WPL 2023 Final: Mumbai Indians have been crowned champions of the inaugural Women’s Premier League edition after beating Delhi Capitals in the final at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. MI successfully chased down 132, with Nat Sciver-Brunt stroking a fifty and getting them over the line. Hayley Matthews and Issy Wong took three-fers to fuel MI’s chances. Follow Women Premier League LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
WPL 2023 Final: ‘Best Franchise’ Reactions galore as Mumbai Indians crowned WPL champions after beating Delhi Capitals by 7 wickets: Check Out
MUMBAI! CHAMPIONS!
THIS. IS. WHAT. IT. MEANS. 🔥💙#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #AaliRe #WPL2023 #DCvMI #WPLFinal #ForTheW pic.twitter.com/fjOuNLlXZ1
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) March 26, 2023
DCW were off to a patchy start after Meg Lanning elected to bat first. They managed just 38/3 in the Powerplay. The Capitals lost six wickets for as many runs in 5.4 overs during the middle phase. However, Shikha Pandey and Radha Yadav propelled to 131/9 from 79/9. MIW too lost two quick wickets, but Nat Sciver-Brunt got them home in a final-over thriller.
Top-order batter Nat Sciver-Brunt played a title-winning knock for MIW. She came in the middle when MIW lost their first wicket at 13. Nat Sciver-Brunt then added 72 runs with skipper Harmanpreet for the third wicket. She reached her third half-century of the tournament in the penultimate over of the final. The 30-year-old scored the winning runs, managing 60* off 55 balls.
HISTORY SCRIPTED !!
MUMBAI INDIANS are the champions of the Inaugural WPL 🥳🥳#CricketTwitter #WPL2023 #DCvMI 📸 Jio Cinema pic.twitter.com/HpclqtoIHV
— Female Cricket (@imfemalecricket) March 26, 2023
As stated, Mumbai Indians are the first-ever champions of the WPL.Their captain Harmanpreet has won a T20 league championship for the first time.Overall, MI have won their sixth title in Indian T20 tournaments (Indian Premier League or WPL).The Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians have lifted the IPL trophy five times (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2020).
They had a stumble in between but @ImHarmanpreet and @mipaltan were thr best team in the tournament #TATAWPL
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 26, 2023
