New Delhi: In what became a chilling contest in the final over, Delhi Capitals (DC) kept their calm to defeat Mumbai Indians (MI) by 2 wickets in a last-ball thriller of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara on Saturday. Chasing 165 for a win, DC went through a roller-coaster ride in the entire 20 overs of the chase but finally got home with couple of wickets to spare in their first contest of the event.
After Mumbai managed to score a moderate total of 164 in their stipulated 20 overs, it seemed to be an easy chase for Delhi especially after a fiery start with the bat from Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning. But Mumbai bounced back into the match with 4 quick wickets that pushed the DC side against the wall. From 60/0, Delhi were reduced to 76/4 in a span of just 3 overs and the result seemed to be quiet obvious from there.
But luck favour the brave Capitals side as they continued their fight till the last and emerged winners at the end. Shafali was the highest scorer for the side with 43 runs while Niki Prasad played a brilliant knock of 35 runs towards the end. Sarah Bryce chipped in with a quick 10-ball 21 while Radha Yadav scored 9 runs off just 4 balls to take the side home. For Mumbai, Hayley Matthews and Amelia Kerr picked two wickets apiece.
After an exciting second encounter of the WPL 2025, let’s take a look at the updated points table.
| Team | Matches | Win | Loss | NRR | Points |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) | 1 | 1 | 0 | +0.869 | 2 |
| Delhi Capitals (DC) | 1 | 1 | 0 | +0.050 | 2 |
| Mumbai Indians (MI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | -0.050 | 0 |
| UP Warriorz (UPW) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gujarat Giants (GG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | -0.869 | 0 |
Nat Sciver-Brunt – the silver lining for MI
For Mumbai in the first innings, Nat Sciver-Brunt proved to be the only silver lining along with some effort from skipper Harmanpreet Kaur. Brunt produced an incredible unbeaten innings of 80 runs in just 59 balls which included 13 boundaries while Kaur scored 42 in 22 deliveries. Rest of the batters from the Indians side failed to show up in the contest.
For Delhi, Annabel Sutherland was the pick of the bowlers for the Capitals with three wickets while Shikha Pandey picked up two wickets. Alice Capsey and Minnu Mani contributed with a wicket each.
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