WPL 2024, Match 12: Delhi Capitals Women vs Mumbai Indians Women, Twelfth Match - Who Said What?

Delhi Capitals Women (DC-W) continued their winning juggernaut in the Women’s Premier League 2024 with a 29-run  win over Mumbai Indians Women (MI-W) in Match 12 on Tuesday, March 5 at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. Mumbai failed to chase down the massive target of 193 and could only reach.

Their chase didn’t get off to a memorable start as they were reduced to 29/3 after the first three overs with Yastika Bhatia (6 off 3), Nat Sciver-Brunt (5 off 3) and Harmanpreet Kaur (6 off 6) back in the hut. Following their dismissals, Amanjot Kaur (42 off 27), Hayley Matthews (29 off 17) and S Sajana (24* off 14) tried their best to keep their side in the game but couldn't keep up with the required run rate.

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Earlier in the day, after being put in to bat first, Delhi got off to an explosive start with openers Shafali Verma (28 off 12) and Meg Lanning adding 48 runs for the first wicket off just 27 balls. The partnership was brought to an end by Shabnim Ismail who dismissed Verma in the fifth over. However, Lanning continued to hold one end and registered her second half-century of the season.

She went on to score 53 (38) laced with six fours and two sixes and took her team past 110 in the 13^th over. Following her dismissal, Jemimah Rodrigues gave DC the perfect finish with her breathtaking knock of 69* (33) clobbering eight fours and three sixes. Courtesy of her fireworks, DC scored 69 runs in the last five overs.

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Here’s what the two captains and the Player of the Match said after the game:

Losing captain, Harmanpreet Kaur, Mumbai Indians said:

I think while fielding, we gave away too many runs, it wasn't up to the mark, didn't take our chances. The positive is that we got 160 despite the top-order not contributing. We weren't aware of the pitch, that's the reason we chased. We expected dew, but it didn't come, the ball was also staying low and they bowled well. When we play on a ground where one side is short, the batter has a lot of things on mind, but if the bowlers keep bowling to a right line and length, we can keep the scoring down. But the shorter side did affect us when we batted. I thing change of pace was helping, especially when the slower ones were bowled, but we need to go back and think how we need to play on this wicket. She's been doing well, she didn't get a lot of batting previously, but she did well today (on Amandeep Kaur). If one or two batters had done well, we could have had a better chance with the chase.

Winning captain, Meg Lanning, Delhi Capitals said:

It was a good game for us. We wanted to keep improving, we were up against a very good team. Having a set batter in the end is helpful, Jemi did that really well. I thought our bowlers set the innings up with early wickets. We were at par with the score, we understood the conditions, so we had to hit the length and target the stumps. Our bowlers did that really well.

Player of the Match, Jemimah Rodrigues, Delhi Capitals, said:

I think more than my batting, happy with the win. MI is a really good team, so we had to give our best. We did that as a team. I am very happy honestly speaking, was a crucial time to come in. Wasn't the easiest of wickets, but was suitable for my type of batting. Learning from my past mistakes, was trying to go out there and be explosive. I went back after the Test match, worked on a few things coming into the WPL. Using the crease, timing the ball well, that was the game plan. I was playing on the bowler's mind, and that helped me a lot today.