The women’s team of Mumbai Indians has finally arrived and they have done it in style. The team has not only lived up to their imaginative marketing campaign featuring that catchy song (Aali Re…), but they also lifted the first-ever Women’s Premier League title on a pleasant Sunday night in front of their vocal and passionate home crowd, which filled the Brabourne Stadium.
Chasing down a modest target set up by Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians women’s team won the match with seven wickets and three balls to spare. Despite losing openers Hayley Matthews and Yastika Bhatia inside four overs, the team managed to keep their nerves in check and produced a thrilling performance to take home the trophy.
Nat Sciver-Brunt (60 not out, 55b, 7×4) played her second successive match-winning knock in a row to take her team home. Sciver-Brunt and her captain Harmanpreet Kaur (37, 39b, 5×4) added 72 priceless runs for the third wicket. After Kaur was run out, Sciver-Brunt ensured there was no further hiccup, in the company of the Kiwi all-rounder Amelia Kerr (14 not out).
Delhi Capitals’ innings
Delhi Capitals’ innings got off to a poor start against hat-trick heroine Issy Wong, who took three wickets in her first two overs. However, captain Meg Lanning (35, 29b, 5×4) played a fighting knock and managed to keep her team in the game. But Lanning was eventually run out, and there was a dream spell of off-spin from Hayley Matthews (4-2-5-3).
