Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians, WPL 2026 Highlights: Jemimah Rodrigues' DC Get Much-Needed Win, Jump Off Bottom Spot

We are back for the all-important run chase. The umpires are back out in the middle and the players of MI gather in a huddle before striding out and taking their positions on the field. The hard-hitting duo of Shafali Verma and Lizelle Lee will open the innings for Delhi Capitals. Veteran and fiesty pacer, Shabnim Ismail, will take the new ball for Mumbai. Rahila Firdous is keeping wickets and Hayley Matthews is standing at first slip. Let's go...

…THE RUN CHASE…

Now, chasing a target of 155, the Capitals will need a strong start and consistent contributions across the lineup if they hope to challenge a strong MI side and secure their second win of the season. Will they rise to the occasion, or will the MI bowlers come hard and defend their total? We’ll find out soon. Stay tuned for the second essay!

Marizanne Kapp of the Delhi Capitals is down for a chat. Kapp says that she would have liked a couple more wickets and reckons that the score on the board is gettable but the chase won't be easy. Adds that she has bowled four overs on the trot in the earlier seasons and today, she felt like she needed to get the wicket of the two set batters. Mentions that there wasn't any movement off the deck and she doesn't like to bowl on such wickets but also feels that she was a touch too full with her lengths.

The Delhi Capitals were brilliant in the first half of the innings, applying relentless pressure and taking crucial wickets. Marizanne Kapp bowled a miserly spell, conceding just 8 runs in her four overs while picking up a wicket. Sree Charani was exceptional in the middle overs, claiming three key wickets, and Nandni Sharma and Lucy Hamilton also did tidy work at the death. While DC did have a few lapses in the field, with misfields and dropped chances that allowed MI to score a bit more, overall, their bowling performance was impressive.

An excellent finish propelled the Mumbai Indians to a competitive total of 154/5 in their 20 overs. After being asked to bat first, MI stumbled early, losing both openers inside the Powerplay. However, Harmanpreet Kaur and Nat Sciver-Brunt steadied the innings with a crucial 78-run partnership for the third wicket. Kaur made a well-crafted 41 before departing, while Nicola Carey and Amanjot Kaur were unable to make much impact. Sciver-Brunt anchored the innings brilliantly, remaining unbeaten on 65 off 45 balls, and Sanskriti Gupta contributed valuable runs toward the end, helping the team surpass the 150-run mark.

SIX! BANG! A maximum to end the innings! Slower ball on the full, on off. Sanskriti Gupta charges down the pitch and smashes it over the bowler's head, clearing the long on boundary for a biggie. MI finish on 154/5.

Nicely bowled! Pace off on a length, just outside off. NSB tries to swipe it across the line but gets the inside edge onto the pad, that further rolls to short third and they take one.

Full and at the stumps. Gupta hits it over the bowler's head and down the ground for just a single. NSB denies the second as she wanted the strike.

Fuller than a length, around off. Sciver-Brunt drills it toward wide long off. Kapp does well coming in from the boundary and keeps it to a single.

FOUR! Cheeky and effective! Slower ball on a length, just outside off. NSB gets across and scoops it over the keeper, down to fine leg for a cheeky boundary.

Pace off on a length, angling across the batter. Nat Sciver-Brunt makes room and looks to go inside out, but does not connect. A dot to start the final over.

Lucy Hamilton ia back on to bowl the final over. She's gone for 23 runs in her 3 overs so far.

This is very sloppy from DC! Slower, loopy delivery, just outside off. Gupta bunts it toward mid off for looks to take one. Niki Prasad throws it to the bowler, Nandni Sharma, who fails to collect it cleanly. After that, the ball rolls behind and DC are half asleep and the batters sneak in the second run as the bowler runs after the ball but can't pick it up cleanly. After 19 overs, MI are 141/5.

Full and at the stumps. NSB clears the front leg and drills this to long on for one.

Slower full ball on off. Gupta hits it down to long off for one.

DROPPED! Sree Charani puts down a sitter! Slower back of the hand delivery, just outside off. NSB tries to heave it across the line, gets the outside edge that goes straight to Charani at short third, who puts down a simple chance. Single taken.

Pace off on a length, outside off. NSB pulls this into the gap at cow corner region and scampers for the double. Sharp running from both the batters. The umpires are checking for a short run from Sciver-Brunt, but the replays confirm that it was all ok. Then they check the other end as well and Sanskriti Gupta also is fine with regards to a short run.

Slower full ball, just outside off. Nat Sciver-Brunt stays deep in the crease and drills it straight to mid off. A dot ball to start the penutimate over.

Nandni Sharma is back on and she'll bowl the penultimate over of the innings.