by Meg Lanning. Full delivery coming at the stumps and Lanning tries to flick it but gets a big leading edge in the process. Good for her the powerplays are on as the ball lands just beyond the boundary ropes in the long-on region. DC: 18/0 (3 overs)

Anjali Sarvani will share the new ball duties with Shabnim Ismail. She starts with a dot against Shafali Verma, who takes a double in the following delivery. 

Verma then goes on to hit the bowler for a four as DC move to 12/0 in 2 overs.

After starting with four dots, Meg Lanning hits Shabnim Ismail for a boundary. The ball swings away and Lanning opens the face of the bat to guide it behind square on the off-side. 

Four runs come off the first over. DC: 4/0

Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma walk out in the middle to kick-off the proceedings. Shabnim Ismail will lead the attack for UP Warriorz.  

It's a bold call by UP Warriorz, who chose to drop their star player from the previous encounter. Grace Harris had smashed an unbeaten 59 off 26 balls, which featured seven 4s and three 6s.

Delhi Capitals: Meg Lanning(c), Shafali Verma, Marizanne Kapp, Jemimah Rodrigues, Alice Capsey, Jess Jonassen, Taniya Bhatia(w), Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Tara Norris

UP Warriorz: Alyssa Healy(w/c), Shweta Sehrawat, Kiran Navgire, Tahlia McGrath, Deepti Sharma, Simran Shaikh, Devika Vaidya, Sophie Ecclestone, Shabnim Ismail, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

UP Warriorz have made one change with Grace Harris sitting out and Shabnim Ismail coming in.

Delhi Capitals have fielded the same playing XI.

Alyssa Healy win the toss, opt to field first.

Delhi Capitals has fielded five overseas players, instead of regular five in their previous match. 

Meg Lanning, Marizanne Kapp, Alice Capsey, Jess Jonassen, and Tara Norris.

The reason behind it being Norris representing an associate nation in the internationals. She plays for USA in international matches, and plays club cricket in England. She also became the first bowler to complete a five-wicket haul in the Women's Premier League.

Indian stars to watchout for in the DC vs UPW tie: Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, and Deepti Sharma. 

All three have been regulars for India irrespective of the format and will hope to live up to their reputation in the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League.

UP Warriorz engaged in a thrilling encounter against Gujarat Giants, which the former won by three wickets. 

Gujarat, who won the toss and opted to bat, imposed a challenging 170-run target for UP, who completed with one ball remaining in the contest. 

Delhi Capitals started their WPL campaign against Royal Challengers Bangalore and defeated them by 60 runs. RCB won the toss and invited Delhi to bat first but were blown apart by Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning's batting at the top. The pair added 162 runs for the opening wicket in 14.2 overs. Lanning scored 72 off 43 balls, while Shafali smashed 84 off 45 balls to help Delhi pile a staggering 223/2 on the board.

RCB, in response, got off to a decent start but once Tara Norris', American cricketer, was introduced into the attack the team kept losing wickets at regular intervals. They went to add 163/8 in 20 overs, with captain Smriti Mandhana's 23-ball 35 being the highest individual score. 

Meanwhile, Norris accounted for five wickets and conceded 29 runs in her four-over quota.

Hello and welcome to the LIVE coverage of Delhi Capitals and UP Warriorz. Both the teams made a winning start to the tournament and will look to carry forward the momentum. The match is being played at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai and will start at 7:30 PM IST. The toss will take place half an hour earlier. Stay tuned for LIVE updates!