Ahead of the inaugural Women`s Premier League (WPL) closing towards Mumbai Indians on the Brabourne Stadium on Sunday, Delhi Capitals all-rounder Alice Capsey feels the facet has made it to the title conflict on the again of each participant contributing their bit to take the workforce right into a match-winning place.
Alice, the off-spin all-rounder, has been a back-to-back winner of the ladies`s version of The Hundred with the Oval Invincibles workforce. She is now including one other trophy to her kitty by the Delhi Capitals within the WPL.
She had been a pivotal think about Delhi clinching their spot for the ultimate by her spell of three/26 together with her off-spin and making 34 from 31 balls in an important win over UP Warriorz earlier within the week.
“I`ve been very fortunate to be a part of some pretty outstanding teams. The two teams I`ve been a part of have had lots of different characters, lots of different match-winners, who have all stood up at different times. That`s what makes a great team.”
“You could list every single player. They`ve all done something throughout this competition to get us into a match-winning position. You can`t just rely on one or two players. And that`s definitely the case at Delhi. It`s brilliant to be part of those teams. The experience and wealth of knowledge in the changing room is amazing,” Capsey was quoted as saying by Sky Sports. (IPL 2023: ‘2 Saal Mai Ek Hit Movie…,’ Rohit Sharma Trolls Aamir Khan – Watch)
She additionally felt captain Meg Lanning, in addition to head coach, Jonathan Batty — who coached the Invincibles to their Hundred wins — as key components behind Delhi`s success within the event.
“I think we`ve gelled really well. It`s such a cliche; we`ve spent a lot of time together now, but even at the beginning, it was just a great team environment. Hats off to JB and Meg for setting that up and bringing us all together,” the all-rounder stated.
“We`ve stayed pretty level-headed. I think that`s a really crucial thing; that is something Meg has done really well, keeping us all level and on the right track,” she added.
Alice additionally feels the Mumbai Indians, who bought an enormous win over the Warriorz within the eliminator on Friday, have their strengths in captain Harmanpreet Kaur, tearaway pacer Issy Wong and all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt.
“Mumbai flew out the blocks and seemed just about unbeatable. They`ve bought X-factor gamers in Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur, however the factor that stands out for me is their consistency and the expertise inside their workforce.
Harmanpreet is an excellent captain. She has managed to rally the workforce rather well. They look a very well-balanced facet, with their spinners and in addition the X-factor tempo of Issy Wong. Their file over the group stage — clearly they didn`t have the most effective finish to it — the cricket they had been taking part in firstly was actually good,” said Capsey.
“They bought themselves right into a place to qualify (for the playoffs) sooner than some other workforce. That simply reveals the standard they`ve bought,” she added.
Alice signed off by hoping Delhi would get the win on their facet on the ultimate day.
“It`s two very different roads to the final. But it`s about peaking at the right time. Hopefully we`ve done that. We`ve got one more game and hopefully we win it. That would be great,” she concluded.
