Mumbai Indians clinched their second Girls’s Premier League (WPL) title after defeating Delhi Capitals by eight runs, with Nat Sciver-Brunt taking 3-30 and captain Harmanpreet Kaur scoring 66 at Brabourne Stadium.
Mumbai made common breakthroughs as Delhi faltered of their chase of 150 of their third consecutive remaining, with Meg Lanning’s facet solely reaching 141-9 after 20 overs.
Marizanne Kapp (40) and Jemimah Rodrigues (30) supplied resistance however they discovered it difficult to answer to Mumbai’s 149-7 as wickets tumbled round them, with Amelia Kerr (2-25), Shabnim Ismail (1-15), Hayley Matthews (1-37) and Saika Ishaque (1-33) maintaining them in verify alongside Sciver-Brunt.
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Delhi, who gained the toss and elected to bowl, made a robust begin, dismissing openers Matthews (3) and Yastika Bhatia (8), leaving Mumbai on 20-2 on the finish of the powerplay.
Harmanpreet and the WPL’s all-time high run-scorer Sciver-Brunt then added an excellent 89-run partnership, sharing 13 boundaries between them.
Shree Charani (2-43) dismissed Sciver-Brunt for 30 to provoke a mini-collapse which noticed Jess Jonassen (2-26) take two wickets in three balls.
Nonetheless, a late cameo from Mumbai’s Kamalini Gunalan (10) and Amanjot Kaur (14no) noticed Delhi concede 45 runs from the final 5 overs to assist the hosts attain a defendable whole in Mumbai.
It’s the third time Capitals have been defeated within the WPL remaining with South Africa all-rounder Kapp left in tears on the finish of the match.
The 2025 IPL – reside on Sky Sports activities – begins on Saturday, March 22 as defending champions Kolkata play Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Eden Gardens.
