Mumbai Indians clinched won the Womenβs Premier League title for the second time in three seasons, defending 149/7 to consign Delhi Capitals second best for a third season in a row.
Nat Sciver-Brunt, the first batter to 1000 runs in WPL, and Harmanpreet Kaur, who scored 300 runs in a WPL season for the first time, spearheaded Mumbai Indiansβ batting display, adding 89 for the third wicket to prop them up from 14 for 2. A clean striker of the ball, Harmanpreet hit a 36-ball fifty that dragged MI to a competitive total.
DC lost their way early in the 150-run chase that sprung back to life thanks to Marizanne Kapp. She hit 40 off just 26 balls and brought the equation to 23 off 12 balls before Sciver-Brunt denied the Delhi-based franchise the taste of glory.
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Three seasons, three finals β each of them direct entries courtesy of topping the league stage, only to bungle up the finishing act. DC are understandably crestfallen after coming too close once again and yet remaining so far, especially after having aced the first half of the game. However, like they generally do, Mumbai Indians managed to step up in the crucial moments of the summit clash to come out trumps.
DC head coach Jonathan Batty dismissed claims that his players carried baggage of the two previous finals.
βThe girls have been really positive, I canβt fault them. There has been no negative talk at all like βOh weβve messed up the last two finals, weβre going to take that baggage into this oneβ, none of that. I thought they were really positive, really confident. The girls have been fantastic, they trained superbly.β
