WPL 2023: Mumbai Indians, who have been dominating since the beginning of the Women’s Premier League, once again raised dust. A better batting line-up limited Delhi Capitals to a low score.
First Published Mar 9, 2023, 8:59 PM IST
Delhi Capitals, who played hard in the first two matches of the Women’s Premier League, crashed in the match against Mumbai Indians. The batters of that team competed to reach the pavilion due to the pressure of the Mumbai bowlers. Except for Delhi captain Meg Lanning (43 off 41 balls, 5 fours) and Jemima Rodrigues (25 off 18 balls, 3 fours), all others struggled to score single digits. As a result, Delhi was limited to 105 runs in 18 overs. Mumbai’s bowlers, Ishaq and Wong, were in Delhi’s dismay.
Delhi Capitals, who won the toss and batted first, did not get off to a good start. The team’s opener Shafali Verma (2) along with Alice Capsi (6), Marijane Kapp (2), Jess Jonassen (2) who came in one down came and went.
Meg Lanning opened the account by moving the first ball of Seaver’s first over to the boundary. But Shafali Verma was clean bowled in the second over bowled by Saika Ishaq. In the fifth over, Vastrakar sent Capsi to the pavilion. In the next over, Wong clean bowled the cop.
Rodrigues hit a hat-trick of fours in the 8th over bowled by Seaver. However, from the start, Mumbai bowlers bowled hard and Delhi managed to score only 58 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in ten overs.
Lanning hit three fours in the 11th over bowled by Amelia Kerr. Ishaq bowled Rodrigues, who was playing hard, on the second ball of the 12th over. On the last ball of the same over, Lanning also gave a catch to Mumbai skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and turned back.
In the 14th over bowled by Mathews, Minnu Mani (0) was stumped by Yastika Bhatia who tried to play the fourth ball. As a result, Delhi lost four crucial wickets after scoring only 3 runs in 9 balls. At the end of 15 overs, the team’s score was 89 runs for the loss of 7 wickets.
Wong, who bowled the 17th over, dismissed Tania Bhatia on the first ball. Radha Yadav also reached the pavilion with the last ball of the same over. Delhi’s innings came to an end when Norris went back lbw in the 18th over bowled by Mathews.
Among the Mumbai bowlers, Issy Wong bowled 4 overs, gave away 10 runs and took 3 wickets. Ishaq also gave away 13 runs in 3 overs and took 3 wickets. Hayley Mathews got three wickets and Vastrakar got one wicket.
