MI vs DC WPL 2025 Highlights: Delhi Capitals clinch nail-biter against Mumbai Indians to open account

I think, even though we were not able to set a decent total, we thought we could cross 200 when me and Nat Sciver-Brunt were there. The five balls cost us but our bowlers did well and we were in the match till the last ball. Ismail is someone who is a great bowler and it is a privilege that she is in our side. Saika is someone who bowls for the team and unfortunately we misfielded and that cost us. Playing full 20 overs and whoever is there, that batter should bat till the end. Even myself I should have continued till the end. Our batters need to take more responsibility in the next game.

Delhi have clinched this one. What a nail-biter this was. 2 were needed off the final ball and Arundhati had hit this over covers. They charged for two and it was so close at the wicketkeeper's end. But she had just made it when both the bails came off. DC win this by 2 wickets.

It's down to the last over. Radha smoked a six off the last ball of the 19th over. 

And that's another big wicket. Sarah was looking so good but hits this to covers and is gone for 21 from 10.

This is getting exciting now. Sarah got a four and a six in the last over to bring it down to 30 off 18 balls.

Capsey has been caught out at long-on. Kerr pitched it fuller to offer bait, which Capsey accepts and holes it out to Ismail at long-on. DC five down

Niki Prasad and Capsey are building things well. They are keeping DC near the required rate. They need 63 from 42 with six wickets in hand.

DC are now in trouble as they find themselves four down. Jemimah was caught out at covers, while Nat-Sciver cleans up Sutherland. 

In matter of three balls, DC have lost both of their openers. Ismail cleans up Lanning, Matthews got Shafali earlier.

The Capitals openers - Lanning and Shafali - are out to chase 165 against Mumbai Indians. The Capitals will look for a strong start here.

(The plan was) To take wickets with the new ball, there is dew and after the 5th over there is not much on offer for the bowlers. With Meg it is always about staying calm and we always knew it was a matter of one wicket and a few field placements helped as well. I am backing my batters to go out there and score these runs. The first 4 overs there will be a little bit for the bowlers, but after that it is coming on nicely and even slower balls are not doing much.

And Mumbai Indians have been bowled out with five balls to go. Sutherland cleans up Saika Ishaque to bowl MI out for 164. Nat-Sciver goes unbeaten on 80.

While Nat-Sciver is going strong, she is running out of partners. Minnu Mani now gets Sanskriti Gupta to send Mumbai seven down.

Mumbai are shooting themselves here. Another gone gone. Sutherlands gets Sajeevan Sajana caught-behind. Amanjot Kaur is now in with Nat-Sciver

Amelia Kerr would be feeling unlucky here. She has been run-out at the non-striker's end. Nat fired it back to the bowler Minnu, who got a hand as the ball deflected to the stumps. Amelia was well short of her crease. Sajeevan Sajana is now now.

And just when they were getting back on track, MI have lost their opener Harmanpreet. She hits it to deep back-ward point, where Niki Prasad takes an easy one. Harman goes back for 42 from 22 balls.

The first half of Mumbai's batting is over. They have put up 87/2 after 10 overs, bringing the team out of early trouble when they lost both of their openers. These two have put 55 for the third wicket and MI will feel they are back on track.

Captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Nat-Sciver Brunt are out in the middle currently and they will need to re-build things for MI. DC are keeping it tight and also chipping away with wickets.

Shikha gets Yastika now. A good delivery, angling in as Yastika played the wrong line and gets bowled. Both the MI openers gone in the first five overs and DC would feel they are ahead at the moment.

Shikha Pandey gets Hayley Matthews in the first over. She induces the West Indies opener to drive this and finds a tickle. DC off to a good start and would be happy to see the back of Matthews.

The batters would be itching to get going as this is the same surface which saw a record aggregate of 403 in the opening clash between RCB and GG. This should also be a high-scoring one.

Straight hit is 69m. The sides do not change too. It is the same pitch that was used for yesterday's game. Mithali says she does not see any wear and tear on the pitch. She feels it will be a high-scoring game. The spinners won't get much she says.

Mumbai Indians Women's Playing XI: Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia(w), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Amelia Kerr, Sajeevan Sajana, Amanjot Kaur, Jintimani Kalita, Sanskriti Gupta, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque

Delhi Capitals Women's Playing XI: Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning(c), Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Annabel Sutherland, Niki Prasad, Sarah Bryce(w), Shikha Pandey, Arundhati Reddy, Minnu Mani, Radha Yadav

Definitely bowling, but we saw last night the ball was coming on to the bat nicely and hopefully we will bat well. Last season we wanted to play fearless cricket and this season also we would look to do that. Doing the right things is what we want to do. We did not want to try anything new, last season we got a bit of success and in the first season we did everything right. So we don't plan to try anything new this season even though we have a debutant tonight and she brings a lot of balance to the side.

We are going to have a bowl. As we saw last night, pretty good wicket and gives us a chance to get together as a team. We have got the bones of a really good team, it is about putting it out as a team. Really good shots and it is about taking wickets. We have had a little bit of sickness going around, so that makes it easy for us. Sarah Bryce and Niki Prasad debut for us

Meg Lanning has won the toss and she has confirmed that Delhi Capitals will be bowling first. Sarah Bryce and Niki Prasad will be making their DC debuts

Mumbai Indians Women Squad: Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia(w), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, Sajeevan Sajana, Shabnim Ismail, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Saika Ishaque, Jintimani Kalita, Chloe Tryon, Parunika Sisodia, Amandeep Kaur, G Kamalini, Sanskriti Gupta, Akshita Maheshwari, Nadine de Klerk

Delhi Capitals Women Squad: Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning(c), Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland, Arundhati Reddy, Minnu Mani, Taniya Bhatia(w), Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Jess Jonassen, Sarah Bryce, Titas Sadhu, Sneha Deepthi, Nandini Kashyap, Niki Prasad, Nallapureddy Charani

This is a rematch of the WPL 2023 final when these two teams had a crack at each other for the title in the first edition. MI prevailed over DC with Nat-Sciver Brunt and Amelia Kerr taking them home, helping them chase 132 with three balls left. DC were the finalists in 2024 too as MI lost their playoff to RCB. DC, however, ended as runners-up again, losing to RCB in the title clash.

Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals kick off their campaign in the third season of the Women's Premier League with their clash at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara. MI and DC have played five games against each other with MI holding the wood over the Delhi side with a 3-2 H2H record. They had met in the final of the 2023 season when MI prevailed over DC. This shall be a cracker of a game.