The Women’s Premier League 2025 kicked off with a bang, asMumbai Indians Women will face Delhi Capitals Women in Match 2 on February 15 at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara. Both teams will attempt to set the pace and tone for the rest of the season.
Harmanpreet Kaur’s Mumbai Indians Women performed impressively by finishing second on the league table with five wins out of eight matches. MUM-W has a well-balanced side that can confront any opposition on the day.
Mumbai Indians: Ready to go for their second title
With Kaur captaining the team, the star players like Amelia Kerr, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Hayley Matthews, and Shabnim Ismail have the ability to change the course of the matches. There’s the emerging Indian talent as well-Yastika Bhatia, Amanjot Kaur, and G Kamalini, who are all ready to make the big-time impact.
Mumbai has the killer bowling duo led by Saika Ishaque and Shabnim Ismail. They will be a big threat on the spinning circuits. Their primary objective will be to hit the ground running and grab those two all-important points in their opening fixture.
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Delhi Capitals: So Near, Yet So Far
For Delhi Capitals Women, close yet so far should sum it up. Two finals, two heartbreaks-they have every reason to push for the title this year. DEL-W led the pack last season but could not win the final after posting six victories on their scoreboard and now will be more motivated to take that extra yard in this tournament.
Meg Lanning, one of the brightest captains in women’s cricket, will once again set her eyes on guiding her team to glory yet again. She will be backed by ace players like Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Marizanne Kapp, and Jess Jonassen, thus putting DEL-W on the stacked deck with game-changers.
Expectations are high for Radha Yadav and Annabel Sutherland as they have to play crucial roles too. After faring well at the league stage last year, they’ll be out determined to shed the ‘almost there’ label and burst onto their campaign.
MI vs DC Head to Head Record
Mumbai Indians Women have defeated Delhi Capitals Women three times out of five matches and that record sits at 3-2 in favour of Mumbai.
| Category | Statistics |
|---|---|
| Matches Played | 5 |
| MI Won | 3 |
| DC Won | 2 |
| No Result | 0 |
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Blast from the past:
The two teams last clashed in WPL 2024. It was a thrilling match where MUM-W adopted to bowl first and made DEL-W suffer for it. They were put to chase 192 in a brilliant batting display, with Meg setting a solid base for her team in innings, scoring 53 at a strike rate of 139.47 off 38, as Jemimah Rodrigues shone through with a blistering strike of 69 runs from just 33 deliveries.
Despite a strong start by Hayley Matthews (29 off 17), Mumbai’s batting collapsed, with Yastika Bhatia, Nat Sciver-Brunt, and Harmanpreet Kaur failing to convert. Amanjot Kaur’s fighting 42 off 27 wasn’t enough, as MUM-W fell short by 29 runs.
