It was a conflict between the highest two groups within the competitors, who had squared off within the season opener as nicely, to mark the start of the Delhi leg of the Women’s Premier League on Tuesday. Mumbai Indians had eked out a last-ball win in Bengaluru however this time, Delhi Capitals left nothing to likelihood on residence turf and bagged a 29-run win to tug away on the prime of the factors desk.
Jemimah Rodrigues scored an unbeaten 69 runs in Delhi Capitals’ win.
Asked to bat first, DC posted a complete of 192/4 due to skipper Meg Lanning’s 38-ball 53 and Jemimah Rodrigues’s unbeaten 69 off simply 33 balls. In reply, the defending champions have been at all times struggling and will solely handle 163/8.
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Delhi have been off to a fast begin due to a formidable cameo by Shafali Verma. The 20-year-old, who bought a reprieve as Saika Ishaque dropped an easy catch, hit a 12-ball 28 earlier than edging one from Shabnim Ismail.
It then got here right down to Lanning and Jemimah’s exploits to energy the DC innings. The former Australia captain continued her wealthy vein of kind and stored discovering boundaries to register her third half-century of the season. The 31-year-old could have retired from worldwide cricket however confirmed but once more that her shot-making prowess stays world class.
Alice Capsey and Marizanne Kapp couldn’t get going and it was due to Jemimah’s all-round strokeplay that DC ended up with an imposing whole. The 23-year-old took her time to settle in and bought to 13 off 14 balls however switched gears in type to assist her crew add 69 runs within the final 5 overs. What stood out in her knock was the benefit with which she hit each tempo and spin for boundaries to both aspect of the pitch.
Mumbai’s chase by no means actually took off as they misplaced 4 wickets contained in the powerplay. Yastika Bhatia and Natalie Sciver-Brunt have been cleaned up by Kapp and Shikha Pandey respectively, earlier than skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, who had missed the final two video games, closed her bat face too shortly and bought a vanguard to backward level.
Once opener Hayley Matthews perished for a 17-ball 29, solely Amanjot Kaur (42 off 27) and S Sajana (24* off 14) put up a little bit of a battle down the order. Aussie left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen, with figures of three/21, was the choose of the bowlers for Mumbai.
Delhi, with 4 wins in 5 video games, discover themselves in a promising place to advance from the league stage. They have already got the identical variety of factors that allowed UP Warriorz to earn a spot within the playoff match final season.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
