Women’s DPL T20 2024: Upasana Yadav’s Astonishing Century Helps North Delhi Strikers Women Clinch Victory In Final

New Delhi: Upasana Yadav stole the show on Sunday by smashing a historic ton at the Adani Ladies’s Delhi Premier League title with a 10-run victory over the South Delhi Superstarz Ladies inside the final at Arun Jaitley Stadium. Yadav made history by smashing the league’s first-ever century, an unbeaten 114 off just Sixty seven balls. Her explosive knock, laced with 18 boundaries and three sixes, powered North Delhi to a commanding total of 179/Three in their 20 overs.

In response, South Delhi’s chase became led by Tanisha Singh, who fought valiantly with Seventy two off forty balls, but her effort fell short as her team ended up at 169/eight, 10 runs shy of the target. South Delhi began aggressively in pursuit of a hundred and eighty, but openers Chhavi Gupta (20 runs off 20 balls) and Shweta Sehrawat (13 runs off 11 balls) were back inside the pavilion by the end of the powerplay, with the score at 46/2. Singh then built a essential 38-run partnership with Riya Soni, but Soni’s dismissal inside the 11th over left South Delhi at Eighty four/Three.

Tanisha Singh held the innings together, forming a 60-run stand with Nidhi Mahto, bringing the score to one hundred forty four/Four inside the seventeenth over. Nevertheless, Bharti Rawal removed Mahto (15 off sixteen), and Soni Yadav struck twice inside the 18th over, putting off both Singh and R Priyadarshini, leaving South Delhi in trouble at 151/6. Despite a late stir from Ekta Bhadana and Manju Godara, who added 15 runs inside the nineteenth over, South Delhi needed 14 from the final six balls. Nazma Sultana delivered a disciplined last over, taking two essential wickets and sealing the win for North Delhi Strikers as South Delhi ended on 169/eight.

Earlier, North Delhi lost Mansi Sharma (zero off 5) early, but Yadav took charge of the innings. Partnering with Monika, she guided the team to 50/1 by the end of the powerplay. Though Monika became brushed off for 19 off 15 inside the seventh over, Yadav continued her onslaught, reaching her fifty in 36 balls and eventually racing to a century in barely Sixty two deliveries. Ayushi Soni provided steady strengthen with 31 off 34, as North Delhi posted a formidable 179/Three. South Delhi’s Aarti Kumari became the p.c. of the bowlers, claiming 2/34.

Yadav’s heroics ensured North Delhi Strikers Ladies emerged as champions of the Adani Ladies’s Delhi Premier League T20.