In a match that ebbed and flowed wildly in pretty much every over of the chase, the unfancied UP Warriorz (UPW) held their nerves to eke out a one-run win over hosts Delhi Capitals at the Ferozshah Kotla here on Friday.

Chasing a modest 139 for their fifth win on the trot, DC went from 112/4 to 137 all-out -- losing six wickets for 25 runs -- thanks in no small measure to their collective brainfade.

That, however, must not gloss over some superlative death bowling from UPW who had just 28 runs to defend in the last four overs with seven DC batters yet to bat. Deepti Sharma, not for the first time in the match, did a star turn for UPW with a dramatic 19th over that brought three wickets.

Sharma castled Annabel Sutherland and Arundhati Reddy on the first two deliveries of the over to complete her hat-trick -- she had dismissed DC skipper Meg Lanning on the last ball of her previous over, 14th of the innings -- before taking out Shikha Pandey a ball later to trigger a dramatic collapse.

Needing 10 runs in the last over, Radha Yadav hit a six off the first ball of Grace Harris before DC lost Yadav and Jess Jonassen of successive deliveries. With two needed off two balls, No. 10 Titas Sidhu hit straight to mid on as UPW ended DC's four-match winning run.

In what should have been a regulation chase, DC batters huffed and puffed their way on a good batting track with none, barring skipper Meg Lanning, showing the game to ace such tricky chases.

Lanning starred with a 46-ball 60 as batters from both the sides laboured to find boundaries. After losing Shafali Verma in the fourth over, Lanning formed a crucial 47-run allinace with Alice Capsey to put DC firmly on track.