Can Delhi Capitals upset favourites Mumbai Indians in WPL remaining?
NEW DELHI: Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals are set to face off within the Girls’s Premier League remaining on Saturday, with Mumbai getting into as favourites due to standout performances from Nat Sciver-Brunt and Hayley Matthews. Sciver-Brunt leads the batting charts with 493 runs and 9 wickets, whereas Matthews tops bowling with 17 wickets and 304 runs, making them key gamers in opposition to Meg Lanning‘s Delhi crew at Brabourne Stadium.
Delhi Capitals secured direct entry to the ultimate as a consequence of superior web run price, whereas Mumbai Indians’ sturdy batting lineup offers them a bonus on the batting-friendly Brabourne pitch.
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Meg Lanning, who has retired from worldwide cricket and is taken into account considered one of ladies’s cricket’s biggest captains, goals so as to add a WPL trophy to her achievements and finish DC’s trophy drought.
Delhi’s possibilities closely depend on their bowling assault, that includes spinner Jess Jonassen and Indian seamer Shikha Pandey, who claimed 11 wickets every in league phases with good financial system charges.
Of their final encounter, DC dominated MI by proscribing them to 123 for 9, with Shikha and Jonassen sharing 4 wickets as Delhi gained by 9 wickets in Bengaluru.
Sciver-Brunt has been distinctive with 5 half-centuries in 9 video games, contributing with each bat and ball. Matthews’ off-breaks have confirmed efficient, whereas Amelia Kerr’s leg-breaks with 16 wickets could possibly be essential on the batting deck.
For Delhi, Shafali Verma’s powerplay batting with 300 runs might be important, as she leads Indian gamers within the run-getters listing at fourth place. Lanning has contributed constantly with 263 runs.
Delhi face challenges with underperforming Jemimah Rodrigues and Marizane Kapp. The crew’s bowling power consists of promising off-spinner Sanskriti Gupta, who maintains an financial system price below seven regardless of taking solely 4 wickets.
The ultimate guarantees an thrilling contest between Mumbai’s highly effective batting lineup and Delhi’s efficient bowling assault, with each groups aiming for the celebrated WPL trophy at Brabourne Stadium.
Groups
- Mumbai Indians: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Akshita Maheshwari, Amandeep Kaur, Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Hayley Matthews, Jintimani Kalita, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Nadine de Klerk, Natalie Sciver-Brunt, Parunika Sisodia, Sajeevan Sajana, Sanskriti Gupta, G Kamalini (wk), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Saika Ishaque and Shabnim Ismail.
- Delhi Capitals: Meg Lanning (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Sneh Deepthi, Alice Capsey, Annabel Sutherland, Arundhati Reddy, Jess Jonassen, Marizanne Kapp, Minnu Mani, N Charani, Niki Prasad, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Nandini Kashyap (wk), Taniya Bhatia (wk), Sarah Bryce (wk) and Titas Sadhu.