New Delhi. Thanks to the explosive batting of Jemimah Rodriguez, Delhi Capitals has won the fourth match in the Women’s Premier League. Delhi Capitals Women defeated Harmanpreet Kaur’s team Mumbai Indians by 29 runs on Tuesday. With this victory, Delhi Capitals Women has reached number one in the points table of WPL 2024. Its points table has reached 8 points with 4 wins in 5 matches. Mumbai Indians Women and Royal Challengers Bangalore Women have 6-6 points from 5-5 matches.
Mumbai Indians Women captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and decided to field first in the Women’s Premier League (WPL 2024) on Tuesday. But the host Delhi Capitals Women did not allow the Mumbai team to take advantage of the toss. Delhi captain Meg Lanning (53) and Shefali Verma (28) gave a great start to their team by adding 48 runs in just 27 balls. This pair broke due to the dismissal of Shafali Verma.
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Alice Capsey (19), who came to bat at number three, also supported her captain Meg Lanning well. However, the real fun of the game came when Meg Lanning got the support of Jemimah Rodrigues. These two players strengthened the team by adding 35 runs in just 21 balls. On the team score of 114, Meg Lanning gave her wicket to Pooja Vastrakar, but Jemima stood at one end till the end. She, along with Marijne Kapp (11) and Jess Johnson (4), took Delhi Capitals Women to a strong score of 192/4. Jemima scored 69 runs in 33 balls with the help of 8 fours and 3 sixes.
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Mumbai Indians Women’s team could not stay ahead of the difficult target for long. None of the top-5 batsmen of Harmanpreet Kaur’s team could even touch the mark of 30 runs. Among the top-5 batsmen, Hailey Mathews 29 and Amelia Kar scored 17 runs, while Yastika Bhatia (6), Harmanpreet (6) and Natalia Siver (5) could not even reach double figures.
When the top order failed miserably, how long could the lower order survive? Good luck to Amanjot Kaur, who batted fast and scored 42 runs in 27 balls. Sajeevan Sanjana also scored 24 runs on 14 balls. Due to the struggle between these two in the last overs, Mumbai Indians Women’s team reached 163 runs for 8 wickets, but could not avoid defeat.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 5, 2024, 22:49 IST