Niki Prasad of Delhi Capitals batting throughout match 2 of the Ladies’s Premier League 2025 (WPL) between The Mumbai Indians and The Delhi Capitals held on the BCA Stadium, Vadodara on the fifteenth February 2025.
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Delhi Capitals (DC) secured an exciting two-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians (MI) within the ongoing Ladies’s Premier League (WPL) at Vadodara on Saturday. The match, crammed with dramatic twists and turns, noticed DC efficiently chase down the goal in a last-over end, preserving followers on the sting of their seats.
A standout efficiency got here from younger Niki Prasad, whose essential innings performed a major function in DC’s victory. Former West Indian cricketer Stacy-Ann King, talking on JioHotstar, lauded Prasad’s batting show. “We noticed what she might do by way of the India Underneath-19 group. However she did not have a lot probability to bat due to G Trisha and naturally Kamalini, who had been distinctive,” King stated, as quoted from a launch by JioHotstar. “After she began off a bit shaky, she finally simply performed her pictures, and it was superb,” she added.
Prasad’s innings proved pivotal within the latter levels of the chase, as she held her nerve beneath strain to information DC to a memorable win. MI, regardless of their disciplined bowling effort, fell wanting closing out the sport, permitting DC to clinch two very important factors. Coming to the match, chasing 165, DC was left 109/5 in 14.5 overs regardless of a tremendous 60-run opening stand. Nevertheless, Niki Prasad and Sarah took down the equation to 10 runs off the final over regardless of wickets falling at different finish.
With two runs wanted on remaining ball, the pair of Arundhati Reddy and Radha Yadav accomplished a dangerous double and it was value all of the toil. After Delhi Capitals received the toss and elected to bowl first, they had been off to a tremendous begin as a low seize by skipper Meg Lanning on a Shikha Pandey supply despatched Hayley Matthews packing for a duck on the second ball. MI was 0/1.Within the subsequent over, Alice Capsey gave away 19 runs, together with 5 runs after a 4 on broad, two fours from Yastika Bhatia and one boundary from Nat-Sciver Brunt.
Shikha acquired her second wicket within the fifth over, beating Yastika’s stumps as she was gone for 11 in 9 balls. MI was 32/2 in 4.2 overs. On the finish of powerplay, MI was 41/2 in six overs, with Brunt (22*) joined by skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (2*) unbeaten. With a 4 by Brunt, MI reached the 50-run mark in 7.1 overs. In the identical over, she and Kaur hit Radha for a 4 and 6 extra, looting 18 runs in complete. The duo stored the run-rate up and introduced up their 50-run stand in 30 balls. In 10 overs, MI had been 87/2, with Brunt (45*) and Kaur (24*) unbeaten.
Within the eleventh over, Kaur went on a blitz in opposition to Annabel Sutherland, smashing her for 3 fours and a six earlier than debutant Niki Prasad caught her, sending her again for 42 in 22 balls, with 4 boundaries and three sixes. MI was 105/3 in 10.5 overs.Sciver Brunt reached her fourth WPL fifty in 36 balls, with 9 fours. However after that, there was one wicket falling per over from overs 14-16, leaving MI struggling at 146/6. Amelia Kerr, S Sajana and Amanjot Kaur went again to the pavilion for single digits.Sciver held the innings collectively, serving to MI attain the 150-run mark in 16.5 overs.MI continued their implosion in the direction of the top, bundling out for 164 runs in 19.1 overs.
Brunt was the top-scorer, with 80* in 59 balls, with 13 fours.Sutherland (3/34) was the highest bowler for DC. Shikha acquired two whereas Minnu Mani and Capsey acquired one every.In the course of the run-chase of 165, Delhi was off to a tremendous begin as Shafali Varma looted 22 runs within the second over bowled by Saika Ishaque, together with 4 boundaries and a six.Within the sixth over, Shafali launched Matthews for 2 successive fours, citing the 50-run mark in 5.1 overs and a six. Nevertheless, a tremendous catch at brief mid-wicket from Amanjot meant the bowler had the final chuckle.
Shafali was gone for 43 in 18 balls, with seven fours and two sixes. DC was 60/1 in 5.5 overs.Within the subsequent over, Lanning’s knock of 15 in 19 balls, with three fours was ended by Shabnim Ismail as she castled her stumps. DC was 60/2 in 6.1 overs.All-rounders Amelia and Sciver acquired Jemimah Rodrigues (2) and Annabel Sutherland (13) in fast succession, derailing DC’s chase, and sinking them to 76/4 in 8.5 overs.On the finish of 10 overs, DC had been 83/4, with Capsey (3*) and Prasad (5*) unbeaten.DC reached the 100-run mark in 13 overs, with the assistance of a 4 by Niki. An tried loft by Capsey went into fingers of Ismail at long-on, eradicating her by the hands of Amelia for 16 in 18 balls.
DC was 109/5 in 14.5 overs. Some hits by Prasad and Sarah Bryce helped DC convey down the equation to 21 in two overs, however Mathews had eliminated Bryce for 21 in 12 balls, with two fours and a six. The nineteenth over was an exciting one. Whereas Shikha was run out for 3, Radha Yadav tonked the ultimate ball for a six, bringing down the equation to 10 runs within the final over. The ultimate over began with Niki hitting a boundary. However the dismissal of Niki on the second-last ball for 35 in 33 balls, with 4 boundaries, left DC with two to get on the ultimate ball.
DC chased down the whole on the final ball, with Arundhati Reddy (2*) and Radha Yadav (9*) finishing a dangerous double. Amelia (2/21) and Mathews (2/32) had been prime wicket-takers for MI. Ismail, Sciver and Sajana acquired one every.With this victory, Delhi Capitals have strengthened their place within the league standings, whereas Mumbai Indians will look to bounce again of their upcoming matches. The WPL continues to ship high-octane encounters, showcasing the rising skills of ladies’s cricket.
Printed – February 17, 2025 01:17 am IST
