Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians, WPL 2023 Final Highlights: Mumbai Indians crowned Women's Premier League champions

The moment when Mumbai Indians sealed the trophy! 

𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜!😉

Celebrations all around in @mipaltan's camp! #TATAWPL | #DCvMI | #Final pic.twitter.com/NkAazojfbQ

— Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) March 26, 2023

A night to cherish for Mumbai Indians! 

Being champions? It’s a #OneFamily thing. 💙

WE HAVE WON THE FIRST-EVER WPL! 😎#MumbaiIndians #AaliRe #WPL2023 #DCvMI #WPLFinal #ForTheW pic.twitter.com/rypKFQxiBw

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) March 26, 2023

Mumbai Indians 134/3 after 19.3 overs

MUMBAI INDIANS ARE CHAMPIONS OF WPL 2023! Mumbai Indians are crowned champions of the inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League, beating Delhi Capitals by seven wickets. Heartbreak for DC, who endured a tough time with the bat, but a 52-run stand between Shikha Pandey and Radha Yadav took them to 131/9. However, DC were almost outplayed in Mumbai Indians’ reply, with Nat Sciver-Brunt leading an inspired fightback after having lost Harmanpreet Kaur at a crucial juncture of the match.

Mumbai Indians 127/3 after 19 overs

Nat Sciver-Brunt collects a boundary off the first ball of the 19th over to get to her fifty, her third half-century of WPL 2023. But can that be a match-winning one? We will get to know shortly. Amelia Kerr collects a couple of crucial boundaries, and that reduces the deficit even further. We are in for a close finish. MI need 5 runs off 6 balls.

Mumbai Indians 106/3 after 17 overs

A huge blow for MI in the context of this final. Harmanpreet Kaur takes a risky single after hitting towards midwicket, and she is run-out by Alice Capsey at the bowler’s end. Harmanpreet is dismissed for 37, and suddenly there is a setback in MI’s plans to win this. Sciver-Brunt is into her 40s, but has the task cut out, with Amelia Kerr the new batter. MI need 26 runs off 18 balls.

Mumbai Indians 95/2 after 16 overs

Eight runs off the 16th over bowled by Shikha Pandey. Nat Sciver-Brunt finds the gap between backward point and short third man to collect a boundary. MI need 37 runs to win off 24 balls.

Mumbai Indians 87/2 after 15 overs

Radha Yadav back into the attack for her final over. Harmanpreet collects another boundary, towards deep midwicket. The MI skipper tries to find the gap again just a couple of balls later, but gets just a single.  Six runs off the over. MI need 45 runs off 30 balls.

Mumbai Indians 51/2 after 10 overs

Halfway through the chase, and Mumbai Indians have managed just 51 off the first 10 overs. Task still cut out for MI, but it’s still anyone’s game. Six off Alice Capsey’s first over.

Mumbai Indians 28/2 after 7 overs 

Shikha Pandey into the attack for the first time. Just one run off the over. Shikha Pandey has taken 10 wickets in WPL 2023 so far, and will be looking to add to her wickets tally.

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Mumbai Indians 9/0 after 1 over 

Right. Time for the chase. Marizanne Kapp to open DC’s bowling attack, with MI opener Hayley Matthews oin strike. Yastika Bhatia is the other opener for MI. Matthews is off the mark with a boundary, smashing through cover for a four. The West Indian collects another boundary as nine runs come off the first over.

Delhi Capitals 131/9 after 20 overs 

What a remarkable comeback this has been from Delhi Capitals. A 52-run stand between Shikha Pandey and Radha Yadav in just 24 balls takes the Capitals to 131/9 from 20 overs. Issy Wong had struck thrice inside the powerplay overs, annd the Capitals kept losing wickets at regular intervals, but Shikha and Radha led the recovery in the end. The MI chase to follow shortly.

Delhi Capitals 115/9 after 19 overs 

Issy Wong returns to bowl her final over. An expensive one as 20 runs come off it, but Delhi Capitals will welcome this aggressive approach from the tail-enders.

DC 53/3 after 8 overs 

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Issy Wong bowls her penultimate over. She’s done a fantastic job so far, taking all three wickets so far. Five runs from the over. Time for a strategic timeout.

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DC 2/0 after 1 over

Time for LIVE action as the WPL 2023 final gets underway at Brabourne Stadium. Skipper Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma are the openers for DC. Nat Sciver-Brunt to open MI’s bowling. Lanning is off the mark with a single towards backward point in the fifth ball off the over. Just a couple of runs off the over.

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Playing XI

Delhi Capitals: Meg Lanning(Captain), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Alice Capsey, Jess Jonassen, Arundhati Reddy, Taniya Bhatia, Minnu Mani, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey

Mumbai Indians: Harmanpreet Kaur(Captain). Yastika Bhatia, Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Issy Wong, Amanjot Kaur, Humaira Kazi, Jintimani Kalita, Saika Ishaque

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Toss update: Meg Lanning wins the coin toss and says Delhi Capitals will bat first against Mumbai Indians.

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To have any chance of winning a trophy, Harmanpreet would need to fire or hope for her top-order batters to find their best form and not leave the job to the middle or lower order players.

MI don’t have to think much about their bowling though.

Pacer Issy Wong took WPL’s first hat-trick in the Eliminator against UPW. Also, Saika Ishaque (15 wickets), Matthews (13), Kerr (13) and Wong (12) hold the second, third, fourth and fifth place respectively in the highest wicket-takers list currently in WPL 2023.

Check out the full preview of the WPL 2023 Final here