Mumbai Indians produced a last-ball four-wicket win over Delhi Capitals in the Women’s Premier League 2024 opener in Bengaluru on Friday, February 23. Debutant Sajeevan Sajana smashed a last-ball six when Mumbai Indians wanted 5 runs to win the sport whereas chasing a 172-run goal at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Both groups managed to pull off a thriller to kick off the second version of the event in a memorable trend. Alice Capsey’s 75 off 53 and fast 42 runs from Jemimah Rodrigues boosted Delhi Capitals to 171/5 whereas batting first however Mumbai Indians emerged winners once more after spectacular knocks from wicketkeeper batter Yastika Bhatia and captain Harmanpreet Kaur.Â
Harmanpreet received the toss and elected to bowl first with Shabnim Ismail making her massive debut for Mumbai Indians whereas Delhi Capitals handed a debut to Australian all-rounder Annabel Sutherland.
Ismail delivered immediately by bowling out Shafali Verma in the third over however Delhi Capitals had been fast to bounce again. Captain Meg Lanning and Capsey added 64 runs for the second wicket to place Delhi Capitals on observe for a giant whole.
Natalie Sciver-Brunt gave MI a breakthrough with Lanning’s wicket in the eleventh over who scored 31 runs. Capsey and Jemimah Rodrigues then performed out a sensational stand of 74 runs for the third wicket with the previous smashing 75 and Indian batter including 42 runs off simply 24 balls.
Marizanne Kapp delivered a robust end by smashing 14 runs off Amelia Kerr in the final over. Sciver-Brunt and Kerr took two wickets of every whereas debutant Ismail bagged one for twenty-four for the defending champions.
Delhi Capitals additionally struggled for a begin as Kapp dismissed final version’s Player of the Tournament Hayley Mathews on a duck in the primary over. Sciver-Brunt and Yastika then charged Mumbai Indians’ comeback with a 50-run partnership for the second wicket.Â
Delhi took management of the sport with pacer Arundhati Reddy dismissing each Yastika and Sciver-Brunt however Harmanpreet stored Mumbai alive with an excellent fifty. Harmanpreet and Amelia Kerr nearly guided Mumbai to win with a 44-run stand for the fourth wicket however Capsey made Delhi favourites going into the final over.Â
Capsey took two wickets in the final over whereas defending 12 runs however Sajana pulled off an enormous six over long-on space on the final ball of the sport to spice up Mumbai Indians to an exhilarating win. Yastika top-scored with 57 off 45 balls whereas Harmanpreet scored 55 off simply 34 balls to assert the Player of the Match award.
Mumbai Indians Playing XI: Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, Sajeevan Sajana, Pooja Vastrakar, Shabnim Ismail, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Saika Ishaque
Delhi Capitals Playing XI: Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning (c), Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland, Arundhati Reddy, Minnu Mani, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey
