Mumbai Indians participant Nate Sciver-Brunt defied the chances to attain a decided 60 to assist her franchise chase down 131 to win the inaugural Women’s Premier League.
After shedding Yastika Bhatia and Hayley Mathews early within the run chase, Sciver-Brunt and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur stitched a vital partnership that stored Mumbai within the hunt. The England participant would then assist MI over the road with the assistance of Mellie Kerr and was rightfully awarded the participant of the match.
“Glad I was able to keep it up when the pressure was on. I was trying to be too tough and Herman and Melli took the pressure off me. I knew if I stayed till the end we could We spent too much in the last 3-4 overs but it made the game interesting,” stated Sciver-Brunt.
When requested what successful the trophy meant to her, she stated, “It means everything, to come together with Mumbai Indians with a special group of girls, a really special moment.”
In the match, MI first restricted DC to 131 for 9 after which got here again to overtake the goal with three balls to spare.
Earlier, Delhi skipper Meg Lanning (35 off 29 balls) elected to bat after successful the toss on the Brabourne Stadium right here and completed as the highest scorer for DC.
Shafali Verma (11) and Marijan Kapp (18) additionally reached double figures however couldn’t capitalize as DC have been lowered to 9 for 79 in 16 overs.
Shikha Pandey (27 not out) and Radha Yadav (27 not out) added 52 runs from simply 24 balls to take DC to a aggressive rating.
Hayley Matthews returned with unbelievable figures of 4-2-5-3, whereas Issey Wong (3/42) continued her sensational run, claiming three extra wickets and Mellie Kerr (2/18) MI Was the second wicket taker for.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
