WPL 2025: MI vs DC Highlights: Delhi Capitals Won By 9 Wickets: The Delhi Capitals (DC) convincingly beat Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 by nine wickets. This win gives the league leadership to DC, showing how much in form they are this season.
WPL 2025 MI vs DC: Match Summary
Mumbai Indians Innings
The Mumbai team elected to bat first and was off to a horrible start with both the openers back in the hut in the power play. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur fought hard for her team’s innings and scored 22 runs off 16 balls. However, the DC bowlers kept striking at regular intervals. Thus, MI could only manage 123 runs for 9 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Jess Jonassen shined with the ball for DC, taking three wickets for 22 runs.
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Delhi Capitals Innings
Chasing 124 runs, the openers laid a solid base with a partnership of 90 runs. Meg Lanning top-scored with a blistering 60 off 49 balls, hitting 11 fours and 2 sixes. With her aggressive batting, DC kept the required run rate under control. After captain Lanning, Shefali Verma (43*) and Jemimah Rodrigues (15*) carried the team home in just 14.3 overs.
Key Performers
Meg Lanning: Her explosive batting at the top of the order set the tone for DC’s successful chase.
Jess Jonassen: Ensured that restraint from her bowling decimated MI’s middle order, and DC had an achievable target.
This also serves to cement the position of the Delhi Capitals as strong contenders for the WPL 2025; on their behalf, MI will have to come out and take stock of things to reinforce themselves in the tournament.
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Playing 11 of DC and MI
Delhi Capitals: Meg Lanning (c), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Annabel Sutherland, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Sarah Bryce (w), Niki Prasad, Shikha Pandey, Minnu Mani, Titas Sadhu
Mumbai Indians: Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia (w), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, Sajeevan Sajana, G Kamalini, Sanskriti Gupta, Shabnim Ismail, Jintimani Kalita
