WPL 2023: Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, UP Warriorz to compete in playoffs; top spot to be decided

With three matches in the league stage pending in the inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League, the identities of the top three teams were confirmed on Monday when UP Warriorz defeated Gujarat Giants in a thriller at the Brabourne Stadium.

The Warriorz, led by Alyssa Healy, joined Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals in the playoffs. With that result, Gujarat Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore are the two teams to miss out of the second stage of the competition.

Mumbai Indians became the first team to clinch the playoff spot as they started the season with five wins in a row. Delhi Capitals soon followed suit as their total of 8 points put them out of reach for the bottom two.

UP Warriorz, who had a start-stop campaign early on, have hit their stride since and with back-to-back wins, have reached the top three.

RCB, who started the season poorly with five defeats on the trot, gave themselves a glimmer of a hope with a huge win against Gujarat Giants that boosted their Net Run Rate too but they were expecting too many things to go their way after that disastrous start. Which ultimately did not. They will finish their campaign on Tuesday with a dead rubber against...

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