WPL 2026: Mumbai Indians emerge victorious by 50 runs against Delhi Capitals

Mumbai Indians Nat SciverBrunt and Harmanpreet Kaur smashed unbeaten halfcenturies while pacer Nicola Carey ran through the middle order as the defending champions returned to winning ways defeating Delhi Capitals by 50 runs in their Womens Premier League match here on SaturdaySciverBrunt hammered a 46ball 70 while Harmanpreet smarting from a lastball defeat to Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Friday slammed an unbeaten 74 off 42 balls as Mumbai Indians posted a fighting 195 for 4 on the back of fine form from the two stalwartsCareys 337 threewicket haul in the middle overs including the key dismissals of hardhitter Shafali Verma 8 and Laura Wolvaardt 9 in the fifth over reduced Delhi Capitals to 33 for 3 a collapse that soon worsened to 46 for 5 in the seventh over DC finally folded up for 145 in 19 overs despite Chinelle Henrys rearguard 56 off 33 ballsEngland stalwart SciverBrunt following her superb effort with the bat also chipped in with two vital wickets giving away 29 runs while Amelia Kerr after disappointing with the bat returned figures of 324 with the ballSciverBrunt excels with batA day after a belowpar outing against Royal Challengers Bengaluru 33yearold allrounder SciverBrunt roared back to form smashing 13 boundaries in a fluent 46ball 70 SciverBrunt who scored four runs against RCB on Friday anchored the defending champions innings alongside skipper Harmanpreet who was equally belligerent striking eight boundaries and three sixesThe pairs 66run partnership for the third wicket became the cornerstone of MIs competitive total steadying the innings after opener Amelia Kerrs firstball duck Kerrs woes continued as she was trapped off an unnecessary expansive shot edging a ball moving away from her behind to Lizelle LeeHowever SciverBrunt quickly turned the tide She took aim at West Indian pacer Chinelle Henry scoring 10 runs in the second over and adding two more boundaries in the fourthSciverBrunts 49run partnership with opener Gunalan Kamalini helped steady the Mumbai innings Kamalini looked to capitalise on the momentum hitting two boundaries in the seventh over before young Delhi Capitals rightarm pacer Nandani Sharma came around the wicket and tempted her with an almost wide yorker resulting in Kamalini being caught behindDespite Kamalinis dismissal SciverBrunt continued to dominate reaching her halfcentury off just 32 balls with Harmanpreet ensuring she held the strikeThe England stalwart punished anything short of a length and DC offspinner Sneh Rana found this out the hard way in the 10th over conceding two boundariesThe onslaught continued till SciverBrunt was dismissed caught by DC skipper Jemimah Rodrigues off the bowling of Shree Charani Harmanpreet then took chargeBrief ScoresMumbai Indians 1954 in 20 overs Harmanpreet Kaur 74 not out Nat SciverBrunt 70 Nandani Sharma 226 Chinelle Henry 132 beat Delhi Capitals 145 all out in 19 overs Chinelle Henry 56 Amelia Kerr 324 Nicola Carey 337 by 50 runsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever