Twitter Reactions: Mumbai Indians edge past Delhi Capitals to clinch inaugural WPL title

After entertaining the fans with exhilarating cricketing action for 22 days, the Women’s Premier League finally reached its culmination on Sunday, March 26 as Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals locked horns in the final of the competition. Delhi Capitals captain Meg Lanning won the toss and decided to put runs on the board in the big final at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.

The decision, however, backfired as Mumbai were successful in breaking the dangerous opening duo of captain Lanning and Shafali Verma in the second over itself. Issy Wong continued her form from the last game and drew first blood for her side dismissing Shafali Verma on a full toss for 11 off 4 balls.

She further got the prized scalp of Alice Capsey in the same over on another full toss, leaving Delhi on 12/2 after 1.5 overs. Wong further dismissed Jemimah Rodrigues in the fifth over to bring Delhi down to their knees. With Delhi in all sorts of trouble, Lanning and Marizanne Kapp added 38 runs for the fourth wicket off 37 balls. However, they could not extend their partnership beyond that as Kapp was dismissed by Amelia Kerr in the 11^th over.

Delhi got the worst blow of the match as captain Lanning was run out on 35 in the 12^th over. Lanning’s wicket sparked a collapse as Delhi lost three wickets quickly to be 79/9 in 16 overs. A miraculous stand of 52 off 24 balls between Shikha Pandey (27* off 17) and Radha Yadav (27* off 12) helped Delhi to finish their innings on 131/9. Hayley Matthews was the pick of the bowlers for Mumbai who picked up 3/5 in four overs while Issy Wong also picked up 3/42 in four overs.

In the second innings, Radha Yadav made sure that Mumbai did not get off to a flying start as she dismissed Yastika Bhatia in the second over for four. Jess Jonassen got the second success for Capitals, dismissing the dangerous Hayley Matthews in the fourth over to leave Mumbai at 23/2.

Nat Sciver-Brunt guides MI to inaugural WPL title

Delhi bowlers had tightened their grip on Mumbai’s batters, and seeing her side falling behind, captain Harmanpreet Kaur (37 off 39) decided to get a move on and began finding boundaries at regular intervals. She added 72 runs for the third wicket off 74 balls with Nat Sciver-Brunt to bring Mumbai back into the game. 

However, her run out in the 17^th over threw the game wide open. After losing her captain, Sciver-Brunt took the onus to guide her team home. She got good support from Kerr as Mumbai needed 21 off the last two overs. The duo managed to get 16 off the second-last over bowled by Jess Jonassen to bring Mumbai on the brink of scripting history.

Brunt sealed the deal in the final over and helped Mumbai win the inaugural Women's Premier League as she remained unbeaten on 60 off 55 balls, smacking seven boundaries in her innings.

Here's how Twitter reacted:

Yuvraj Singh@YUVSTRONG12

Congrats @mipaltan on winning #TataWPL 🏆 Intense action on the park led by none other than @ImHarmanpreet oh balle oh tere skipper 🥳 Well played #NatSciverBrunt 🙌🏼 hard luck @DelhiCapitals 👏🏼 #WPL will to open up opportunities for women’s cricket! Excited for the future!

11:40 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह@rpsingh

A captivating sight truly! @mipaltan winning the very first edition of the #WPL 💙 #WPLFinal #MumbaiIndians #WPL2023Final #MIvsDC

11:29 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Shikhar Dhawan@SDhawan25

What a performance! Congratulations Nikhat Zareen & Lovlina Borgohain for adding two more gold medals to India's rich haul at the mega event of World Women’s Boxing Championships.Thank you for making our country proud! 🇮🇳

11:29 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Abhinav Mukund@mukundabhinav

Congratulations to the Mumbai Indians on becoming the Inaugural champions of #WPL2023. They have rewritten history and it showed what it meant to the whole coaching and core group. Commiserations to Delhi as well who played brilliantly throughout this season. twitter.com/mukundabhinav/…

Abhinav Mukund@mukundabhinav

Mumbai indians are absolutely unbeatable atm. They are playing on a different planet altogether completely dominating the #WPL . Just a disclaimer- was researching Charlotte Edwards record as coach and make what you want from it.👇🏾

11:29 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Lisa Sthalekar@sthalekar93

Congratulations to #MI really special for all involved, especially @ImHarmanpreet & @C_Edwards23 👏🏽👏🏽 twitter.com/wplt20/status/…

Women's Premier League (WPL)@wplt20

𝗖.𝗛.𝗔.𝗠.𝗣.𝗜.𝗢.𝗡.𝗦! 🏆 @mipaltan captain @ImHarmanpreet receives the #TATAWPL Trophy from BCCI President Roger Binny and BCCI Honorary Secretary @JayShah 👏👏

12:20 AM · Mar 27, 2023

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Surya Kumar Yadav@surya_14kumar

What a season it has been! So happy & proud! 💙 twitter.com/mipaltan/statu…

Mumbai Indians@mipaltan

𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍. 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒄. 𝑼𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆. 𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑴𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒂𝒊 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 🏆💙 #OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #AaliRe #WPL2023 #DCvMI #WPLFinal #ForTheW

12:23 AM · Mar 27, 2023

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Aakash Chopra@cricketaakash

Four out of 5 top-wicket takers in #TataWPL were from #MI. 61 wickets between Hayley, Kerr, Wong and Ishaque. No wonder they say that batters win you games, bowlers win you trophies. Well played, #MI 👏👏

12:24 AM · Mar 27, 2023

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Harbhajan Turbanator@harbhajan_singh

आली रे एक और ट्रॉफी 🏆 @mipaltan Big Congratulations #WPL2023final ❤️

10:49 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Cheteshwar Pujara@cheteshwar1

Congratulations! Fantastic victory 💪 twitter.com/mipaltan/statu…

Mumbai Indians@mipaltan

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 WPL Season ➡️ 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 Final ➡️ 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 Championship 💙💙💙

11:04 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Irfan Pathan@IrfanPathan

Congratulations @mipaltan for winning first ever #WIPL what a journey has started for women cricket 👏

10:58 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Irfan Pathan@IrfanPathan

You should be proud of yourself for being part the history of first #wipl ever @DelhiCapitals 👏

10:59 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Annesha Ghosh@ghosh_annesha

Mumbai Indians become the champions of the inaugural Women's Premier League. Harmanpreet Kaur becomes the first captain to win a #WPL title. #WPL2023 | #WPLFInal

10:43 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Jay Shah@JayShah

Congratulations to Mumbai Indians on winning the inaugural #TATAWPL. #TATAWPL has redefined women's sport and inspired millions of girls. #WPL2023 #WomensPremierLeague #YehTohBasShuruatHai @wplt20 @BCCI @BCCIWomen

11:01 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Hrithik Shokeen@Hrithik14S

Congratulations to the @mipaltan women's team for their impressive win in the final of the WPL. 🏆🤩 Your hard work and dedication have paid off. It was great cheering for you all in the stadium today! 📣 #OneFamily #WPL #ForTheW

12:13 AM · Mar 27, 2023

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Vishal.@SPORTYVISHAL

Some Similarities Between Harmanpreet Kaur and Rohit Sharma: • Both are Indian captains. • Both have scored T20I century • Both plays with CEAT bat. • Both are Mumbai Indians captains. Now both have won trophies for MI in their debut seasons as captains 🔥!!

11:04 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Srinivas@srinivaas__k

Sheer Dominance throughout the tournament @mipaltan #WPLFinal #MIvsDC

10:56 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Mumbai Indians@mipaltan

Being champions? It’s a #OneFamily thing. 💙 WE HAVE WON THE FIRST-EVER WPL! 😎 #MumbaiIndians #AaliRe #WPL2023 #DCvMI #WPLFinal #ForTheW

10:44 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Rahul K Srivastava@RSrivastava0016

3.2 crores for Nat Sciver Brunt worth it. Plays extremely well in knockouts as well as in league stage. Congratulations @mipaltan for win and hard luck @DelhiCapitals . #WPLFinal #WPL2023final #WPL2023

10:56 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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♛ 𝐣𝐏 ❤️@itsme__JP__

Mari Chhoriya Chhoro Se kam Hai ke ❤️‍🔥🫶💗 WPL S 1 WINNER 🔥❤️‍🔥✨ #WPL #WPLFinal

10:56 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Doc@doctortortoise

Nat Sciver-Brunt is top all rounder in women's cricket and also so consistent. That's where you spend your 3.5 crores when you have a budget of 12 crores. Well done Mumbai indians. #WPLFinal

10:56 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Tanmay 🇮🇳@BeingTanu

#WPLFinal What a final 🥵 Champions (Mumbai Indians)💙

10:56 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Meet : The Companion@MeetPatel251202

Yeaahh!!! AALI RE ...💙💙....#WPLFinal #MumbaiIndians #TATAWPL

10:56 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Ram ராபர்ட் रहीम@itsme_rrr9438

What a knock by #Brunt She saved #MI in 2 important matches with her composure #MI deserved for their dominance from 1st match Also need to appreciate #DC, good that it was not a boring finals like 2020, girls fought well today 👏🏽👏🏽 #WPL2023final #WPLFinal #DCWvsMIW #DCvMI

10:56 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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महेश झुरंगे@zurange_mahesh

-Harmanpreet Kaur in T20 World Cup Final: Run out -Harmanpreet Kaur in WPL Final: Run out Opposition captain: Meg Lanning #WPLFinal #CricketTwitter

10:35 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Saahil@saahilspeaking

Will the Capitals ever win anything? Multiple teams in different leagues now and not a single trophy yet. Nothing Nowhere One by One... #WPLFinal

10:56 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Shashank@Shashank97says

Delhi has been very poor in the field. Gave away 11 easy runs through misfields. Given the context of the game, these runs are gold dust for MI. #DCvMI #WPLFinal

10:35 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Aditya Ighe@Cricketwithadi

I mean who thought that #WPLFinal will be this kind of nail biting match. #MIvDC #wplonjiocinema #WPL2023final

10:35 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Sutli@sutli_bob

A thriller to end the #WPLFinal ... Beautiful 😍 #MIvsDC #WPLFinal

10:35 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Nilay Patel@Dr_NilayPatel

Hats off to you fixers @mipaltan Did the same thing in semi final too All 5 trophies are because of umpire fixing 14 players play for @mipaltan U can see it's not out but at that time ambani would have transferred money to 3rd umpire😭😭 #umpirefixing #WPLFinal

10:35 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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vaibhav chaudhari@vaibhav_c02

Both skippers got run out in the finals #WPLFinal

10:35 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Badreenarayan@yourbadree

My Love Amelia 🤩❤️🙏🏻🔥 #WPLFinal

10:40 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Cine World@CWcricworld

#TATAWPL #WPLFinal Mumbai Indians won 2011 CLT20 Mumbai Indians won 2013 CLT20 Mumbai Indians won 2013 IPL Mumbai Indians won 2015 IPL Mumbai Indians won 2017 IPL Mumbai Indians won 2019 IPL Mumbai Indians won 2020 IPL. Mumbai Indians won 2023 WPL🔥

11:01 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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MAHI-VIRAT@iamsivaram5051

Mumbai buys Delhi successfully #WPLFinal #MumbaiIndians #JioCinema #froud #shameonMumbai

11:01 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Vidhi Ghadi@vidhi_ghadi

Women wpl first winner Mumbai Indians. #WPLFinal #WPL2023final #women

11:01 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Evenly07@crypto_evenly07

Nat Sciver-Brunt Batted Till End But Amelia Kerr Is The Real Hero Of The Match.💪👏 Mumbai Indians Won The Inaugural WPL.🏆 #MIvsDC #WPLFinal By clicking this link, you can wager on any game:bit.ly/3mqqe2L.🤑💵 #web3casino #cryptocasino #metamask #sportsbetting

11:01 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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M 🐦 wpl enjoyer@sm18ton

Happy for Charlotte Edwards too. Finally won a major league final as coach 💙 And boy oh boy how much Jhulan deserved this one as well 😎 #WPLFinal #MIvDC

11:01 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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Dark Lord ;)@Dark_Loord_

Congratulations MI women on winning inaugural IPL trophy.. Especially HARMANPREET 💙 #WPLFinal #WPL2023final

11:03 PM · Mar 26, 2023

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