Mumbai Indians (MI) defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) table-top clash at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai on Thursday, March 9.
MI bowlers Saika Ishaque, Issy Wong, and Hayley Matthews each picked up three wickets each against Delhi Capitals. Meanwhile, openers Yastika Bhatia (41 off 32) and Matthews (32 off 31) put on 65 and guided MI to register their third consecutive win.
“She’s jumped significantly ahead of Hayley Matthews, her teammate. She bowls stump-to-stump, she changes the angles at which she bowls. She bowled in the cap today, I don’t think she wants to take it off. She’s been a real find for this tournament and it’s great for her (captain Harmanpreet Kaur) to have players like that to throw the ball to her because she can find the breakthrough and T20 cricket is all about taking wickets,” Cross said.
“Mumbai have been absolutely formidable. They look complete in every single department. They dropped a few catches early and that’s the only thing you can say about tonight that they didn’t get perfect. They’ve been a brilliant team to watch. Who’ll catch them? I am not too sure…” Cross said.
“To win three games by the margins they’ve had, I can’t imagine how smug Harmanpreet must be feeling right now because they’ve been fantastic. The tone was set with how they bowled, how Wong bowled, and how Ishaque bowled. They just had this plan and they executed it, that’s all you can ask for as a captain. They managed to pick up the wickets, which was the bonus on top of executing the plan,” she concluded.
Mumbai Indians are standing at the top of the WPL points table with six points. They will next face Alyssa Healy-led UP Warriorz at the Brabourne Stadium on Sunday, March 12.
