Delhi Capitals defeated Mumbai Indians by 2 wickets in the second match of the Women’s Premier League 2025 played at Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara.
The most interesting aspect of the match was the brilliant performance of Nikki Prasad, who played a match-winning innings of 35 runs in her very first WPL match.
Mumbai had a bad start while batting first
Mumbai team scored 164 runs in 19.1 overs while batting first. The team had a very bad start when star player Hayley Matthews was out after scoring just 2 runs. But after this Natalie Sciver batted brilliantly and scored 80 runs in 59 balls. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur also played a quick innings of 42 runs in 22 balls, which included 3 sixes and 4 fours.
Annabel Sutherland took the maximum 3 wickets in Delhi’s bowling, while Shikha Pandey bowled very economically and took 2 wickets for just 14 runs in 4 overs.
Shafali and Nikki’s amazing performance in Delhi’s thrilling victory
Delhi had a great start when Shafali Verma scored 43 runs in just 18 balls. She hit 7 fours and 2 sixes in her innings. But after her dismissal, the team lost wickets continuously and the score became 109-5.
In this difficult time, Nikki Prasad took the responsibility and brought the team closer to victory by scoring 35 runs in 33 balls. In the last overs of the match, Radha Yadav also made an important contribution to the team’s victory by scoring 9 runs in 4 balls.
WPL 2025 – 2nd Match MUM vs DEL Scorecard
Venue: Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara
Winner: Delhi Capitals Women won by 2 wickets
Mumbai Indians Women – 164/10 (19.1 Ov)
- Natalie Sciver – 80 (59), 13 fours
- Harmanpreet Kaur – 42 (22), 4 fours, 3 sixes
Best Bowlers (Delhi Capitals):
- Annabel Sutherland – 3/34
- Shikha Pandey – 2/14
Delhi Capitals Women – 165/8 (20 Ov)
- Shafali Verma – 43 (18), 7 fours, 2 sixes
- Niki Prasad – 35 (33), 4 fours (Player of the Match)
Best Bowlers (Mumbai Indians):
- Amelia Kerr – 2/21
- Hayley Matthews – 2/32
Delhi secured a thrilling victory in the final over!
WPL 2025 MUM vs DEL , Statement after the match
This was the first WPL match for Nikki Prasad and she made it memorable. While receiving the Player of the Match award after the match, she said,
I think this is the first WPL game for me. I wanted to express myself and make DC win. I definitely visualised before the match and managed to carry this out. I think the situation we were in, singles would have gotten us home. I wanted to strike boundaries in between as well. I was motivated to give my best.
Delhi captain Meg Lanning said,
That was way too stressful. I thought we did an excellent job to restrict them to 164. They looked to score well in excess of 200 but we bowled really well. Shikha Pandey bowled brilliantly. We batted well in patches, thankfully could get up with a win. Minu did a great job as well. The other bowlers also bowled well to keep them to 164. Niki did an excellent job. She came at a tricky time, Radha Yadav coming and hitting that six.
