Delhi Capitals climbed to the highest of the factors desk following a snug 29-run victory in opposition to Mumbai Indians within the Girls’s Premier League match on the Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi on Tuesday.
The win was arrange largely by the quick-fire fifties by skipper Meg Lanning and Jemimah Rodrigues that powered Delhi Capitals to a commanding 192/4, adopted by a managed bowling efficiency led by Jess Jonassen (3/21).
Delhi Capitals defeat Mumbai Indians by 29 runs!
DC register their fourth win of the match as Jess Jonassen picks up three wickets to assist her facet defend the large complete.
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The daunting complete proved to be an excessive amount of for Mumbai Indians, who’re in any other case constructing a repute for profitable chases. Marizanne Kapp (2/37), who had been rested within the earlier match, returned with the wicket of Yastika Bhatia (6) in her very first over.
Nat Sciver-Brunt was subsequent to depart as Shikha Pandey (1/27) bowled her within the subsequent over. Mumbai captain Harmanpreet Kaur (6), who was additionally returning after lacking the final couple of video games, was dismissed early. The defending champions have been left reeling at 29/3 in 3 overs.
Hayley Matthews (29) and Amanjot Kaur (42) chipped in with useful knocks. Nonetheless, with a mountain to climb, Mumbai by no means seemed alive within the run chase, ultimately falling quick by a substantial margin.
Earlier, Lanning’s 38-ball 53 – her third half-century of the season – was laced with six boundaries and two sixes. Though she shared transient partnerships with Shafali Verma (28) and Alice Capsey (19), it was Rodrigues’s late assault that ensured the momentum didn’t drop after Lanning’s knock.
Mumbai Indians pacer Shabnim Ismail who was returning after lacking the final two matches was taken on by Verma initially as she carted her for 2 boundaries. Nonetheless, Saika Ishaque gave Verma a life at 15 when she dropped the opener within the third over.
Verma went after Ismail within the subsequent over once more, taking her on for consecutive sixes. Nonetheless, the bowler had the final snicker, trapping her leg earlier than wicket.
In the meantime, Lanning was pleased to tackle all-rounder Sciver-Brunt after which spinner Amelia Kerr, who conceded 20 runs within the twelfth over over. It was Pooja Vastrakar who introduced an finish to the Delhi captain’s innings within the subsequent over as Kerr pouched the catch at deep mid-wicket.
After Lanning’s head begin, Rodrigues took cost as she exploited the small boundaries on the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
The 23-year outdated performed some chic photographs to carry up a 27-ball half-century to go away Mumbai Indian clueless. She scored an unbeaten 69 off 33 deliveries with a strike charge of 200. Fifty of her runs got here in boundaries alone. Her knock was laced with eight boundaries, largely off the shorter sq. boundary whereas hitting three sixes.
At the same time as Mumbai tried to reign within the innings, Rodrigues accelerated the tempo of scoring with a barrage of boundaries, main Capitals to attain 69 runs within the last 5 overs.
For Mumbai, Vastrakar was the standout bowler with figures of 4-0-20-1, whereas Ishaque (1/29), Ismail (1/46) and Matthews (1/23) have been the opposite wicket-takers.
Mumbai Indians constructed a repute for themselves whereas chasing however the goal set by Delhi Capitals proved to be an excessive amount of this time round.