DC Women had a fiery start in the 165-run chase against Mumbai Indians women during the second match of the WPL 2025 played on February 15.
They went on to score 60 runs in the powerplay to provide a solid start for the side in the run chase. Shafali Verma kickstarted to score 43 runs in 18 deliveries before being dismissed by Hayley Matthews.
On the other hand, Meg Lanning batted slowly and steadily to build up the innings. By the end of the powerplay, DC women scored 60 runs for 1st wicket.
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After Mumbai was set to bat first Shikha Pandey dismissed Yastika Bhatia and Hayley Matthews for 11 and a duck. However, Nat Sciver-Brunt who came to bat at No.3 joined hands with Harmanpreet Kaur to make a 72-run partnership for the third wicket.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur raced for rapid 42 runs in 22 deliveries before being dismissed by Sutherland. On the other hand, Nat Sciver-Brunt scored fifty off 37 deliveries. He came up with fourth WPL 2025 fifty during the match.
After the dismissal of Kaur, the MI Women batting lineup collapsed with back to back wickets in the match. On the other hand, Nat Sciver went on to haunt DC women Bowlers smashing 80* runs off 59 deliveries.
With single digit contributions from middle and lower order batters, Mumbai Scored 164 runs with five balls remaining.
Annabel Sutherland picked three wickets for 34 runs with an economy of 10.70. Meanwhile Shikha Pandey who picked two wickets has conceded only 14 runs in her four over quota with an average of 3.50.
