Two seasons, two finals however no title – Delhi Capitals has had its fair proportion of close to misses and heartbreaks.
The Meg Lanning-led aspect, keen to place behind its inexorable runner-up destiny, may have the near-perfect opponent to start its Girls’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 marketing campaign towards Mumbai Indians.
With a good head-to-head report within the league stage video games, barring the one-off 2023 ultimate which noticed Mumbai carry the inaugural trophy, the battle between Delhi’s multi-pronged bowling assault and Mumbai’s highly effective batting line-up might be a tantalising contest.
DC boasts a formidable tempo arsenal with a handful of Indian stars, ably led by skilled South African all-rounder Marizanne Kapp – the staff’s joint-highest wicket-taker final season (11). Australia’s Jess Jonassen, who additionally took 11 scalps, and spinner Radha Yadav (10) have delivered game-changing spells and can hope to show issues round.
Although Arundhati Reddy suffered a setback after being dropped from the Indian aspect in the course of the latest collection, she’s going to hope to impress once more and use this season as a launchpad to get again into nationwide reckoning.
In the meantime, Capitals’ top-order has persistently been the most important energy of the staff, with Lanning, Shafali Verma and Alice Capsey offering sturdy begins. Jemimah Rodrigues, whose WPL 2024 wasn’t the best, will get a lift from her latest purple patch on the worldwide scene.
Whereas Jonassen and Kapp have confirmed to be useful all-rounders, the main focus might be on how the previous Australian skipper will decide her pace-heavy bowlers. A very good downside for Lanning might be Sarah Bryce’s addition to the squad – the scottish wicketkeeper, if introduced into the taking part in XI, allows the choice to go for 5 abroad gamers.
However what Capitals should be cautious of is the injury Mumbai’s batting depth can wreak.
In skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, Mumbai has the fourth-highest run-getter within the WPL, who will hope to shake off an damage lay-off.
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In skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, Mumbai has the fourth-highest run-getter within the WPL, who will hope to shake off an damage lay-off.
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In skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, Mumbai has the fourth-highest run-getter within the WPL, who will hope to shake off an damage lay-off. Alongside her might be a troublesome bunch of veteran worldwide all-rounders together with Hayley Matthews, Chloe Tryon, Natalie Sciver-Brunt and Amelia Kerr.
A key performer final time round, South African Shabnim Ismail’s searing tempo might be a power to be reckoned with. Nevertheless, Mumbai will miss the providers of Pooja Vastrakar as a consequence of an damage – whereas spinner Parunika Sisodia was named as her alternative, public sale purchase Akshita Maheshwari, a seam-bowling allrounder, is a like-for-like alternative.
Yastika Bhatia, who might be taking part in in her hometown, will face stiff competitors for the wicketkeeper’s spot with younger G Kamalini, contemporary off a triumphant U-19 World Cup marketing campaign.
The 16-year-old, purchased by Mumbai Indians for a whopping Rs. 1.6 crore within the public sale, will discover a acquainted face within the opposition camp — Niki Prasad, who Delhi picked earlier than she led India to a second successive World Cup win.
They are going to be two amongst many children who might be vying for a spot in a roster filled with showstoppers. A high-scoring match is sort of assured given the 2 200+ scores the opening match witnessed.