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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In the first T20 match, India defeated Sri Lanka by 8 wickets. In this match played in Visakhapatnam, the Sri Lankan team was able to score only 121 runs while playing first. In response, Team India won the match by 8 wickets with 32 balls remaining. Smriti Mandhana has performed a historic feat during this match. Whereas Jemimah Rodrigues returned unbeaten after scoring 69 runs.

The Sri Lankan team’s poor performance was due to its own mistakes. Sri Lanka lost 6 wickets, out of which three batsmen were run out. The bowlers of Team India also bowled hard. Except Amanjot Kaur, no Indian bowler gave away runs at an economy rate of 8 or more. As a result, Sri Lanka could score only 121 runs while playing first.

In reply, India’s first wicket fell at the score of just 13. Smriti Mandhana scored 25 runs, when Mandhana was out, India had lost the second wicket at the score of 67. The rest of the work was completed by Jemimah Rodrigues, who returned unbeaten after scoring 69 runs in 44 balls. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur also contributed 15 runs.

Smriti Mandhana created history

Smriti Mandhana has become the first Indian and second batsman in the world to complete 4000 runs in international women’s T20 cricket. Mandhana has achieved this feat in the 154th match of her T20 career. The only cricketer who has scored more runs than her in women’s T20 cricket is Suzie Bates, who scored 4716 runs in her career.

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South Africa has defeated India by 3 wickets. In this hair-raising match, Nadine de Klerk’s inning of 84 runs snatched the victory from Team India. Playing first in this match, the Indian team had scored 251 runs, in response to which the South African team won the match by 3 wickets with 7 balls remaining. All-rounder Nadine de Klerk single-handedly defeated the Indian bowlers. This is India’s first defeat in the World Cup 2025.

Indian batting was a flop in this match played in Visakhapatnam. Team India’s 6 wickets had fallen for just 102 runs. From there, Richa Ghosh made the biggest contribution in taking the team’s score beyond 250 by playing an inning of 94 runs. Sneh Rana also scored 33 runs.

India lost the won match

Chasing the target of 252 runs, half of the South African team had returned to the pavilion by the score of 51. For a long time, captain Laura Woolworth held one end, who played an inning of 70 runs. It seemed as if Team India would register an easy victory. When Woolworth’s wicket fell, South Africa’s score was 142/6. Here too Team India’s victory looked easy.

Meanwhile, Nadine de Klerk and Chloe Tryon made a partnership of 59 runs to take South Africa closer to victory. Meanwhile, when Tryon was out after scoring 49 runs, South Africa still needed 41 runs to win. But the clerk was still firmly on the crease. Nadine de Klerk single-handedly overpowered Team India. He played an unbeaten inning of 84 runs in 54 balls. In this innings he hit 8 fours and 5 sixes.

The Indian team had earlier defeated Sri Lanka and Pakistan, but now South Africa has become the first team to defeat it in the World Cup 2025.