Mumbai Indians claimed the trophy within the inaugural Women`s Premier League (WPL) in entrance of an adoring full-house on the Brabourne stadium, beating Delhi Capitals by seven wickets within the remaining because of an unbeaten 60 by England all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt, on Sunday.
Sciver-Brunt struck 60 not out off 55 deliveries, hitting seven boundaries and elevating 72 runs for the third wicket with captain Harmanpreet Kaur (37) and 39 for the unbeaten fourth wicket partnership to information them to 134/3 in 19.3 overs after their bowlers Issy Wong, Hayley Matthew and Amelia Kerr shared eight wickets between them as Delhi Capitals have been restricted to 131/9 in 20 overs.
Delhi Capitals, who had topped the desk for a direct berth to the ultimate, had opted to bat first on profitable the toss and reached an honest complete because of an unbeaten 52 runs partnership for the tenth wicket between Shikha Pandey (27 not out) and Radha Yadav (27).
Though they did nicely to assert a few early wickets, the goal was too little to defend in the long run.
Mumbai Indians too acquired off to a poor begin as they misplaced each their openers with Hayley Matthews and Yastika Bhatia getting out with solely 23 runs on the board. Yastika (4) ran down the wicket to attempt to hit a full-toss out of the bottom however skied it to deep midwicket for a snug catch by Arundhati Reddy.
Hayley Matthews struck Marizanne Kapp for 3 boundaries — the primary one a slash at a large one, the second pushed by cover-point within the first over and the third whipped previous midwicket in her subsequent over. She fell to left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen, mis-hitting a flighted one sluggish on the leg straight to Reddy.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Nat Sciver-Brunt got here collectively to boost 72 runs off 75 balls for the third wicket, constructing the innings with persistence and warning, and retaining alive Mumbai Indians` hopes. Initially, they scored by singles, indulging themselves to boundaries off alternatives given by the bowlers.
Harmanpreet scored two fours off Capsey and struck one every off Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav and Jonassen whereas Sciver-Brunt creamed Capsey for 3 fours and one every off Yadav and Pandey. She survived a detailed LBW determination by way of DRS and was additionally fortunate when the supply by Pandey missed the leg stump by a whisker.
With Mumbai Indians needing 37 runs off 23 balls, Harmanpreet went for a dangerous single and was out by yards as Shikha Pandey despatched an correct throw to bowler Alice Capsey, as they slumped to 95/3.
With 21 wanted off the final two overs, Sciner-Brunt struck a boundary off Jonassen to finish her half-century off 52 balls. She took a single off the subsequent ball and Amelia Kerr blasted two boundaries off successive deliveries and took a single from the deliveries. (IPL 2023: RCB Retire AB de Villiers And Chris Gayle’s Jersey Forever At Unbox Event)
Mumbai went into the ultimate over needing 5 runs from six deliveries. Capsey conceded one run off the primary supply after which Sciver-Brunt struck a brace off the subsequent ball and paddled it for a boundary to seal victory for Mumbai Indians.
Brief scores: Delhi Capitals 131/9 in 20 overs (Meg Lanning 35, Shikha Pandey 27 not out, Radha Yadav 27 not out; Hayley Matthews 3-5, Issy Wong 3-42, Amelia Kerr 2-19) misplaced to Mumbai Indians 134/3 in 19.3 overs (Nat Sciver-Brunt 60 not out, Harmanpreet 37, Amelia Kerr 14 not out; Radha Yadav 1-24) by 7 wickets.
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