Delhi Capitals (DC) vs Mumbai Indians (MI)
Kadium Stadium, Dodaras, February 15, 2025, 7.30pm isst
What to anticipate: All eyes on in-form Shafali
The competition is just not solely a rematch of the 2023 WPL ultimate, but additionally a repeat of the primary match of final season which resulted in an exciting last-ball end. MI could have come out victorious each occasions, however DC are two-time finalists who’ve additionally completed on high of the desk on each events. The Meg Lanning-
Shafali Verma partnership has been among the many highlights for DC over the past two seasons. The pair has the
most whole partnership runs within the match – 868 runs in 18 innings – and likewise holds the file for the highest-ever partnership of 162 runs in a WPL sport.
Shafali was additionally dropped from the Indian staff final 12 months however she has responded with some very good type in home cricket. She’ll be eager on excelling within the WPL to get her nationwide spot again. Nonetheless, MI might be hoping their skilled pacer Shabnim Ismail nullifies the Shafali risk as soon as once more. Ismail obtained Shafali out within the final two matches these groups performed.
Staff information and certain XIs: Vastrakar dominated out for MI
In contrast to most different groups, DC are coming into the match with out harm considerations or participant unavailability. DC’s newest recruit,
Nandini kashyapis prone to make her WPL debut and take up Taniya Bhatia’s position because the wicketkeeper-batter.
In a blow to MI, seam-bowling allrounder Pooja Vastrakar was dominated out of the WPL with an harm, with India Beneath-19’s left-arm spinner Parunika Sisodia changing her.
MI (Possible): 1 yastika bhatia (wk), 2 hayley matthews, 3 NAT sciver-brunt, 4 harmanpreet kaur (capt), 5 amelia kerr, 6 s sajana, 7 amanjot kaur, 8 akshita maheshwari, 9 sb kerthana, 10 shabnim ISMAIL, 11 Saika Ishaque
Gamers to look at: Arundhati Reddy and Amelia Kerr
Like Shafali,
Arundhati Reddy additionally lately misplaced her spot within the Indian staff. It was her spectacular outing in WPL 2024 the place she picked up eight wickets in 9 video games for DC that had earned her India spot again, and she or he’ll be trying to make use of the platform to stage a comeback once more.
For MI,
Amelia Kerr might be amongst their key gamers this time. Participant of the Collection eventually 12 months’s T20 World Cup, Kerr can be in glorious type with the bat and ball, lately main Wellington to a title win within the Ladies’s Tremendous Smash, New Zealand’s home 20-over competitors, the place she scored 441 runs and picked 15 wickets in 12 video games.
