Mumbai Indians became the first champion of WPL: beat Delhi Capitals by 7 wickets in the final

 

Mumbai Indians have won the first Women's Premier League (WPL) title. The team defeated Delhi Capitals by 7 wickets in the final played at Brabourne Stadium. After winning the toss and electing to bat, Delhi scored 131 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Mumbai achieved the target in 19.3 overs.

Natalie Seaver from Mumbai hits the winning shot. She remained unbeaten on 60 with Amelia Kerr (14*). Hayley Mathews and Isabel Wong took 3-3 wickets from Mumbai in the first innings.

Mumbai got 6 crores

Mumbai Indians, who won the final match, received prize money of Rs 6 crore for winning the Women's Premier League title. The second-placed Delhi Capitals got Rs 3 crore and the third-placed UP Warriors after losing the Eliminator got Rs 1 crore. Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Giants had to satisfy the team without prize money.

Lost 2 wickets in powerplay

Chasing the target of 132 runs, Mumbai got off to a bad start. The team lost the wicket of Yastika Bhatia in the very second over. Haley Mathews was also caught out in the fourth over itself. The team could only manage 27 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in 6 overs.

1-1 wickets for Radha and jonsan 

Jonassen In the second innings, Delhi started building pressure from the beginning. Radha Yadav and Jess Jonassen took one wicket each in the opening overs. But the Harmanpreet Kaur and Natalie Sciver partnership took the match away from Delhi. Harmanpreet got out after scoring 37 runs. Before him Yastika Bhatia scored 4 and Haley Mathews scored 13 runs.

Lost 3 wickets in powerplay

Delhi got off to a bad start after losing the toss and electing to bat first. The team lost the wickets of Shefali and Capsy in the second over itself. Jemima was also caught out in the fifth over itself. Isabel Wong took all the three wickets on full toss. Delhi could manage only 38 runs for 3 wickets in 6 overs of powerplay.