Delhi Capitals thrash Mumbai Indians by 9 wickets in Match 18 of WPL 2023

Navi Mumbai: Stellar performances in batting, bowling and fielding departments propelled a dominant Delhi Capitals to thrash Mumbai Indians by nine wickets in Match 18 of Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 at the DY Patil Stadium here on Monday.

On a slow pitch which had some help for the fast bowlers, Marizanne Kapp, Shikha Pandey and Jess Jonassen picked two wickets each while Jemimah Rodrigues had two outstanding catches to her name in keeping Mumbai to a below-par 109/8.

Barring a 37-run partnership off 29 balls between captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Pooja Vastrakar, there wasn’t much of note from Mumbai’s batting. In reply, powerful 30s from Meg Lanning, Shafali Verma and Alice Capsey helped Delhi complete the chase in just nine overs.

Brief scores: Mumbai Indians 109/8 in 20 overs (Pooja Vastrakar 26, Issy Wong 23; Marizanne Kapp 2-13, Shikha Pandey 2-21) lost to Delhi Capitals 110/1 in 9 overs (Alice Capsey 38 not out, Shafali Verma 33; Hayley Matthews 2-27) by nine wickets (IANS)

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