Tasting success: Mumbai Indians Women’s Saika Ishaque celebrates a wicket throughout the WPL match in opposition to Delhi Capitals in Navi Mumbai on Thursday.
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It was anticipated to be the conflict of the titans. A mismatch it turned out to be, although, at the D.Y. Patil Stadium on Thursday evening.
Mumbai Indians was simply too good for Delhi Capitals. Neither aspect had misplaced a recreation coming into this match. Now, solely Harmanpreet Kaur’s ladies might declare that document, after their eight-wicket victory with 5 overs to spare.
With three wins from as many matches, they’re the clear leaders in these early days of the Women’s Premier League. They owe the newest win to their bowlers, who shut Delhi Capitals out for 105 in 18 overs.
Saika Ishaque, the uncapped left-arm spinner who has been a revelation on this match, clean-bowled the harmful Shafali Verma in simply the second over of the match. But not many would have thought DC’s sturdy batting line-up would crumble the means it did.
Saika had begun her spell as the proprietor of the Purple Cap. It appeared she has no intention to let it go simply as she picked up two extra wickets. And the most important scalps they have been as a lot depended on the fourth-wicket partnership between captain Meg Lanning (43, 41b, 5×4) and her deputy Jemimah Rodrigues (25, 18b, 3×4).
After Alice Capsey and Marizanne Kapp have been despatched again in fast succession by seamers Issy Wong, who completed with figures of three for 10 from 4 overs, and Pooja Vastrakar, DC’s hopes of a good whole rested on Lanning and Jemimah. But Saika returned to take away each in the identical over.
She now has 9 wickets from three video games. MI’s chase was easy and scientific.
After Yastika Bhatia (41, 32b, 8×4) and Hayley Matthews (32, 31b, 6×4) added 65 for the first wicket, Harmanpreet, who had earlier in the day shuffled her bowlers properly, and Nat Sciver-Brunt took MI residence.
The injured Gujarat Giants captain Beth Mooney has been dominated out of the WPL and Laura Wolvaardt has been named as her alternative. Sneh Rana has formally been handed over the reins.
