Big picture – A must-win for DC
DC would not have been in this situation had they not bottled up their two chases against Gujarat Giants (GG) this season. On the two occasions, they failed to score nine and seven off the last over, both against Sophie Devine.
Following the success of two legspinners in the GG vs MI game, is there a case for DC to give Alana King a go?
Delhi Capitals: 1 Shafali Verma, 2 Lizelle Lee (wk), 3 Laura Wolvaardt, 4 Jemimah Rodrigues (capt), 5 Marizanne Kapp, 6 Niki Prasad, 7 Sneh Rana, 8 Chinelle Henry/Alana King, 9 Minnu Mani, 10 N Shree Charani, 11 Nandani Sharma
With their batting lacking firepower in the middle order, UPW could give Deandra Dottin a go in their final game of the season.
UP Warriorz: 1 Meg Lanning (capt), 2 Deepti Sharma, 3 Amy Jones (wk), 4 Harleen Deol, 5 Shweta Sehrawat, 6 Chloe Tryon/Deandra Dottin. 7 Simran Shaikh, 8 Sophie Ecclestone, 9 Asha Sobhana, 10 Shikha Pandey, 11 Kranti Gaud
In the spotlight: Lanning vs Kapp and Wolvaardt vs Ecclestone
The Kotambi Stadium has been assisting spinners a lot more than the DY Patil Stadium. While the spinners picked up 49 wickets in the first leg, they had an economy rate of 9.40, a figure that has sharply dropped to 7.90 in the Vadodara leg. Their strike rate has also improved to 18 as opposed to 23.8 in Navi Mumbai. However, both DC and UPW have seamers who have been leading their wickets tally – Nandani with 14 for DC, Shikha Pandey with six for UPW (joint-most for them with Ecclestone).