Womens Premier League 2023: Mumbai Indians Women Lift the WPL Title After a 7 Wicket Win Over Delhi Capitals Women
Delhi Capitals Women and Mumbai Indians Women came against each other in the final at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. Delhi Capitals Women won the toss and decided to bat first.
Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning came to bat and Nat Sciver-Brunt opened the bowling attack. In the 2nd over, Shafali Verma hit back-to-back two boundaries and got out on the third ball after scoring 11(4), and Alice Capsey got out for a duck. In the 3rd over, Meg Lanning hit back-to-back two fours. In the 5th over, Rodrigues got out on the second ball after scoring 9(8). After 6 overs, DCW was at 38-3.
In the 7th over, Lanning hit two fours. Delhi Capitals Women reached 50 runs in the 8th over. In the 11th over, Kapp hit a four and got out after scoring 18(21) on the third ball. In the 12th over, Lanning ran out after scoring 35(29). In the 13th over, Arundhati Reddy got out for a duck. In the 14th over, Jonassen got out after scoring 2(11). In the 16th over, Minnu Mani got out 1(9) on the fourth ball and Taniya Bhatia got out for a duck. In the 19th over, Shikha Pandey smashed back-to-back three boundaries and Delhi Capitals Women reached 100 runs. In the 20th over, Radha Yadav ended the over with back-to-back sixes.
In 20 overs, Delhi Capitals Women scored 131 runs with a loss of 9 wickets.
Chasing 132 runs, Hayley Matthews and Yastika Bhatia came to bat and Marizanne Kapp opened the bowling attack. Hayley Matthews hit two fours. In the 2nd over, Yastika hit a four and got out after scoring 4(3) on the next ball. In the 4th over, Hayley Matthews got out after scoring 13(12) on the fourth ball. After 6 overs, MIW was at 27-2.
In the 10th over, Harmanpreet Kaur took a single and Mumbai Indians reached 50 runs. After 15 overs, MIW was at 87-2. In the 17th over, Harmanpreet Kaur ran out after scoring 37(39) on the first ball and Mumbai Indians reached 100 runs. In the 19th over, Melie Kerr smashed back-to-back two fours. In the 20th over, Nat Sciver-Brunt hit the winning fours, Mumbai Indians Women scored 134-3 and won the match by 7 wickets.
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