A fantastic final and once again Mumbai hold their nerve on the big night. One has to feel sorry for Lanning and her team. They have finished top in all three editions of the WPL so far and everytime they have lost the final after getting a direct entry there. Is that a tear or two I spotted from Kapp as she shakes hands. She has been on the losing end of finals both for her country and for the club as well. And the streak continues. Coming to the chase, Delhi needed their openers to come good but both fell cheaply to Nat Sciver-Brunt and Ismail. The Aussies - Jonassen and Sutherland too fell cheaply and Delhi were in trouble then. But Jemimah who has not had a great tournament with the bat strung a stand with Kapp before Kerr took a very good return catch to send back the former. Kapp then took the aggressive route and with Niki Prasad for support got it closer. But Nat Sciver-Brunt who has had a fantastic tournament swung the game decisively with Kapp and Pandey's wickets off successive balls in the 18th over. Niki Prasad kept fighting but 14 was too far a bridge for Delhi to cross as Mumbai emerged victorious for the 2nd time in 3 seasons.
Chakravarti Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan
Mangal Lakshmi
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