Follow UsIt all comes down to this. The Women's Premier League (WPL) 2025 final between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Mumbai Indians (MI) will be played on March 15 (Saturday) at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. It is a repeat of the 2023 final, which Mumbai won. Delhi, on the other hand, are in their third successive final and will hope to get their hands on the trophy finally.
Will they achieve it, or will MI spoil their party again?
Delhi Capitals
Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonassen, Sarah Bryce (wk), Niki Prasad, Shikha Pandey, Minnu Mani, Titas Sadhu, Radha Yadav, Alice Capsey, Sneha Deepthi, Nandini Kashyap, Nallapureddy Charani, Taniya Bhatia, Arundhati Reddy
Mumbai Indians
Yastika Bhatia (wk), Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, Sajeevan Sajana, G Kamalini, Sanskriti Gupta, Shabnim Ismail, Jintimani Kalita, Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Saika Ishaque, Amandeep Kaur, Akshita Maheshwari, Parunika Sisodia
Delhi Capitals
Meg Lanning (c), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Annabel Sutherland, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Sarah Bryce (wk), Niki Prasad, Minnu Mani, Shikha Pandey, Titas Sadhu
Mumbai Indians
Hayley Matthews, Amelia Kerr, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Amanjot Kaur, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Sajeevan Sajana, G Kamalini, Sanskriti Gupta, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque
DC vs MI, IPL 2025 final will be telecast live on Star Sports, and it will also be streamed live on JioHotstar.
All WPL 2025 matches will start at 7:30 PM IST. There are no doubleheaders in the competition.
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Safe options: Nat Sciver-Brunt (MI), Hayley Matthews (MI), Shafali Verma (DC), Meg Lanning (DC)
Risky options: Yastika Bhatia (MI), Sajeevan Sajana (MI), Niki Prasad (DC), Minnu Mani (DC)
Matches 7 | DC 4 | MI 3
Earlier this season, the two teams played out a close contest, with DC winning by two wickets off the final ball of the match. There is barely anything to separate them but the fact that MI have played a couple of matches at Brabourne, it certaily gives them a slight edge. Don't count MI to go all the way once again.
Nat Sciver-Brunt has been in top form in the WPL this season and is nearing the 500-run mark. Her 493 runs have come at an average of 70.42 and strike rate of 156.50. She also has five fifties in nine innings so far. Moreover, she has nine wickets with her medium pace too, which makes her a threat for DC.
Without a shadow of a doubt, Hayley Matthews has been the standout bowler in the competition. She has picked up 17 wickets at 15.88 and an economy rate of 8.10. Moreover, in her last three matches at the Brabourne
Spinners have been dominant at the Brabourne Stadium in the WPL this season, as they have picked up nearly 63% of the wickets to fall. They have done so at an average of 24.6 and a strike rate of 15.9, which are significantly better compared to the pacers, for whom the corresponding numbers are 43.5 and 28.2, respectively. The average score batting first here in this period has been 197, and the team batting first has won all three matches.
We should have a full match as there are zero chances of any rain. The temperature will be about 32 degrees Celsius at the start of the match, but it will go down as the day progresses.