India, Nov. 26 -- Delhi Capitals have had quite the journey in the three-year old Women's Premier League. One of the most formidable and stable squads, they made it to all the finals but lost all of them.

Led by the inspiring Meg Lanning in these editions, they took the bold call of leaving her out in the retentions. Instead, they held onto five players that form a solid core with three Indian batters and two overseas all-rounders in Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, U-19 World Cup winning India captain Niki Prasad and Australia's Annabel Sutherland and South Africa's Marizanne Kapp.

By sticking to largely the same core, they reinstated their faith in the foundation that has given them success. "If you look back over the last three year...