Yastika Bhatia
The beginning of the second season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) was seen in a very exciting manner. In this match played between defending champions Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals, the excitement seemed to have crossed all limits. On the last ball of this match, Mumbai Indians team needed 5 runs to win and Sajivani Sanjana gave the team victory by 4 wickets by hitting a six. In this match, Delhi Capitals team, batting first, scored 171 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs, after which Mumbai Indians also achieved this target in 20 overs, in which captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored 55 runs for the team. Played an excellent inning of runs.
Harmanpreet played captaincy innings, Sajivani finished brilliantly
Mumbai Indians, who came to chase the target of 172 runs, did not have a good start and they lost their first wicket at the score of zero. After this, a partnership of 50 runs was seen between Yastika Bhatia and Natalie Siver Brunt for the second wicket. Natalie returned to the pavilion after playing an innings of 19 runs in this match. After this, captain Harmanpreet, who came to bat along with Yastika, took the innings forward and did not let the pace of runs slow down. There was a partnership of 56 runs between the two for the third wicket. Yastika was out in this match after playing an innings of 57 runs in 45 balls.
Mumbai team suffered its third setback at the score of 106. From here, Harmanpreet Kaur along with Amelia Kerr took the score to 150 runs but after this the Delhi Capitals team brought a different thrill in the match by taking 2 wickets in quick succession. Mumbai team needed 12 runs to win in the last over, in which only three runs could be scored with the fall of one wicket in the first 3 balls. Harmanpreet Kaur hit a four on the fourth ball but lost her wicket on the fifth ball. After this, Sajivani Sajna, who came to bat on the last ball, played a shot towards long on and hit the ball for a six and gave her team a thrilling victory. In this match for Delhi, Arundhati Reddy and Alice Kepsy took 2-2 wickets with the ball.
Kepsi showed amazing performance with the bat in Delhi’s innings.
If we talk about the innings of Delhi Capitals Women’s team in this match, their start was also not good, in which Shefali Verma returned to the pavilion after scoring only 1 run. After this, Alice Kepsy, who came to bat at number-3, played a brilliant inning of 75 runs in 53 balls while handling the team from one end. Apart from this, a quick inning of 42 runs in 24 balls was also seen from the bat of Jemimah Rodriguez. . In bowling for Mumbai, Amelia Kerr and Natalie Sciver Brunt took 2-2 wickets.
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