The Delhi Capitals scored 37 runs in the powerplay against Mumbai Indians during the summit clash of WPL 2025 played on March 15 at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.
They went on to lose wickets of openers Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma cheaply during their 149-run chase. Nat Sciver-Brunt dismissed Lanning for 13 runs in the second over while Shabnim Ismail picked the wicket of Shafali for 4 runs.
Jess Jonassen and Jemimah Rodrigues came to bat in the powerplay to raise the side’s score to 37 in powerplay.
Both Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals have proved to display outstanding performance in the ongoing season and will be clashing once again in the summit clash.
Both sides have played the finals in the first season of the league where Mumbai Indians emerged as victorious to claim the title.
Delhi Capitals has an advantage with 4 wins while Mumbai have two wins against the team.
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Batting first, Mumbai Indians lost the wickets of openers Yastika Bhatia and Hayley Matthews for 8 and 3 to Marizanne Kapp which reduced their power play score.
Nat Sciver-Brunt and Harmanpreet joined hands to make an 89-run partnership for the third wicket. Meanwhile, Nat Sciver-Brunt became the first batter to score 1000 WPL runs.
Harmanpreet kaur slammed 33 ball fifty to stablize the innings but slipped down with dismissal of Nat Sciver.
However, Nat was sent out by Nallapureddy for 30 runs which created the breakthrough for Delhi Capitals.
Mumbai Indians went on to lost wickets at regular interval to slip down from 102/2 to 118/6. Jess Jonassen went on to dismiss Amelia Kerr and Sajeevan Sanjana in the next over of Nat Sciver’s dismissal.
After the dismissals of Kerr and Sanjana, Harmanpreet Kaur lost her wicket to Annabel Sutherland’s delivery after scoring 66 runs.
With kamalini dismissed for 10 runs by Nallapureddy, Amanjot Kaur and Sanskriti Gupta finished their innings with 149 runs in the board for seven wickets.
