Did you know? Delhi Capitals have never lost two consecutive games in a WPL edition. However, the only instance they lost two successive games in the competition overall, featured MI as their opponents - the 2023 final at this very venue and the 2024 season opener (a last-ball thriller) in Bengaluru.
0.6
Kapp to Matthews, 1 run, driven firmly off the back foot but the fielder gets a hand to it as she dives across at cover. Saves a certain boundary. Back of a length outside off, plenty of width and it was struck pretty firmly by Matthews
0.5
Kapp to Matthews, no run, loose shot! It's fuller than a good length outside off, swinging away, and Matthews tries to cut it off the back foot. The length wasn't there for it and she gets beaten
0.4
Kapp to Matthews, no run
0.3
Kapp to Matthews, no run, good length ball swinging away outside off, left alone
One slip for Matthews as well
0.2
Kapp to Yastika, 1 run, straying down the leg-side,
0.1
Kapp to Yastika, no run, 107kph, good length ball on leg stump, hint of inswing, and Yastika works it gently to midwicket
Yastika and Matthews are at the crease. Yastika is on strike. Kapp will open the attack
The stands seem to be fairly full as the players walk out and line up for India's national anthem.
We've made one change in our Fantasy Handbook. Do check it out before finalising your teams.
STAT: The team winning the toss has won just two of the 14 previous WPL matches at the Brabourne Stadium; one of them was by DC - against UPW by five wickets back in 2023 .
All three matches at the venue this season have been won by the side batting first.
So MI are unchanged while DC have replaced seamer Titas Sadhu with the left-arm spin of Shree Charani