- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.5 there goes her off the stump! Nandani's impressive maiden WPL season and MI's opening woes continue. Lands it on the perfect length just outside off and nips it in just a bit to beat the inside edge. And there's the salute with a gleaming smile from Nandani 21/14.1 and there goes Matthews' middle stump! The first ball of the over is coming in with the angle, nips off the pitch a hint and Matthews heaves and misses this 21/213.5 And she's gone! She goes down the pitch and tries to hit it straight down the ground. Holds her shape and has a still head, but just no power on it. The ball died on her. Long on takes a comfortable catch. 99/317.1 And the gambit works! She floats it outside off, gives plenty of room after landing it full. She tries to reach at it for a cut, but she finds Sneh Rana at cover. Too wide from her body for her to generate any power into that cut, her shoulders and head dropped too, reducing the power on the shot further 130/417.5 She gets down and tries to lift it over the keeper. The ball was a little too full and almost skidded through, and she misses the shot. A timid appeal and the umpire turns them down. Jemimah takes a review, though. And she's nicked it! It hits the gloves right as she completes the sweep. The stump mic confirms it and she has to walk back 134/5Extras2 (nb 1, w 1)TOTAL154/5 (20 Overs, RR: 7.7)Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Sajeevan Sajana, 3.5 ov), 2-21 (Hayley Matthews, 4.1 ov), 3-99 (Harmanpreet Kaur, 13.5 ov), 4-130 (Nicola Carey, 17.1 ov), 5-134 (Amanjot Kaur, 17.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB M Kapp 4 0 8 1 2 16 0 0 0 0 LK Hamilton 4 0 36 0 9 9 5 1 0 0 NSS Sharma 4 0 36 1 9 6 3 1 0 1 N Shree Charani 4 0 33 3 8.25 6 4 0 1 0 S Rana 3 0 27 0 9 4 2 1 0 0 Shafali Verma 1 0 14 0 14 1 3 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.3 Vaishnavi bags Shafali as her maiden WPL wicket! She answers the captain' call and how. her round-arm action from wide of the crease almost darts the ball into the leg stump as Shafali goes across and misses the line. Is she pumped or what? Vaishnavi does a double punch of the air 63/110.2 She tries to flick it away but it is way down leg. It means she loses her balance and might be out of the crease here. Keeper did well to collect and whip the bails off. The umpire takes his good time... They've gone up for a stumping. It's taking a while, with the third umpire and TV directors trying to find an angle they can't seem to put their finger on so far... Okay now they've got it, and the umpire takes it frame-by-frame. Oh, and the surgical precision is yielding a result! Lee's bat might have bounced off the crease just as the keeper whipped the bails off. "I need to see the footage well," the umpire declares. Another strand of hair whitens somewhere on the field. In the end, it flashes on the screen: "Out". Amanjot Kaur won't mind the wait after the red letters flashed on the screen 84/216.1 OH NO! Disaster strikes for Wolvaardt. Bowled short of a length, down leg, but Rodrigues is in great position onto her leg side to smash it down the line. Too well, in fact, because Sciver-Brunt reaches down for the ball. Brushes her hand and deflects right back onto the stumps. She was never making it back into the crease in that one instant 118/3Extras2 (lb 1, w 1)TOTAL155/3 (19 Overs, RR: 8.15)Fall of wickets: 1-63 (Shafali Verma, 7.3 ov), 2-84 (Lizelle Lee, 10.2 ov), 3-118 (Laura Wolvaardt, 16.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB S Ismail 4 0 26 0 6.5 14 5 0 0 0 NJ Carey 1 0 13 0 13 2 3 0 0 0 Nat Sciver-Brunt 4 0 42 0 10.5 5 4 2 0 0 S Gupta 1 0 13 0 13 2 3 0 0 0 AB Kaur 3 0 21 1 7 6 1 1 1 0 Vaishnavi Sharma 4 0 20 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 HK Matthews 2 0 19 0 9.5 1 2 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Delhi Capitals Women , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50
Match days
20 January 2026 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Delhi Capitals Women 2, Mumbai Indians Women 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 23 runs, 2 wickets)
- Strategic Timeout: Mumbai Indians Women - 47/2 in 9.0 overs (Nat Sciver-Brunt 8, H Kaur 18)
- Mumbai Indians Women: 50 runs in 9.4 overs (58 balls), Extras 0
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 45 balls (Nat Sciver-Brunt 28, H Kaur 26, Ex 0)
- Mumbai Indians Women: 100 runs in 13.6 overs (84 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Mumbai Indians Women - 119/3 in 16.0 overs (Nat Sciver-Brunt 49, NJ Carey 6)
- Nat Sciver-Brunt: 50 off 34 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Over 17.5: Review by Delhi Capitals Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - T Ematty, Batter - AB Kaur (Upheld)
- Mumbai Indians Women: 150 runs in 19.6 overs (121 balls), Extras 2
- Innings Break: Mumbai Indians Women - 154/5 in 20.0 overs (Nat Sciver-Brunt 65, S Gupta 10)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 57 runs, 0 wicket)
- Over 4.2: Review by Delhi Capitals Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - VG Rathi, Batter - Shafali Verma (Upheld)
- Delhi Capitals Women: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (Shafali Verma 26, L Lee 26, Ex 0)
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals Women - 57/0 in 6.0 overs (Shafali Verma 26, L Lee 31)
- Delhi Capitals Women: 100 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals Women - 118/2 in 16.0 overs (L Wolvaardt 17, JI Rodrigues 25)
- JI Rodrigues: 50 off 36 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Delhi Capitals Women: 150 runs in 18.6 overs (114 balls), Extras 2
Match Coverage
All Match NewsCaptain Rodrigues provides DC's campaign a fillip with an inspirational knock
After four low scores, and with DC's campaign on the line, they needed her to step up, which she did by scoring 51*
Vaishnavi replaces injured Kamalini in Mumbai Indians squad
Vaishnavi Sharma has joined Mumbai Indians for INR 30 lakh after G Kamalini was ruled out of WPL 2026 with a shoulder injury
Capitals opt to bowl; WPL debuts for Deeya Yadav, Vaishnavi Sharma, Rahila Firdous
MI made the big decision of leaving out Amelia Kerr for the first time this WPL
Rodrigues holds nerve as DC hand MI third straight loss
DC climbed off the bottom of the table with a measured chase to sink MI and throw the WPL playoff race wide open
MI's struggling top order meet DC's struggling new-ball bowlers
Which of these teams can find a way to put the power in their powerplay?



