Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals Highlights, WPL 2025: DC beats MI by two wickets, Arundhati wins it

Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals Highlights, WPL 2025: DC beats MI by two wickets, Arundhati wins it

Sajana with the last over, her first of the match. FOUR! NIKI PRASAD SENDS IT ACROSS FOR A BOUNDARY AS A DIVING FIELDER LETS IT PASS! Two runs from the next ball, four needed from four balls. Poor, poor fielding. Misfield which allows the batters to take a single. One run taken, two from two needed. OUT! Niki Prasad is out!

Niki Prasad 35 (33) c Kerr b Sajana

Arundhati Reddy on strike. Can she win it? HAS ARUNDHATI MADE HER GROUND? YES SHE HAS!!!! ARUNDHATI REDDY HAS WON THE GAME FOR DELHI CAPITALS!!!

Ishaque with the ball. Two runs off the first ball. Good running from the batters. RUN OUT! That’s all from Shikha Pandey’s cameo in the middle.

Shikha Pandey 2 (3) run out (Sajana)

Radha Yadav comes out in the middle. The spinner hits it down the ground but Ismail does well to save two runs. CONFUSION! Another run out has happened, but it has gone up. No communication between the batters! NOT OUT! And next ball, Radha Yadav sends it flying over mid-wicket!

Matthews with the ball, and Niki sweeps it fine for a FOUR! Matthews there gives Bryce a warning as the Scottish player was going out of her crease. OUT! Bryce tries to clear the off side fielders but she isn’t able to. Kalita takes the catch! Is that the match for the Capitals?

Sarah Bryce 21 (10) c Kalita b Matthews

Now, a run out review! NOT OUT! Shikha Pandey stays on! Harmanpreet having a chat with the umpires but walks away with a wry smile. Couple of runs to end the over.

Sciver-Brunt bowling out. LUCKY! Bryce slashes but she gets a edge, going past Yastika Bhatia’s gloves for a FOUR. And Bryce follows it up with a SIX over cow corner! Niki takes a single to keep the strike.

Saika Ishaque with her second over. Bryce cuts it to point for a FOUR! Bryce moves to her left and tries to play it through the point fielders but a player almost catches it one hand! Two runs from that ball. 

Kerr bowling out. A couple of singles so far. OUT! Capsey tries to go big but doesn’t get enough power. The English batter holes out to Ismail over at long on.

Capsey 16 (18) c Ismail b Kerr

Sarah Bryce, the only player from an Associate nation in this WPL, at the crease.

Matthews with her third. Looks like the plan for Capitals is to run between the wickets and try for a boundary each over. Niki tries for the big shot but no power behind it. Just a single from that. A single to end the over. Niki keeps the strike.

Kerr with her third over. Niki tries to slash it towards backward point but the ball almost carries to a fielder. Quick single from the batters but the umpire has gone upstairs. Thankfully for the Capitals, Capsey has made her crease. Great use of her feet as the young Niki plays it straight towards long off for a FOUR!

Matthews with her second over. Capsey comes down the track and misses. The ball hits her pads but seems to going down leg. Just five off the over. Anybody’s game now.

Sciver-Brunt with her third over. FOUR! Capsey pushes it towards the covers and beats the fielders over at mid off to find the boundary!

Kerr with her second over. Niki almost plays the ball onto the stumps courtesy an inside edge, but follows it up with a FOUR on the off side! 

Sciver-Brunt comes into the attack for her second over. Back-to-back FOURS by Sutherland! Capsey too tries to find the boundary but it falls just short of the fielder at the cow corner. Just a single there. OUT! Sutherland is beaten by a ball that stays low and smashes into the stumps!

Sutherland 13 (10) b Sciver-Brunt

A strategic timeout taken, and the Delhi Capitals really need one. Debutant Niki Prasad at the crease.

Amelia Kerr with her first over. After Shafali and Lanning were removed, the scoring rate has gone down a bit. AND OUT! Jemimah tries to hit it over the covers but she fails to get the height. Harmanpreet Kaur is there to take the catch!

Jemimah Rodrigues 2 (5) c Harmanpreet b Kerr

OUT! Ismail sends a ball straight at the stumps and Lanning misses it! Her off stump is uprooted!

Meg Lanning 15 (19) b Ismail

Annabel Sutherland the new batter at the crease. Great spell from the experienced Ismail. Just 18 overs conceded over four overs and the wicket of skipper Lanning.

Hayley Matthews replaces Sciver-Brunt. First ball and a wide. Shafali sends it for a FOUR towards backward square leg! And she follows it up with another FOUR towards deep mid-wicket! SIX! MI fielders left as spectators as Shafali clears the ropes over at deep square leg! OUT! She steps out and pulls a shorter ball. It gets the middle of her bat and finds the fielder over at mid on in Amanjot Kaur.

Shafali Verma 43 (18) c Amanjot b Matthews

Jemimah Rodrigues the newest batter at the crease.

If Ismail was containing Lanning well, she gets smacked for a FOUR down the ground by Shafali! CLOSE! Shafali tries to pull a shorter ball but gets a top edge. However, the ball falls short of any Mumbai Indians fielder. Moreover, Ismail bowls a No ball. Shafali slashes a short ball but fails to get distance. Unlucky there! Lanning drives but gets an edge as the ball races past Matthews at first slip for a FOUR!

Natalie Sciver-Brunt brought into the attack. She thinks she has trapped Lanning lbw off her first ball, but the umpire doesn’t say anything. Finally! Lanning cuts it and finds the boundary at backward point for a FOUR! After three dot balls, Lanning ends the over with a FOUR with a shot across towards deep backward square leg.

Ismail back with the ball. And she continues with the same vein of bowling! Lanning misses another shot. Three consecutive dot balls. It’s a tale of two different ends. One with blistering shots from Shafali, the other with a cautious Lanning. ALMOST! Shafali almost plays the ball onto the stumps but survives.

Saika Ishaque with her first over. Shafali pushes it towards the covers but Sajana fields well. And next ball, Shafali swings big and scores a SIX off just her second ball! Great use of the feet as Shafali sends it down the ground for a FOUR this time! And she can’t be stopped! Shafali makes space for herself and lobs it over the cover fielders for another FOUR! And another one! She cuts it towards point for another boundary! Three fielders chase the ball but Shafali hits the fourth consecutive FOUR!

Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma out in the middle. Shabnim Ismail with the ball. First ball, and Lanning misses the ball. Close to the edge. Similar ball follows. Lanning tries to drive but misses once again. She connects the ball as she pushes it towards third man, but great piece of fielding from the fielder out in the deep to save two runs. CLOSE! Lanning drives and gets a thick edge, but the ball falls short of Hayley Matthews at the first slip. Beautiful bowling from the South African pacer as Lanning misses once again. A dot to end the over. Two runs off it.

Sutherland with her final over and clean bowls Saika Ishaque on the first ball! That’s all from Mumbai Indians’ innings! 

Shikha Pandey with her final over. RUN OUT! Shafali Verma does well to get to the ball and quickly throw it back as Shikha simply runs Kalita out.

Jintimani Kalita 1 (1) run out (Shafali Verma)

And another run out! Sutherland gets one hand to Sciver-Brunt’s shot off a full toss but quickly throws it for Shikha to run Shabnim Ismail out for a duck.

Shabnim Ismail 0 (0) run out (Sutherland)

Sciver-Brunt ends the over with a FOUR!

Minnu bowling out. Ouch! The Umpire tries to get out of the way of the ball and falls down on the ground in the process. OUT! Sanskriti swings but gets a leading edge to send the ball high up in the air. Meg Lanning comes below it and takes the catch comfortably.

Sanskriti Gupta 2 (5) c Lanning, b Minnu Mani

Jintimani Kalita joins Sciver-Brunt at the crease. The English batter is waging a lone battle at this point. Great spell from Minnu there!

Arundhati bowling out. Debutant Sanskriti Gupta at the crease. CLOSE! Arundhati bowls it to Sanskriti’s body and the batter swings and misses. The ball almost gets the leg stump. SMASH! Sciver-Brunt thumps a wider ball straight down the ground for a FOUR! 

Capsey back for her second, hoping to have a more economical one after she was smacked in her first. Amanjot joins in on the fun as she sends it over the cover fielders for a FOUR! But that’s the last time she’ll find the boundary! She dances down the ground but Capsey’s full length ball castles the stumps.

Amanjot Kaur 7 (7) b Capsey

Sutherland with her third over. Review taken! Sajana plays a shot and by the sound of it, it takes the slightest of edges to carry to Bryce.

OUT! Sajana’s stay at the crease is shortlived as she walks back to the dugout.

Sajeevan Sajan 1 (1) c Bryce b Sutherland

Amanjot Kaur the newest batter at the crease. And Sciver-Brunt continues to find the boundary with a FOUR!

Minnu with her third over, and she gets Sciver-Brunt on the pads. The spinner appeals but the umpire doesn’t budge. RUN OUT! Sciver-Brunt smashes it straight at Minnu. The bowler fails to collect the ball, but it grazes her fingers and fortuitously gets the stumps. Kerr is out of her crease and will have to walk back.

Amelia Kerr 9 (9) run out (Minnu)

Sajeevan Sajana at the crease now.

Arundhati back for her third over. Sciver-Brunt hits it towards cover and Shafali fails to stop the ball inside the circle. With that FOUR, she brings up her half-century! Next ball, she smacks it across and scores another FOUR!

Radha Yadav with the ball. Amelia Kerr survives a scare after Radha shouts for an lbw. Next ball, the Kiwi player smacks the India international for a FOUR down the ground. No ball from Radha, and Kerr goes for the maximum, but misses. Bryce stumps her, but it won’t be counted.

Sutherland replaces Arundhati. FOUR! Harmanpreet cuts it between backward point and short third for a boundary! And next ball, the MI skipper lifts it over the short third fielder for another FOUR! Classy batting! Harmanpreet smacks it over mid-wicket for a SIX! She swings again and the ball finds its way to the boundary for a FOUR! OUT! Harmanpreet tries to go over at deep backward point once again but the India U-19 skipper Niki Prasad is there to send the India senior skipper back to the dugout!

Harmanpreet Kaur 42 (22) c Niki Prasad b Sutherland

Minnu for her second and she is taken to deep backward square leg with a sweep by Sciver-Brunt for a FOUR! After three dots, Harmanpreet sends it towards the boundary at deep mid-wicket but Jemimah quickly covers ground and saves three runs.

Arundhati back for her second over. Too wide of the off stump as Sciver-Brunt pushes it towards point for a single. Beautifully times by the English batter to lift it up and send the ball straight down the ground for a FOUR! Harmanpreet goes big and sends the ball over cow corner for a SIX!

Radha Yadav with her first over. She stumbles on her first ball and takes a second go. And Sciver-Brunt welcomes the left-arm spinner with a blistering FOUR towards cow corner. Jemimah Rodrigues only gets a hand to it and she misfields. Harmanpreet slashes the ball over the point fielders for a FOUR! And to top it off, Radha bowls a No ball. And Harmanpreet swings big to send the ball over deep extra cover for a SIX!

Annabel Sutherland replaces Shikha Pandey. Couple of dots to start with. Sciver-Brunt hits it across for a single. What a shot! She slightly makes room for herself and pulls a shorter ball to cow corner for a FOUR!

Minnu Mani brought into the attack. Both batters seem to be attacking square of the wicket, pulling across and trying to find the boundary. Deft! Sciver-Brunt lightly guides the ball fine with a reverse-sweep and gets a FOUR! End of PowerPlay.

Shikha back for her third over. OUT! Good length ball, slightly coming into the batter. Yastika swings big and gets just air as the ball wrecks the stumps!

Yastika Bhatia 11 (9) b Shikha Pandey

Harmanpreet Kaur at the crease. First ball, the skipper tries to slash it but misses. Harmanpreet pulls a short ball towards deep square leg but a fielder in the deep does well to save three runs. Another single to end the over.

Arundhati Reddy replaces Capsey. First ball and the youngster bowls to the stumps and concedes a single. Bowling around the wicket to the left-hander, Arundhati bowls a wide. Shout for an lbw as Sciver-Brunt misses the ball. Looks to going down leg stump. WHAT A THROW! Minnu Mani, after that overthrow sometime back, gets the stumps with a bullet of a throw. However, Yastika made it in the crease on time as the batter stays on. Scooped up! Sciver-Brunt uses the fact that the ‘keeper has come to the stumps and scoops it over Bryce’s head for a FOUR! She goes again the next ball, but doesn’t execute it well. Dot to end the over.

Shikha continues. SMACK! Sciver-Brunt smashes the pitched-up ball down the ground for a FOUR! Chance to run out but Minnu Mani throws it wayward. Thankfully for her, it doesn’t race to the ropes. A dot to end the over.

Alice Capsey with her first over, and she plays it wide off the leg stump. Sarah Bryce fails to collect as the ball runs down for a FOUR! Next ball, Yastika times it well through the covers for another FOUR! Sciver-Brunt plays it late and the ball comes off the edge of her bat to race to fine third man for a FOUR. No slip this time. Shafali Verma fails to stop the ball at mid off as the ball races to the ropes for another FOUR! Expensive over this.

Yastika Bhatia and Hayley Matthews opening for Mumbai Indians. Shikha Pandey with the ball for the first over. First ball, ball slightly swings out as Yastika pulls across for a single. Matthews faces her first ball and it swings into her as she pushes it towards mid on. Next ball, and OUT! Similar ball, swings in and Matthews tries to play it through the covers but instead gets a thick edge. Skipper Meg Lanning is there at the slip to take the catch.

Hayley Matthew 0 (2) c Lanning b Shikha Pandey

Natalie Sciver-Brunt the newest batter at the crease. First ball and she plays it safe for a dot. CLOSE! A ball straight at the blockhole and almost misses the off stump. A dot to end the over. Just a run, and the huge wicket of Hayley Matthews.

Mumbai Indians: Yastika Bhatia (wk), Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Amelia Kerr, Sajeevan Sajana, Amanjot Kaur, Sanskriti Gupta, Saika Ishaque, Shabnim Ismail, Jintimani Kalita

Delhi Capitals: Meg Lanning (c), Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Annabel Sutherland, Niki Prasad, Sarah Bryce (wk), Shikha Pandey, Arundhati Reddy, Minnu Mani, Radha Yadav

Delhi Capitals wins the toss and choses to field first.

“As we saw last night, pretty good wicket,” says Meg Lanning. “Taking wickets is important,” she says. Niki Prasad and Sarah Bryce make their debuts.

“I’d definitely bowled first. Ball was coming well to the bat, and that’s a positive thing to take,” Harmanpreet Kaur says. Sanskriti Gupta to debut for MI.

Anjum Chopra takes us through the pitch, joined my Mithali Raj.

“I think yesterday we saw little bit of moisture in the first few overs. I don’t see any wear or tear in the wicket. Good surface to bat,” Mithali says.

“An important factor is dew which influences last night’s match.”

“I don’t really think the spinners will get any help from the wicket unless they bowl tighter lines.”

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