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Delhi Capitals Women vs Mumbai Indians Women
Revealed on: Mar 27, 2023
Mumbai Indians (MI) defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) by seven wickets within the Ladies’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 ultimate on the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday, March 26. Batting first after successful the toss, Delhi might solely put up 131 for 9 on the board, a goal Mumbai chased down in 19.3 overs
Issy Wong (3/42), Hayley Matthews (3/5) and Amelia Kerr (2/18) excelled with the ball as MI held DC to a below-par whole within the ultimate. Wong picked up the primary three wickets to fall, all of them off full tosses. There was some controversy on Shafali Verma’s (11 off 4) wicket as Delhi felt that top was a problem. Nonetheless, the third umpire dominated in Mumbai’s favor as Delhi misplaced the evaluate. Alice Capsey (0) and Jemimah Rodrigues (9) had been the opposite two batters to be dismissed off full tosses by Wong.
Marizanne Kapp was caught behind off Kerr for 18 off 21, whereas Delhi captain Meg Lanning (35 off 29) was run out after a yes-no scenario with Jess Jonassen. Arundhati Reddy (0) and Jonassen (2) additionally fell cheaply after which Matthews despatched again Minnu Mani (1) and Taniya Bhatia (0) to scale back Delhi to 79/9. A superb last-wicket stand of 52 between Shikha Pandey (27 not out off 17) and Radha Yadav (27 not out off 12) gave Delhi one thing to bowl at.
Within the chase, Mumbai additionally misplaced their first wicket to a full toss as Yastika Bhatia (4) fell to Yadav. Jonassen then had Matthews (13), caught at mid-on. Harmanpreet Kaur (37 off 39) and Nat Sciver-Brunt (60 not out off 55), then added 72 runs for the third wicket to place Mumbai in good place to push for victory.
After Harmanpreet was run-out going for a really dangerous single, Sciver-Brunt and Kerr (14 not out off 8) joined forces to take Mumbai previous the end line. The penultimate over bowled by Jonassen turned the match fully in MI’s favor. Three boundaries got here because the duo took 16 runs. Sciver-Brunt then slammed the successful runs by guiding Capsey over the keeper for a boundary.
Whereas Sciver-Brunt was named Participant of the ultimate, Lanning gained the Orange Cap and Matthews the Purple Cap in addition to Most Useful Participant. Harmanpreet gained the award for Catch of the Season, whereas Bhatia gained the Rising Participant of the 12 months award.
–By A Cricket Correspondent
