DELHI, India, CMC – A tidy all-round efficiency from West Indies Girls’s captain Hayley Matthews did not encourage Mumbai Indians, and Delhi Capitals beat them by 29 runs within the Girls’s Premier League Twenty20 event on Tuesday in India.
Together with her off-spin, the 25-year-old Barbadian all-rounder took one for 23 from two overs. Nonetheless, Capitals rode half-centuries from India worldwide Jemimah Rodrigues and Australia worldwide Meg Lanning to achieve 192 for 4 after they had been put in to bat within the match on the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
Matthews, opening the batting, made 29 off 17 balls that included a half-dozen boundaries, however she was one in every of 4 wickets that fell within the Energy Play, and MI may solely reply with 163 for eight and sank to their second defeat in 5 matches within the event.
MI misplaced wickets in every of the primary three overs of the chase – South Africa worldwide Marizanne Kapp bowled opener Yastika Bhatia for six within the first over, and England worldwide Nat Sciver-Brunt made 5 and suffered an identical destiny. MI captain Harmanpreet Kaur was caught at backward level off Kapp for six.
Matthews remained lengthy sufficient to hold MI previous 50 earlier than Australia worldwide Jess Jonassen received her caught at mid-wicket within the last over of the Energy Play.
MI had been 55 for 5, they usually by no means recovered regardless of 42 from Amanjot Kaur, batting at seven, 24 not out from Sajeevan Sajana, batting at eight, and their stand of 48 for the seventh wicket.
Jonassen was the choose of the Capitals bowlers, taking three for 21 from 4 overs, and Kapp ended with two for 37 from 4 overs.
Earlier, Rodrigues was unbeaten on 69 from 33 balls, together with eight fours and three sixes, and Australia worldwide Meg Lanning, the Capitals captain, supported with 53 from 38 balls punctuated with six fours and two sixes to guide their aspect’s batting.
Lanning anchored the highest half of the Capitals, batting to 56 for one on the shut of the Energy Play 56 and 86 for 2 on the midway stage earlier than she was caught at deep mid-wicket off Pooja Vastrakar within the thirteenth over.
Rodrigues stored the Capitals’ backside half batting collectively and helped them add 69 within the last 5 overs.
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