: WPL 2023: Wong, Saika and openers lead Mumbai Indians to 8-wicket win over Delhi Capitals(Ld) #IndiaNEWS #Sports Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) A superb bowling performances from Issy Wong, Saika Ishaque,

WPL 2023: Wong, Saika and openers lead Mumbai Indians to 8-wicket win over Delhi Capitals(Ld) #IndiaNEWS #Sports
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) A superb bowling performances from Issy Wong, Saika Ishaque, followed by impressive outings from openers Yastika Bhatia and Hayley Matthews led Mumbai Indians to a dominating eight-wicket win over Delhi Capitals in the seventh match of the Womens Premier League 2023 at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, here on Thursday.
This was Mumbais third consecutive victory in the league and they are at the top of the table with six points. On the other hand, Delhi suffered their first loss and are at the second position with four points.
Riding on brilliant bowling from Issy Wong (3/10), Saika Ishaque (3/13) and Hayley Matthews (3/19), Mumbai Indians bowled out Delhi Capitals for 105 in 18 overs. Issy, Saika and Hayley kept picking crucial wickets for Mumbai at regular intervals as only two Delhi batters Meg Lanning (43 off 41) and Jemimah Rodrigues (25 off 18) showed some fight.
Chasing a small target, Yastika and Matthews got the chase off to a flier. Both openers played some breath-taking shots as powerplay yielded 47 runs for Mumbai openers.
Delhi Capitals managed to remove Yastika (41 off 32) and her opening partner Matthews (32 of 31) after powerplay at different stages but it was not enough as next batters Nat Sciver-Brunt (23 not out off 19) and Harmanpreet Kaur (11 off 8) played some adventurous shots to keep the score-board moving.
Nat Sciver and Harmanpreet stitched a quickfire stand of 32 runs for the third wicket as Mumbai Indians chased down the target in 15 overs with eight wickets in hand to continue their unbeaten run in the tournament.
Earlier, Delhi Capitals won the toss and opted to bat first but they got off to a poor start, scoring just 29 overs in the powerplay and lost two wickets.
Right from the start, Mumbai bowlers bowled with discipline, with Saika Ishaque giving them their first breakthrough. Shafali Verma didnt look in good touch and couldnt do much, getting out to Ishaque in the second over of the innings.
Alice Capsey, who was promoted in the batting order then joined captain Lanning at the crease. Known for his aggressive batting, Capsey hit a four very early but couldnt continue his innings longer and got out to Pooja Vastrakar.
Losing two wickets early, the eyes were on seasoned South African batter Marizanne Kapp but she couldnt deliver as Issy Wong cleaned her up, leaving Delhi struggling at 31-3 after 6. 4 overs.
Delhis star batter Jemimah Rodrigues came to bat next and Sciver-Brunt almost removed her too but Hayley Matthews missed the catch at slips. Making full use of the opportunity, Rodrigues slammed three boundaries and along with Lanning built an important stand for the team.
Both Lanning and Rodrigues found boundaries at regular intervals and also rotated strikes well to continue the momentum.

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