Meg Lanning Wins Toss: DC Bowl First vs Mumbai Indians
The second match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 is coming soon. Delhi Capitals Women (DC-W) will face Mumbai Indians Women (MI-W) on February 15, 2025. The game will be held at Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara. Delhi Capitals captain Meg Lanning won the toss and chose to bowl first.
Mumbai Indians Suffer Setback with Pooja Vastrakar’s Injury
Mumbai Indians took a hit before the match. Star all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar is out because of an injury. The franchise has signed Parunika Sisodia to replace her. They hope this keeps their squad balanced.
MI-W vs DC-W: A Battle of WPL Heavyweights
Mumbai Indians Women’s WPL Journey
Mumbai Indians Women won the first WPL title in 2023. They faced a tough challenge in WPL 2024. They lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore Women (RCB-W) in the eliminator. Led by Harmanpreet Kaur, they want to regain their top spot in the league.
Delhi Capitals Women’s Strong Record
Delhi Capitals Women have been a strong team in WPL history. They reached the finals in both past editions. With an experienced squad led by Meg Lanning, they are among the favorites to lift the trophy this season.
MI-W vs DC-W: Playing XIs
Delhi Capitals Women Playing XI
- Meg Lanning (c)
- Shafali Verma
- Alice Capsey
- Jemimah Rodrigues
- Annabel Sutherland
- Niki Prasad
- Sarah Jennifer Bryce (wk)
- Shikha Pandey
- Arundhati Reddy
- Minnu Mani
- Radha Yadav
Mumbai Indians Women Playing XI
- Yastika Bhatia (wk)
- Hayley Kristen Matthews
- Harmanpreet Kaur (c)
- Nat Sciver-Brunt
- Amelia Kerr
- Sajeevan Sajana
- Amanjot Kaur
- Jintimani Kalita
- Sanskriti Gupta
- Shabnim Ismail
- Saika Ishaque
Captains’ Reactions :
Meg Lanning (Delhi Capitals Women Captain)
” We are going to have a bowl tonight. It seems like a good wicket and it’s a good opportunity for us to see what it does early on. We need to keep improving and it’s about putting our best effort out on the park. Things have worked well for us. Good cricketing shots will have value on this surface and from the bowling perspective it’s about taking wickets early on. Hopefully we will be able to do that. We have had to effect some changes due to the sickness that has effected some of the players. Sarah Bryce will be in the line-up.”
Harmanpreet Kaur (Mumbai Indians Women Captain)
“I would have bowled as well. Last game, we saw the ball was coming nicely on the bat. 200 runs were scored. Hopefully, we will bat, the way we want to.
The last season, we tried to play fearless cricket. We will try that this season as well. Just want to keep doing the right things again and again, we want to repeat the same things this year.
It is important. We didn’t want to try anything new, we got a bit of success in the first season, we did everything right. We want to go with the same momentum, we don’t want to try anything new. We have a debutant today, she is someone who is bringing a lot of balance to the side. We want to play good cricket so that the fans can enjoy.”