🏏WPL 2025: Mumbai Indians Women vs Delhi Capitals Women, Final 🏏 - Page 27

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. Yes she is crying. She is being consoled by her Delhi colleagues. 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. We will get you all the post-match stuff, including the flash interviews and everything that we can spot. Stay tuned...

Think Real Madrid and the UEFA Champions League, FC Barcelona and the UEFA Women's Champions League lately, Australia and Cricket World Cups (across genders and formats), Rafael Nadal and the French Open - that is the sort of aura the Mumbai Indians now carry in the WPL. They almost feel...inevitable.

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Think Real Madrid and the UEFA Champions League, FC Barcelona and the UEFA Women's Champions League lately, Australia and Cricket World Cups (across genders and formats), Rafael Nadal and the French Open - that is the sort of aura the Mumbai Indians now carry in the WPL. They almost feel...inevitable.

They had to do it the hard way tonight. They only had 150 to defend, but they defended it like champions. NSB removed Lanning early, with Ismail doing something similar to Shafali. Kerr then stood up (like she always does), and NSB returned to dismiss Kapp, which proved to be the final nail in the DC coffin.

DC, once the dust settles, will look at this as a huge missed opportunity. Barring Rodrigues and Kapp, none of their top seven got going and by the time Prasad mounted her resistance, it seemed too late and she had run out of partners. Which was down to DC freezing under pressure, but also due to Mumbai standing up when it really mattered.

And having again outwitted the team that has thrice finished above them in the league stages, brazenly showing off their big-game temperament and mentality, it is impossible to escape the supposition that tonight, the Mumbai Indians have, in the WPL, rendered themselves as the greatest of all time. And the Capitals, well, they are still trying to win the last game of the season.

The Mumbai team now doing a lap of honor of the Brabourne. Lots of happy faces understandably. Lanning still can sport a smile. This is one tournament she has not won during her illustrious playing career. And this continues to elude her. To know that she has won everything else in her career!

Jhulan Goswami, MI bowling coach: (On Ismail) What a brilliant performance. When the team needed it, to come and produce a performance like this. She is a fighter, she wants to lead from the front. That is what we want as a group. When you are in the dugout, you cannot be calm but you have to pretend to be calm. We needed wickets in the powerplay, and that was the clear message. When that happened, we felt we were in a position to control the game, and that made our dugout absolutely calm. (On Goswami-Edwards partnership) It started after retirement, working with her. It was a great learning experience and every moment, I learn new things. A very tactical person, and she always keeps me on her toes. When we used to play as opponents, we learnt from her mentality and leadership, and here also, trying to do the same. This team has plenty of potential. We have depth in the batting, lot of international stars, lots of promising youngsters - it is a well-balanced team, and it is important to keep them in the right frame of mind and give them space to enjoy their game. (What impressed her the most in season three) Nat's commitment. We all know her partner is expecting (a baby). To come here, take leadership and dominate - it is not easy. And some youngsters who performed brilliantly for us.

Yastika Bhatia: Incredible feeling. To do it front of a home crowd, no better feeling. I enjoy keeping against all the greats of the game and lucky to have them in my team, because I don't have to face them.

Nita Ambani: Sitting in the dugout my heart was just beating... but I had full confidence in my girls. Unstoppable! They fought till the last ball. Nat has been outstanding all season and those three wickets she took were fantastic. And that batting by Harman the captain, oh my god... If you see our dugout there was never a quiet moment, they were clapping and cheering and I think that kept them going. Two titles in three years. Why just my girls, you give any girl child the support and empower them, look what they can achieve.. Proud owner of Mumbai Indians today. As a franchise we are trying to empower little girls through sport. Both education and sport go hand in hand and it is important parents allow the girls to play.

Shabnim Ismail: My first MI final and so happy that we could conquer today. I came out here and when I bowled the first ball…Harry was expecting me to take the first ball. Extremely happy (when NSB picked Lanning and I dismissed Shafali) and we carried that momentum throughout. So happy to be a part of this historic team.