Overview
- Sophie Devine closed out a four‑run victory by conceding two in the final over as Delhi Capitals fell short at 205/5 chasing 210.
- Devine smashed 95 off 42 balls, including a 32‑run over off Sneh Rana, before Delhi’s Nandani Sharma took 5‑33 with a last‑over hat‑trick to restrict Gujarat to 209.
- Lizelle Lee (86) and Laura Wolvaardt (77) kept Delhi in contention into the final over, but crucial wickets and dot balls stalled the chase.
- A day earlier, Gujarat beat UP Warriorz by 10 runs after Ashleigh Gardner’s 65 and debutant Anushka Sharma’s 44 set up 207/4, with Georgia Wareham’s 27* and two wickets earning Player of the Match.
- Gujarat became the first team to open a WPL season 2‑0 as Delhi slipped to 0‑2, with the opening fixtures producing one of the tournament’s highest match aggregates and the most expensive over on record.