Match 7 of the Women’s Premier League at the DY Patil Stadium on Thursday night should be a big clash between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals, both teams sitting comfortably at No.1 and No.2 in the table and not going away in tears. but. However, the match turned into a one-sided eight overs, with as many as 5 overs for MI, thanks to DC suffering their first run of the tournament.
Left-arm spinner Saika Ishaque (3/13 in 3 overs), talented English all-rounder Issy Wong (3/10 in 4 overs) and the West Indian were dismissed from their highly-motivated discovery. off-spin Hayley Matthews (3/19 in 4 overs). ) and West Indian off-spin Hayley Matthews (3/19 in 4 overs), mighty MI beat a disappointing DC for just 105 in 18 overs.
With their openers Yastika Bhatia (41; 32b, 8×4) and Matthews (32; 31b, 6×4) going for 65 off 53 balls, MI got up to a modest target in just 15 overs as they cruised to their third win Straight. Mumbai thus improves its position, and seems to be the favorite at the moment.
From a position where they were at 81/3 in the 13th over, the Capitals suffered a terrible loss, losing seven wickets for 24 runs in just 34 balls to be bowled for the lowest score of any team in the WPL.
It was an unexpected batting flop from a team that had scored consecutive runs of more than 200 in the last two matches. The only thing to cheer for Delhion on the night was a great catch from Jemimah Rodrigues, who ran long and dove in front of her to produce a blindside catch to dismiss Alice Capsey’s Matthews.
Although the wickets were shared, MI’s main problem was once again, the Shafali-Meg Lanning opening pair suffered their first defeat in the WPL.
Later, when skipper Lanning and Rodrigues (25 from 18 balls) completed the DC innings with a 50-run partnership for the fourth wicket from 35 balls, it was Ishaque who broke the stand, hitting the Mumbaikar post and The batter lost the cut.
Four balls down, the 27-year-old, who hails from Pak Circus in Kolkata, gave Mumbai another reason to smile when he had Lanning, top scorer for Delhi on 43 (41b, 5×4), out. and press it. Straightforward tweaker. as MI captain Harmanpreet Kaur has another cover.
Ishaque is not a great spinner of the ball, but his wicket-to-wicket streak seems to send WPL batters into a frenzy. He continues to wear the ‘Purple Cap’ as the highest wicket taker.
Although Lanning is the current Orange cap holder for being the WPL’s top scorer, he has himself to blame for DC’s unusual fast start, despite losing wickets early on. has not helped.
Scores: MI Women 109/2 (Yastika Bhatia 41) beat DC Women 105 (Meg Lanning 43, Saika Ishaque 3/13, Issy Wong 3/10, Hayley Mathew 3/19) by 8 wickets with 30 balls remaining.