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In modern-day T20 cricket, a people of 155 is fancied by the chasing squad connected astir days. In a crippled that rested connected good margins, it wasn’t rather straightforward for Delhi Capitals against Mumbai Indians successful the Women’s Premier League connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026), but Jemimah Rodrigues and Co. yet sailed location with 7 wickets successful manus and an implicit to spare astatine the Kotambi Stadium. Capitals had coagulated contributions from Jemimah (51 n.o., 37b, 5x4, 1x6) and Lizelle Lee (46, 28b, 7x4, 1x6), overshadowing Nat Sciver-Brunt’s half-century for MI.
In crisp opposition to MI’s dilatory start, DC raced disconnected the blocks arsenic Lee and Shafali Verma stitched unneurotic a 63-run opening basal successful 7.3 overs. They seldom spared the escaped deliveries, and seemed keen connected finishing proceedings successful a hurry.
But MI regained a semblance of power erstwhile 20-year-old left-arm spinner Vaishnavi Sharma, who was drafted into the squad connected Tuesday (January 20) arsenic a replacement for the injured G. Kamalini for the remainder of the campaign, bowled Shafali and punched the aerial successful delight.
Two quiescent overs later, Lee was adjudged stumped by Rahila Firdous disconnected Amanjot Kaur by 3rd umpire Ajitesh Argal. Lee’s vexation was compounded by Argal taking 8 minutes to marque the decision. While Jemimah and Laura Wolvaardt built a dependable concern to instrumentality DC closer, different imaginable twist came successful the 17th implicit erstwhile the second was tally retired astatine the non-striker’s extremity arsenic a consecutive thrust by Jemimah was deflected disconnected Sciver-Brunt. It was important for Jemimah to clasp her composure astatine that juncture, and she did conscionable that.
Earlier, Sciver-Brunt (65 n.o., 45b, 6x4, 2x6) and Harmanpreet Kaur (41, 33b, 7x4) contributed heavy to MI’s full of 154 for five. Having joined hands erstwhile MI was 21 for two, the duo added 78 runs disconnected 58 deliveries. But contributions from the remainder of the line-up were sparse.
Left-arm spinner Shree Charani tin instrumentality overmuch of the recognition for that. The 21-year-old dismissed the well-set Harmanpreet, Nicola Carey and Amanjot to decorativeness with figures of 4-0-33-3.
