WPL 2024/25, DC-W vs MI-W 2nd Match Match Report, February 15, 2025

Barely 24 hours after 202 was chased down simply on the opening night time of WPL 2025, a goal of 165 proved to be difficult on the identical pitch for Delhi Capitals, who obtained over the road on the final ball towards Mumbai Indians for a two-wicket win. It got here all the way down to 30 from 18, 10 from six, two off the final ball and ultimately a matter of centimetres as Arundhati Reddy put in a dive to make her floor that turned out to be the successful runs.

Niki Prasad guided Delhi Capitals late within the chase•WPL

The three contentious run-outs that weren’t

The second got here within the subsequent over when DC wanted 16 from eight. Radha Yadav was given not out when she ended up bouncing her bat off the bottom whereas diving in; the bat was within the air when the wicket lit up however the umpire, once more, was heard going by when the stumps have been visibly damaged. Radha then smashed the subsequent ball for a six and introduced the equation all the way down to 10 off the final over.

The final occasion was on the final ball of the sport, when DC wanted two off two. Reddy put in a dive whereas attempting to finish the second run and the stumps lit up when the bat gave the impression to be on the crease line however the third umpire gave it not out once more and it sparked off celebrations for DC.

Shafali swings the powerplay in DC’s favour

Shafali got here out all weapons blazing at the same time as Shabnim Ismail made Meg Lanning look clueless towards her outswingers and beat her six occasions in 12 balls earlier than ultimately knocking over her off stump. Shafali, on the different finish, tore into Saika Ishaque with a belligerent hit for a 22-run over. She adopted a giant six over the covers with 4 consecutive fours, three of which raced to the off-side boundary and one straight again over Ishaque’s head. Shafali then took Hayley Matthews for 15 runs within the final powerplay over with two fours and a six though she mis-timed one in the identical over to midwicket.

Two WPL debutants maintain their nerve for DC

Two balls later Lanning fell when Ismail obtained a fourth straight over and it quickly grew to become 4 wickets in 4 overs when Jemimah Rodrigues was dismissed by Amelia Kerr and Annabel Sutherland missed a shooter from Sciver-Brunt. When DC thought the partnership between Alice Capsey and Prasad of 33 was bringing them again on monitor, Capsey discovered Ismail at long-on and DC have been in hassle, nonetheless needing 56 off 31 with 5 wickets down.

Sarah Bryce whacked 21 off 10•WPL

Pandey’s swing and Sciver-Brunt’s class

Pandey made a stellar begin to her WPL marketing campaign with some scrumptious inswing into each proper and left-hand batters. She struck twice in her first spell; first within the first over when she made Matthews edge to slide for a duck and 4 overs later she knocked over Yastika Bhatia’s leg stump in a frugal spell of 3-0-8-2.

The opposite bowlers weren’t spared a lot although. Capsey leaked 19 runs in an over, with Sciver-Brunt displaying her dexterity by putting the ball completely within the gaps for boundaries. She dabbed one late off Capsey on off, she scooped Reddy on leg, and she or he unleashed highly effective pulls to assist MI to 41 for two within the powerplay.

Harmanpreet throws the hammer

Harmanpreet typically begins sluggish after which instantly flicks her change on in T20s, and on Saturday this occurred within the eighth over. As soon as she carved Radha over cover-point for 4 off a no-ball, Harmanpreet launched the free hit for a six over long-off to make it an 18-run over. Subsequent over, she picked Reddy for a six over long-on in a 15-run over however the assault did not final too lengthy.

After back-to-back fours off Sutherland on the off aspect, Harmanpreet smoked a six over the midwicket rope to achieve 8000 T20 runs and adopted it with one other 4 over level. However when she went for one more slash outdoors off, she handed a catch to Prasad; no person else would hit a six within the the rest of the MI innings.

Nat Sciver-Brunt introduced out many photographs•WPL

Sciver-Brunt the lone girl standing

Sciver-Brunt had additionally struck eight fours by then to steer MI previous 100 with Sutherland’s 20-run over. Sciver-Brunt reached fifty off 36 balls to maintain MI in touching distance of 10 an over with seven overs to go and 7 wickets in hand.

MI, nonetheless, slipped and did not even final all 20 overs; they misplaced wickets in almost each over from thereon. Kerr was run-out on the non-striker’s finish when Minnu Mani deflected a ball off her personal bowling, S Sajana edged a slower one to the keeper, Amanjot Kaur yorked herself towards Capsey to lose her stumps, and there have been two extra run-outs because the tailenders tried to provide the strike to Sciver-Brunt on the demise. When she did get strike, she used her energy to despatch the older ball and completed along with her highest WPL rating.