
Sanjeev Kumar
khelja|12-01-2026
Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Capitals. (Photo- PTI)
Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals: In the third match of Women's Premier League 2026, Mumbai Indians opened the winning account by defeating Delhi Capitals team. Mumbai had to face defeat in the first match of the season. But in this match, Mumbai Indians under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur performed amazingly and won in a one-sided manner. Stormy innings were seen from Harmanpreet Kaur and Nate Siver Brunt. Then the bowlers also completely destroyed Delhi's batting and won the match by 50 runs.
Harmanpreet Kaur could not win the toss this time too and her team had to bat first. However, this did not affect the game and Mumbai put a big score on the board. Even though Amelia Kerr lost her wicket on the first ball. But Nate Siver Brunt along with Gunalan Kamalini gave a good start to the team. Gunalan Kamalini scored 16 runs on 19 balls. After this, a strong partnership was seen between Harmanpreet Kaur and Nate Siver Brunt, due to which Mumbai scored 195 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs.
During this, Nate Siver Brunt played an inning of 70 runs in 46 balls, which included 13 fours.
At the same time, captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored 74 runs in 42 balls and remained unbeaten. Harmanpreet Kaur scored these runs at a strike rate of 176.19, in which 8 fours and 3 sixes were seen. Apart from these, Nicola Carey also ended the innings brilliantly by scoring 21 runs in 12 balls. On the other hand, Nandani Sharma took maximum 2 wickets for Delhi. Chinelle Henry and Shri Charni also managed to achieve 1-1 success.While chasing the target, Delhi team could not do anything special.
The entire team was all out after scoring 145 runs in 19 overs. During this, Chinelle Henry scored the maximum 56 runs. Apart from her, no other batsman could touch the 20-run mark. Captain Jemimah Rodrigues also returned to the pavilion after scoring only 1 run. Shefali Verma also could not progress beyond 8 runs. At the same time, Laura Wolvadt also played an inning of only 9 runs.Amelia Kerr and Nicola Carey bowled amazingly for Mumbai. Both bowlers took 3-3 wickets. At the same time, Nate Siver-Brunt created a sensation with the ball after bat and took 2 victims.
Sanskriti Gupta and Shabnim Ismail also achieved 1 success each.



