Harmanpreet-led Mumbai tackle Lanning-led Capitals in table-top conflict

Lanning-led Delhi Capitals are fairly on a roll, with the Australian captain herself hitting back-to-back half-centuries on the prime of the order. Capitals’ batting line-up is considered one of envy – power-hitters aplenty – they usually have bowlers in Jess Jonassen, Marizanne Kapp and Shikha Pandey who’ve delivered in a single spell or the opposite.

The Mumbai versus Capitals recreation may effectively be one of many contenders of the ‘closing earlier than the ultimate’ although the WPL has a good distance to go.

Players to look at

Shortish boundaries mixed with flat surfaces may imply that it could possibly be an ideal time for Marizanne Kapp to point out her expertise primarily with the ball. In the opening contest, she was a tad costly after her cameo with the bat and if she does play her third successive recreation, she could possibly be one of many key gamers to Capitals’ success.

Amelia Kerr contributed with bat and ball within the opening contest and was taken for runs in opposition to Royal Challengers, although she picked up a few wickets to hasten the top. Having had the higher of Lanning for a while now in worldwide cricket, that could be a participant battle to relish.

Playing XIs

Delhi Capitals (doable): 1 Meg Lanning (capt), 2 Shafali Verma, 3 Marizanne Kapp, 4 Jemimah Rodrigues, 5 Alice Capsey/Laura Harris, 6 Jess Jonassen, 7 Taniya Bhatia (wk), 8 Arundhati Reddy/Titas Sadhu, 9 Shikha Pandey, 10 Radha Yadav, 11 Tara Norris

Mumbai Indians (doable): 1 Hayley Matthews, 2 Yastika Bhatia (wk), 3 Nat Sciver-Brunt, 4 Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), 5 Amelia Kerr/Chloe Tryon, 6 Pooja Vastrakar, 7 Issy Wong, 8 Humaira Kazi, 9, Amanjot Kaur, 10 Jintimani Kalita, 11 Saika Ishaque

Quotes

“Seeing the enjoyment and smile on her face out [from] her playing cricket again, that’s something I am pleased with, as her team-mate in a number of teams. It’s hard to believe Meg Lanning could get better. She was already incredible before her break, but has come [back] with a new lease of life.”
Jess Jonassen heaps reward on her captain Lanning

“Being a bit more responsible at the crease is something I had to pull on with the West Indies and that has helped me in my T20 game as a whole. Probably, [I] wasn’t getting the number of runs I would have wanted in the past due to giving away my hand quite a bit. Now that I am being forced with responsibility at the international level, it’s helped me realise how to plan my T20 innings.”
Hayley Matthews credit her T20 batting enchancment to the duty she has received