Eyeing to set the tone after an underwhelming couple of finals in the Women’s Premier League’s histories, Meg Lanning opted to field first during the toss. The ploy worked in her favour when Shikha Pandey outsmarted the opposition openers in a 41-run powerplay. Harmanpreet Kaur assisted Natalie Sciver-Brunt in adding 46 runs in the next four overs. With the English all-rounder nearing a half-century, the skipper switched gears against Annabel Sutherland with three fours and a six in the eleventh over before concluding the 73-run stand by holing in the deep. Right after, Amelia Kerr assisted the English Women in a 24-run-stand before the side fell like nine pins in the slog-overs phase. Thankfully, Natalie remained unbridled at 80, propelling the scoreboard to 164 runs.
Unlike their counterparts, the Capitals got off to a blistering start with 60 runs coming off the powerplay, highlighted by a 22-run second over where Shafali Verma teed off Saika Ishaque. However, the openers departed in the space of a ball around the powerplay, followed by Jemimah Rodrigues and Annabel Sutherland departing on back-to-back overs with the score 83/4 in ten overs. At times of adversity, Alice Capsey and Niki Prasad added 33 runs together, making way for a 10-ball 21-run cameo from Sarah Bryce to curtail the equation down to 21 required off the last two overs. This is when unprecedented drama kicked off with a questionable runout followed by a six off Radha Yadav in the 19th over trimming it down to ten needed off the final over. Seven runs came halfway through the over before Niki was dismissed for 35, needing a couple off the last ball. Subsequently, Arundhati Reddy drove a fuller one past cover to run hard and complete a double.
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↳ 📂 Last Over Classic@DelhiCapitals hold their nerves and win on the very last ball of the match 🔥👏
Scorecard ▶ https://t.co/99qqGTKYHu#MIvDC pic.twitter.com/rvxAdfrlUr— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 15, 2025
No context MIvDC last ball 😮💨 pic.twitter.com/ZybtB1LNEA
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) February 15, 2025
Tension
Niki
Player of the match.
Niki Prasad ❤️
Whatever runs were scored were very valuable runs for the Delhi Capitals team.#WPL2025 #jio pic.twitter.com/c3y23ALQR4— F.C Nitish (@fcnitish970) February 15, 2025
Delhi Capitals held their nerve till the very last ball—WPL at its peak! Mumbai Indians gave a tough fight, but DC pulled off a sensational win.#WPL2025 #DCvMI https://t.co/bVHjhwFCG4
— सागर मिश्र (@Sagarmishra121) February 15, 2025
Thriller
Scenes
What scenes in Vadodara !!! 🔥🔥
Delhi Capitals win a last ball thriller vs the Mumbai Indians !!! #MIvsDC #MIvDC
pic.twitter.com/GFDMZ1SQAf— Cricketism (@MidnightMusinng) February 15, 2025
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Perry one six >>> whole Delhi capitals https://t.co/fPdcHfyA7B— JASH 𝕏 (@Viratian_Jash18) February 15, 2025
Great
Beat
DELHI CAPITALS BEAT MUMBAI INDIANS IN LAST BALL. 😶🌫️ #MIvDC pic.twitter.com/IFeEDrrzfe
— Cric U (@CricU001) February 15, 2025
A LAST BALL THRILLER IN THE WPL. 🔥
– Delhi Capitals beat Mumbai Indians.#WPL2025 #dcwvmiwpic.twitter.com/JxwGyw2ul9— chanchal sarkar (@cricxnews140982) February 15, 2025
