Delhi Capitals Qualify For The Playoffs Of WPL 2026: The last league match of the Women’s Premier League 2026 took place between Delhi Capitals and UP Warriors on Sunday 1 February. This match was played at Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara. In this match, Delhi Capitals defeated UP Warriors by 5 wickets and secured their place in the playoffs. Along with the UP team, Mumbai Indians are also out of this season. Mumbai team would have reached the playoffs only if UP won this match, but Delhi Capitals did not allow this to happen. Delhi team will now face Gujarat Giants in the eliminator match on Tuesday, 3 February.

Delhi Capitals restricted UP Warriors to a small score

UP Warriors, who came to bat first after losing the toss, could score only 122 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. UP Warriors’ innings looked under pressure from the very beginning. They lost wickets in the beginning and could not increase the run rate in the middle overs. Deepti Sharma scored the maximum 24 runs. Later, Shikha Pandey scored 23 runs in 13 balls and took the UP team beyond the score of 120. Simran Shaikh also could not go beyond 22 runs. Apart from these, no other UP batsman could touch the 20-run mark.

On the other hand, Marijane Kapp bowled brilliantly for Delhi Capitals and took maximum 3 wickets. Chinelle Henry also played an important role by taking 2 wickets. Both of them kept the UP batsmen tied and did not allow them to reach a big score. Shri Charani was also successful in taking 2 wickets, while Minnu Mani also took 1 wicket.

Delhi Capitals chased the target easily

Delhi Capitals made a strong start while chasing UP Warriors’ target of 123 runs. Laura Wolvaardt scored a brilliant 47 runs in 36 balls, which included 7 fours, while opener Shefali Verma laid the foundation of victory by scoring 29 runs. The partnership of 73 runs between the two made the match easy. Then captain Jemimah Rodrigues played a strong inning of 34 runs in 18 balls and led the team to victory. Now Delhi team will face Gujarat in the eliminator match on 3rd February and the team that wins this match will face Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final on 5th February.

Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Mumbai Indians (MI) by 7 wickets in the 13th match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 played at the BCA Stadium on Tuesday. This was DC’s second win of the season, while MI had to face its third consecutive defeat.

Mumbai Indians are at second position in the points table despite losing 4 out of 6 matches, while DC has secured the fourth position by winning 2 out of 5 matches. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has qualified for the next round. At the same time, the remaining four teams remain in this race.

After losing the toss and opting to bat, Mumbai Indians scored 154 runs after losing 5 wickets in the stipulated overs. Sajeevan Sajna made a partnership of 21 runs with Haley Mathews for the first wicket. Sajna returned to the pavilion after scoring 9 runs, while Mathews contributed 12 runs to the team’s account.

MI had lost the wickets of both the openers by the time the score was 21 in 4.1 overs. From here Nate Sciver-Brunt along with captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored 78 runs in 58 balls for the third wicket. Kaur contributed 41 runs in 33 balls with 7 fours to the team’s account.

After the captain’s dismissal, Sciver-Brunt added 31 runs with Nicola Carey for the fourth wicket. Nicola was out after scoring 12 runs, after which Sciver-Brunt took the lead and took the team to the score of 154. He scored unbeaten 65 runs in 45 balls. This innings included 2 sixes and 6 fours.

From the opposition camp, Shri Charani took maximum 3 wickets, while Marijan Kapp and Nandini Sharma took 1 wicket each.

In response, Delhi registered victory in 19 overs. The opening pair of Shefali Verma and Lizelle Lee gave a great start to the team chasing the target. There was a partnership of 63 runs between the two players in 7.3 overs. Shefali was out after scoring 29 runs in 24 balls with 6 fours.

From here Lee along with Laura Woolward added 21 runs for the second wicket. Lee remained just 4 runs away from her half-century. He played an inning of 46 runs with 1 six and 7 fours.

Woolward along with captain Jemimah Rodriguez scored 34 runs in 35 balls for the third wicket. The team got the third blow in the form of Wolvaardt, who scored an inning of 17 runs in 19 balls.

From here, Jemima made an unbroken partnership of 37 runs in 17 balls with Marizanne Kapp and kept DC in the title race by giving an important victory.

Jemima scored unbeaten 51 runs in 37 balls with 1 six and 5 fours, while Kapp played an unbeaten inning of 10 runs in 6 balls. For MI, Amanjot Kaur and Vaishnavi Sharma took 1-1 wicket.

As soon as the Christmas festival arrived, an atmosphere of celebration was seen among the celebs. From Bollywood to sports world, many celebrities celebrated Christmas in their own style.

Meanwhile, Indian Women’s Cricket Team’s star player Smriti Mandhana was also seen celebrating with friends on this special occasion. Smriti enjoyed Christmas with her close friends and a glimpse of which was also seen on social media.

Smriti Mandhana celebrated Christmas with friends
Smriti Mandhana’s close friend and Team India player Jemimah Rodrigues has recently shared many pictures of Christmas celebrations on her Instagram account. In these pictures, tremendous bonding was seen between Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues. Team India’s player Arundhati Reddy is also seen in one picture.

All the players were seen having fun together and enjoying Christmas. While sharing the pictures, Jemima wrote in the caption, ‘An atmosphere like home away from home’. These pictures of the Christmas party are becoming increasingly viral on social media and fans are liking them a lot.

Fans showered love
These pictures of his have become popular on social media as soon as they came out. Where fans are liking his style very much. People are especially liking the deep bonding between Smriti and Jemima.

Fans are seen showering love on these pictures of hers by making different types of comments. While commenting one user wrote cuties, while another wrote best trio. Some users are also seen praising the bonding of Smriti and Jemima. One fan wrote that the third pick is my favourite. While one wrote that everyone should have such a friend.

Delhi Capitals has appointed Jemimah Rodrigues as the new captain. In WPL 2026, the command of Delhi team will be in the hands of Rodrigues and she will replace Australian veteran player Meg Lanning as captain. Lanning, under whose captaincy till now Delhi had played the finals of the Women’s Premier all three times, but all three times Delhi Capitals had missed out on winning the WPL title.

Jemimah Rodrigues has been a part of the Delhi Capitals squad since the first season and till now has scored 507 runs in 27 matches for this team. Her strike rate in the Women’s Premier League is 139.67. He has played all three WPL finals so far while being a part of the Delhi team.

25-year-old Jemimah Rodrigues is India’s star batsman, who contributed significantly in making Team India the world champion in 2025. He played a historic inning of 127 runs against Australia in the semi-finals. Jemimah Rodrigues was retained by Delhi Capitals for Rs 2.2 crore before the WPL 2026 mega auction.

On being appointed the new captain of Delhi Capitals, Jemimah Rodrigues said, “It is an honor to be appointed the captain of Delhi Capitals. I thank the team owners and the support staff for showing confidence in me. This year has been very good for me and my family, first winning the World Cup and now I have got the opportunity to captain Delhi Capitals.”

Rodrigues has gained a lot of experience in T20 at the age of only 25. He has scored 2,444 runs in 113 International T20 matches for India, which includes 14 half-centuries. On the other hand, he has 1749 runs in his name in 59 ODI matches. Let us tell you that Delhi Capitals will play its first match in WPL 2026 with Mumbai Indians on January 10.

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Delhi Capitals is going to get a new captain. Jemimah Rodrigues can be given the captaincy of Delhi Capitals in the next season of the Women’s Premier League. According to Cricbuzz, Jemimah Rodrigues’ name is certain to be confirmed for the captaincy of Delhi Capitals team in WPL 2026. Let us tell you that the fourth edition of the Women’s Premier League is going to start from January 8, 2026.

According to Cricbuzz, the official announcement of Jemimah Rodrigues being made the captain of Delhi Capitals is possible on Tuesday, 23 December. Till now Meg Lanning had been captaining the Delhi team, but before the mega auction, the Delhi team had released her. Delhi has reached the WPL finals thrice so far, but had to face defeat every time.

After the WPL 2026 auction, Delhi Capitals co-owner Parth Jindal had clearly said that he wants an Indian captain and has also made up his mind in the same direction.

Jemimah Rodrigues has so far scored 507 runs in her WPL career while playing 27 matches and her average has been 28.16. In the ODI World Cup 2025, he played an important role in making Team India the world champion by performing strongly with the bat.

Before the auction, Delhi Capitals had retained a total of 5 players. Jemimah Rodrigues, Shefali Verma, Marijne Kapp and Annabel Sutherland were retained by Delhi for Rs 2.22 crore. Whereas uncapped player Nikki Prasad was retained by DC for Rs 50 lakh.

Delhi Capitals squad for WPL 2026: Jemimah Rodrigues, Shefali Verma, Annabel Sutherland, Marijanne Kapp, Nikki Prasad, Laura Woolworth, Chinelle Henry, Shree Charani, Sneh Rana, Lizelle Lee, Dia Yadav, Tania Bhatia, Mamta Madiwala, Nandini Sharma, Lucy Hamill, Minnu Mani

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Indian women’s cricket team’s star opener Smriti Mandhana has finally shared the news of her marriage breaking up. Amidst the rumours, speculations and social media discussions that have been going on for the past several days, she on Sunday confirmed that her wedding with musician Palash Muchhal has now been called off. The marriage of both of them was fixed on 23rd November, but everything came to a halt after Smriti’s father Srinivas Mandhana’s health suddenly deteriorated and Palash was also admitted to the hospital due to stress.

Jemima’s cryptic Instagram story goes viral

The one person who did not leave Smriti’s side during this difficult time was her teammate and close friend Jemimah Rodriguez. As soon as the news of postponement of the wedding came, Jemima left her WBBL season in Australia midway and returned to India. Now that the marriage has completely broken down, Jemima once again gave the message of standing up for her friend in her own style.

Jemima posted a cryptic story on Instagram. Video of a group singers, in which Olivia Dean’s song “Man I Need” was playing. The lyrics of this song are deep and emotional, like, “Looks like we’re making up for lost time. Need you to spell it out for me.”

Fans immediately interpreted this as support for Smriti. Along with this, fans also noted that Jemima has unfollowed Palash Muchhal, which further intensified the discussion on social media.

What did Smriti say?

Smriti Mandhana shared a note on Instagram, in which she spoke publicly on this issue for the first time. She wrote, “For the last few weeks, many things were being said about my life. I always keep things personal, but now it is important for me to clarify that the wedding has been called off.”

Smriti further said that there has always been a big aim in her life, to play for India and win trophies for the country. “My focus will always be on cricket,” he wrote.

Indian women’s cricket team’s star batsman Jemimah Rodrigues has recently made a shocking revelation. He uninstalled his WhatsApp just before the final of World Cup 2025. The reason for this was the thousands of continuous calls and messages, which left him extremely mentally disturbed.

There was commotion after the semi-finals

In the semi-finals, Jemima played a match-winning innings that took India to the finals. As soon as the team returned to the hotel after winning, Jemima’s phone started ringing non-stop. She told, “I don’t know how people got my number. There were about 1000 WhatsApp messages in my phone. The phone was ringing continuously. I was already filled with emotions and had to prepare for the finals.”

In such an environment, distraction was inevitable. The continuous notifications troubled him so much that he decided to delete WhatsApp completely.

Only 4-5 close people could contact

Jemima told that before deleting the app, she informed only her 4-5 closest people that if needed, they could talk through phone or SMS. She was in no condition to read any other message. She said, “Even if I wasn’t reading the messages, just the notification ringing was enough to make me nervous. I knew I had to prepare myself for the finals.”

During this time, Jemima had also distanced herself from social media. He made only one post on social media after winning the semi-final match.

Opened the phone after the finals

After the tournament was over, when Jemima opened social media again, her entire feed was found filled with her name. She laughed and said, “I was scrolling through Instagram and suddenly my video would come up. Someone or the other would be talking about me. I had never seen anything like this before.”

Indian cricketer Smriti Mandhana was going to get married to music composer Palash Muchhal. But suddenly this marriage got postponed. Cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues has decided to leave WBBL (Women’s Big Bash League) and be with Smriti in this difficult time. Bollywood actor Sunil Shetty has become emotional on this decision of Jemima. The actor has praised Jemima in a post on social media.

Sunil Shetty has shared a newspaper article on social media platform X. It is published about Jemimah Rodrigues that she has stepped away from WBBL to support Smriti. Sunil Shetty wrote in the caption with this article – ‘I saw this article first thing in the morning and my heart was filled with joy.’

Bumped into this article first thing in the morning and my heart felt full.
Jemimah leaving the WBBL to be by Smriti’s side. No big statements, just quiet solidarity.

This is what real teammates do.
Simple. straight. genuine pic.twitter.com/dL04daGjSu

— Suniel Shetty (@SunielVShetty) November 28, 2025

Fans are also praising Jemima
Sunil Shetty further wrote- ‘Jemima is leaving WBBL and is with Smriti. No big statement, just quiet solidarity. That’s what real teammates do. Simple, direct and true. Fans are also praising Jemima on this post of Sunil Shetty. One fan wrote – ‘Partnerships are formed on the field, but standing with your partner outside the field in difficult times is the true feeling of the game. Jemima has proved that relationships are bigger than career.

‘True friendship and solidarity…’
Another fan wrote- ‘It is really heart touching to see this. Teammates who show up for each other like this off the field build the kind of trust and bond that comes through when it’s needed on the field. Apart from this, one person commented – ‘They are not only true companions on the field, they stand together even in the most difficult times of life. Respect to both of you for showing true friendship and solidarity.

Jemimah Rodrigues Reached Australia: Indian cricket team’s star player Jemimah Rodriguez has gone to Australia. Jemima was the player who took Team India to the final by defeating Australia in the World Cup semi-finals. Jemima’s reaction after reaching Australia is going viral. Jemimah Rodriguez said that ‘I did not believe that Australia would let me cross the border after the semi-finals, but I saw that everyone welcomed me very warmly’.

Jemimah Rodriguez further said that the truth is that because of that victory, everyone is happy with the growth of women’s cricket, because we know that it will bring a big change not only in India but in world cricket.

Australia was defeated in the semi-finals

There was a clash between India and Australia in the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup 2025. In this match, Australia batted first and set a target of 339 runs for India. While chasing this big target, India’s two wickets fell at the score of 59. Whereas Australia had reached the semi-finals in the World Cup without losing any match. In such a situation, Jemima stood firm in front of Australia and returned from the field only after giving victory to Team India while chasing the target. In this semi-final, Jemima played a historic unbeaten inning of 127 runs.

Jemimah Rodriguez will play in WBBL

After winning the World Cup, Jemimah Rodriguez has reached Australia, where she has become a part of the Women’s Big Bash League 2025 (WBBL 2025). Jemima will be seen playing for Brisbane Heat in this tournament. The start of the Big Bash League was nothing special for Jemima and her team. Jemima came to bat at number three in her first match. Jemima scored only 6 runs in 9 balls. Whereas the entire team Brisbane Heat scored 133 runs in 20 overs.

In the Big Bash League match played between Brisbane Heat and Renegades, Renegades won the match by 10 wickets. However, through DLS Method, Renegades were given the target of scoring 66 runs in 8 overs, which the team easily chased.

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World Champions Got State Government Prize Money: Indian cricket team has created history by winning the Women’s World Cup 2025. Team India had received prize money of about Rs 40 crore from the International Cricket Council (ICC) after becoming the world champion. At the same time, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) also gave a reward of Rs 51 crore to the players and staff members of the Indian team.

After India won the World Cup, many state governments are honoring the players from their states included in India’s World Cup team. Team India’s players are being given crores of rupees as prize money along with government jobs. State governments have given prize money worth crores of rupees to many players including Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodriguez, Shri Charani, Renuka Thakur and Radha Yadav.

Mr. Charani got a government job

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu met Team India’s star player and left-arm spin bowler Shri Charani. Andhra Pradesh government gave Rs 2.5 crore to Mr. Charani for becoming world champion. Along with this, a plot of 1000 square yards was also gifted. Chandrababu Naidu has also announced to give a government job to Mr. Charani as a Group-1 officer in the state.

The Government of Andhra Pradesh, led by Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu Garu has announced a cash award of ₹2.5 crore, a 1,000 sq. yard house site, and a Group-I government job for Ms. Shree Charani in recognition of her exemplary performance in the ICC Women’s… pic.twitter.com/lUHpx1fHy9

— CMO Andhra Pradesh (@AndhraPradeshCM) November 7, 2025

Maharashtra government gave Rs 2.25 crore

The Maharashtra government has given Rs 2.25 crore as reward to three players of the Indian team, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, star batsman Jemimah Rodriguez and left-arm spinner Radha Yadav. Team India’s coach Amol Majumdar is also a resident of Maharashtra. Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra gave a check of Rs 22.50 lakh to Amol Majumdar.

Kranti Gaur also got honor

Indian women’s cricket team’s medium pacer Kranti Gaur has been honored by the Madhya Pradesh government. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has announced a reward of Rs 1 crore for Kranti Gaur. CM Mohan Yadav also honored the parents of Kranti Gaur.

Himachal government gave reward to Renuka Thakur

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu has announced an amount of Rs 1 crore to Team India’s ace bowler Renuka Thakur for her better bowling in the Women’s World Cup and for being a part of India’s world champion team. Along with this, Himachal government has also promised to give a government job to Renuka. CM Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu said that Renuka Thakur will be given a warm welcome when she comes to Himachal Pradesh. After Team India won the World Cup 2025, Himachal CM had told Renuka on phone and congratulated her for the victory.

After the historic World Cup victory, today spoke to Himachal’s daughter Renuka Singh Thakur and sent her best wishes.

His humility, passion and the pride reflected in his eyes while playing for the country is praiseworthy. There was the fragrance of the soil of Himachal in his every word. Daughter Renuka made history with her courage and hard work. pic.twitter.com/mDjCx45SCF

— Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu (@SukhuSukhvinder) November 3, 2025

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