Litchfield, one of UPW’s standout performers this season, was ruled out after scoring 243 runs in six matches. Her injury comes as a significant setback for the Warriorz at a crucial stage of the tournament.
Earlier, RCB had put UPW to bat first and had reduced them to 50/5, before Deepti Sharma (45*) and Deandra Dottin (40*) helped the team recover enough to reach a fighting 143/5, with Nadine de Klerk and Shreyanka Patil getting two wickets each.
Out of contention following successive defeats at home, UP Warriorz had nothing to lose and they played without any care to knock out defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru from the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2025 with a 12-run win in Match 18 at the Ekana Stadium here on Saturday.
UP Warriorz, led by captain Deepti Sharma, have produced some great performances in the ongoing Women's Premier League (WPL) 2025 and have now arrived, for the first time, at their home ground in Lucknow.
The new jersey honours the pioneering spirit of Uttar Pradesh women, drawing inspiration from ladies like Rani Lakshmi Bai, Sucheta Kriplani, Arundhati Bhattacharya, and the Gulabi Gang.
A brilliant all-rounder performance by Alice Capsey helped Delhi Capitals beat UP Warriorz by five wickets with 13 balls to spare as they topped the table on net run rate over Mumbai Indians and powered their way into the final in the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2023 here on Tuesday.
Tahlia McGrath's brilliant fighting knock (90 not out off 50) went in vain as an attacking fifty by captain Meg Lanning (70 off 42) and all-round show by Jess Jonassen (42 not out and 3-43) led Delhi Capitals to a convincing 42-run win over UP Warriorz in a Women's Premier League 2023 (WPL) match at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, here on Tuesday.
