{"id":8832,"date":"2025-03-11T23:26:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T17:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=575275"},"modified":"2025-03-11T23:26:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T17:56:38","slug":"wpl-2025-dc-w-to-play-third-consecutive-final-after-they-finish-group-stage-as-table-toppers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/wpl-2025-dc-w-to-play-third-consecutive-final-after-they-finish-group-stage-as-table-toppers\/","title":{"rendered":"WPL 2025: DC-W to play third consecutive final after they finish group stage as table toppers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Delhi Capitals Women (DC-W) have once again asserted their dominance in the Women\u2019s Premier League (WPL), securing a direct spot in the final for the third consecutive season. Finishing as table-toppers in the group stage, DC-W won five out of their eight matches, accumulating 10 points with a net run rate (NRR) of +0.396. Despite stiff competition, they held their ground, ensuring a direct entry into the summit clash on March 15.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>DC-W\u2019s quest for maiden WPL title continues<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite consistent performances over three seasons, DC-W are yet to lift the coveted WPL trophy. In the inaugural edition in 2023, they fell short against Mumbai Indians Women (MI-W) in the final. A year later, they faced RCB-W in the title clash, only to suffer another heartbreaking defeat. Now, with a third straight final appearance, Delhi will be determined to break their streak and finally etch their name in WPL history.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>MI-W stumble, settle for second spot<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MI-W had an opportunity to overtake DC-W at the top of the table in their final group-stage match against RCB-W. However, an 11-run defeat dashed their hopes, leaving them with 10 points\u2014equal to DC-W\u2014but an inferior NRR of +0.192. As a result, they now face Gujarat Giants (GG) in the eliminator on Thursday, with the winner earning the right to challenge DC-W in the grand finale.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Gujarat Giants secure final playoff spot<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GG became the third team to qualify for the playoffs, sealing their place in the eliminator against MI-W. Meanwhile, RCB-W and UP Warriorz (UP-W) ended their campaigns with six points each, finishing in the bottom two.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The eliminator match between MI-W and GG will determine who DC-W will face in the final match that will be played at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi Capitals Women (DC-W) have once again asserted their dominance in the Women\u2019s Premier League (WPL), securing a direct\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":385,"featured_media":31631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","category-wpl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/385"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}