MATCH NO – 2nd MATCH
SERIES – Women’s Premier Leagues – 2024
DATE – 15th February, 2025
TIME – 07:30 PM IST
VENUE – Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara
INTRODUCTION
Women’s Premier League is one of the most popular T20 leagues in Women’s cricket. This league started since 2023. In this league many big stars like Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur, Harleen Deol, Shafali Varma, Meg Lanning, Alyssa Healy, Ellyse Perry, Sophia Devine, Sophie Eccleston, Deepti Sharma, Shabnam Ismail, Annabel Sutherland, Beth Mooney, Renuka Singh, Tahlia McGrath, etc play for many franchise.
This t20 format started from 2023 by Board of Cricket Council of India (BCCI), This is an Indian professional t20 league and biggest T20 league in Women’s Cricket.
Women’s Premier League 2025 has started from 14th February and Final match will be plate don 15th March. First match of Women’s Premier League 2025 will be played between Gujarat Giants & Royal Challengers Bangalore.
MATCH PREVIEW
Second match played between two times runner up Delhi Capitals Women (DCW) and One time winner Mumbai Indians (MIW) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. Delhi Capitals Women team performed very well in the previous season and won 5 matches and lost 3 matches out of 8 matches and second position in Point Table. Whereas Delhi Capitals team performed very well and won 6 matches and lost 2 matches out of 8 and table topper in point table.
Last time when both teams Delhi Capitals Women and Mumbai Indians Women played between each other the Delhi Capital team scored 192 runs and Mumbai Indians failed to chase the total and Delhi team won the match by 28 runs.
Mumbai Indians is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players. They have talented & aggressive batsmen like, Yastika Bhatia, Harmanpreet Kaur, Amanjot Kaur, Sanjeevan Sanjana.They have one of the best all-rounders like, Amelia Kerr, Nat-Sciver Brunt, Hayle Matthews, Nadine de Klerk, Chloe Tryon, Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Akshita Maheshwari, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque adding depth and experience to their bowling line-up.
On the other hand, Delhi Capitals team also looked good in this season.This team is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players.They have talented & aggressive batsmen like Meg Lanning, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Sarah Bryce, They have good all-rounders also, like Alice Capsey, Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonnasen, Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Shikha Pandey, Arundahti Reddy, Radha Yadav & Titas Sadhu adding depth and experience to their batting and bowling line-up.
Both teams boast of strong batting & bowling attacks, so the battle between the batsmen and bowlers will be crucial in deciding the outcome of the match.
Considering the form and capabilities of both teams, this match has the potential to be a close contest. It will be interesting to see how the teams strategize and adapt to the conditions. Fans can again expect an exciting and competitive match between Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals.
PITCH REPORT
Kotambi Stadium, located in Vadodara, Gujarat, is a newly inaugurated cricket venue that hosted its first international matches in December 2024. The stadium has a seating capacity of 40,000 and serves as the home ground for the Baroda Cricket Association.
Pitch Characteristics:
Batting-Friendly Surface: The pitch at Kotambi Stadium is known for being conducive to batting, especially in the initial stages of the game. Batsmen can expect consistent bounce and pace, allowing for free stroke play.
Spin Assistance: As the match progresses, the pitch tends to offer assistance to spinners. The surface may develop wear and tear, providing turn and bounce for spin bowlers, particularly in the later stages of the game.
Strategic Considerations:
Toss Decision: Teams winning the toss might prefer to bat first to capitalize on the favorable batting conditions early on. Setting a substantial total can put pressure on the chasing team, especially as the pitch begins to assist spinners in the latter stages.
Bowling Strategies: While fast bowlers may find some assistance with the new ball, spinners are likely to play a crucial role as the match progresses. Captains should consider utilizing their spin options effectively during the middle overs to exploit the pitch conditions.
In summary, Kotambi Stadium offers a batting-friendly pitch that gradually provides opportunities for spinners. Teams should strategize accordingly, taking into account the evolving nature of the pitch throughout the match.
GROUND STATS (WPL)
| TOTAL MATCH | 00 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 000+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 00 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 00 |
| NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 120 | 00 |
| BETWEEN 120 TO 139 | 00 |
| BETWEEN 140 TO 169 | 00 |
| ABOVE SCORE 170 | 00 |
BOWLERS STATS ON KOTAMBI STADIUM (WPL)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 00
PACER WICKETS – 00
SPINNER WICKETS – 00.
NOTE -: PITCH REPORT WILL BE UPDATED AFTER 1ST MATCH.
MIW VS DCW TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
MUMBAI INDIANS WOMEN (MIW)
TEAM NEWS
- Mumbai Indians team performed superb in the previous season, they won 5 matches and lost 3 matches out of 10 matches and took second position in the points table.
- Last match played between Mumbai Indians & Delhi Capitals,Mumbai Indians team failed to chase the score of 192 runs and lost the match by 28 runs.
- Harmanpreet Kaur scored 268 runs in 7 innings with the average of 53 in the previous season of Women’s Premier League.
- Yastika Bhatia scored 208 runs in 8 innings in the previous season of Women’s Premier League.
- Nat Sciver-Brunt has scored 172 runs & taken 10 wickets in 9 innings in the previous season of Women’s Premier League.
- Hayley Matthews has scored 180 runs & taken 7 wickets in 9 innings in the previous season of Women’s Premier League.
- Amelia Kerr has scored 215 runs & taken 7 wickets in 9 innings in the previous season of Women’s Premier League.
- Shabnim Ismail took 8 wickets in 7 innings in the previous season of Women’s Premier League.
- Saika Ishaque took 9 wickets in 9 innings in the previous season of Women’s Premier League.
- In the last match Mumbai Indians team failed to chase a total score of 135 runs and lost the match by 5 runs against Royals Challengers Bangalore.
- Harmanpreet Kaur scored 33 runs, Nat Sciver-Brunt scored 23 runs, Amelia Kerr scored 27 runs, Hayley Matthews scored 15 runs & Yastika Bhatia scored 19 runs in the previous match against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
- Hayley Matthews, Nat-Sciver & Saika Ishaque took 2-2 wickets each in the previous match against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
- Both teams played 5 matches and Mumbai Indians team won 3 matches and lost 2 matches against Delhi Capitals.
SQUADS
Batting – HarmanPreet Kaur ©, Yastika Bhatia (wk), G Kamalini (wk).
Bowling – Shabnam Ismail, Akshita Maheshwari, Jintimani Kalita, Saika Ishaque.
All Rounder – Amelia Kerr, Nat Sciverr-Brunt, Hayley Matthews, Chloe Tryon, Pooja Vastrakar, Amandeep Kaur, Amanjot Kaur, Nadine de Klerk, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Sajeevan Sanjana, Sankriti Gupta.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Yastika Bhatia (wk), Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur ©, Amelia Kerr, Sanjeevan Sanjana, Amanjot Kaur, Purnika Sisodiya/Keerthana Balakrishnan, Akshita Maheshwari, Saika Ishaque, Shabnim Ismail.
PLAYER STATS:
1. YASTIKA BHATIA (WK) – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 8r, 11r, 22r, 20r, 57r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs DCW | 6r, 57r, 4r, 1r, 41r. |
| Total Stats vs DCW | 5 INNINGS – 109 RUNS. |
2. HAYLEY MATTHEWS – RHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 27+2W, 60+1W, 22+1W, 16r, 104+2W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs DCW | 20+1W, 0W, 13+3W, 5+1W, 32+3W. |
| Total Stats vs DCW | 5 INNINGS – 79 RUNS – 8W. |
3. NAT SCIVER – BRUNT – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 18+0W, 51+0W, 1r, 22+0W, 20+2W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs DCW | 5+0W, 19+2W, 60+0W, 0r, 23+0W. |
| Total Stats vs DCW | 5 INNINGS – 107 RUNS – 2W. |
4. HARMANPREET KAUR © – RHB +RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 32r, 22r, 34r, 13r, 12r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs DCW | 6r, 55r, 27r, 23r, 11r. |
| Total Stats vs DCW | 5 INNINGS – 132 RUNS. |
5. AMELIA KERR – RHB+RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 15+2W, 29+4W, 68r, 30+0W, 32+1W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs DCW | 17+0W, 24+2W, 14+2W, 8+0W, 0W. |
| Total Stats vs DCW | 5 INNINGS – 63 RUNS – 4W. |
6. SAJEEVAN SAJANA – RHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 4+1W, 2r, 1r, 4r, 10+0W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs DCW | 24r, 6r. |
| Total Stats vs DCW | 2 INNINGS – 30 RUNS. |
7. AMANJOT KAUR – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1r, 4r, 7r, 42r, 0r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs DCW | 42r, 3r, 19r. |
| Total Stats vs DCW | 3 INNINGS – 64 RUNS. |
8. AKHITA MAHESHWARI – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | ——————-. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs DCW | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs DCW | NOT PLAYED YET. |
9. PARUNIKA SISODIYA – LAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 2W, 3W, 0W, 2W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs DCW | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs DCW | NOT PLAYED YET. |
10. SHABNIM ISMAIL – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 1W, 0W, 0W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs DCW | 1W, 1W, 2W, 1W. |
| Total Stats vs DCW | 4 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS |
11. SAIKA ISHAQUE – LAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 2W, 0W, 2W, 3W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs DCW | 1W, 0W, 0W, 0W, 3W. |
| Total Stats vs DCW | 5 INNINGS – 4 WICKETS. |
DELHI CAPITALS WOMEN (DCW)
TEAM NEWS
- Two times runner up Delhi Capitals team performed superb in previous season and won the 6 matches and lost 2 matches out of 8 and table topper in point table.
- Last match played between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians, Delhi team successfully defended the total of 192 and won the match by 28 runs.
- Smriti Mandhan scored 300 runs in 10 innings in the previous season of Women Premier League.
- Meg Lanning scored 331 runs in 9 innings in the previous season of Women Premier League.
- Shafali Varma scored 309 runs in 9 innings in the previous season of Women Premier League.
- Jemimah Rodrigues scored 235 runs in 9 innings in the previous season of Women Premier League.
- Alice Capsey scored 230 runs and also took 4 wickets in 8 innings in the previous season of Women Premier League.
- Marizane Kapp scored 79 runs and also took 11 wickets in 7 innings in the previous season of Women Premier League.
- Jess Jonassen scored 66 runs and also took 11 wickets in 7 innings in the previous season of Women Premier League.
- Arundhati Reddy took 8 wickets in 9 innings in the previous season of Women’s Premier league.
- Radha Yadav took 10 wickets in 9 innings in the previous season of Women’s Premier league.
- Shikha Pandey took 9 wickets in 9 innings in the previous season of Women’s Premier league.
- In the last match against Delhi Capitals team successfully defended the total of 113 runs and lost the trophy by 8 wickets against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
- Shafali varma scored 44 runs and Meg Lanning Scored 23 runs in the previous match against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
- Minnu Mani & Shikha Pandey took 1-1 wicket each in the previous match against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
- Both teams played 5 matches and Delhi Capitals team won 2 matches and lost 3 matches against Mumbai Indians.
SQUADS
Batting – Meg Lanning ©, Shafali Varma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Sarah Bryce ©, Taniya Bhatia, Nandini Kashyap.
Bowling – Nallapureddy Charani, Arundhati Reddy, Jess Jonassen, Radha Yadav, Titas Sadhu, Shikha Pandey.
All Rounder – Sneha Deepthi, Alice Capsey, Minnu Mani, Niki Prasad, Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Meg Lanning ©, Shafali Varma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Alice Capsey, Marizanne Kapp, Sarah Bryce (wk), Jess Jonassen/Annabel Sutherland, Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Minnu Mani.
PLAYER STATS:
1. MEG LANNING © – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 95r, 49r, 37r, 4r, 89r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MIW | 53r, 31r, 35r, 32r, 43r. |
| Total Stats vs MIW | 5 INNINGS – 194 RUNS – 48A. |
2. SHAFALI VARMA – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 12r, 11r, 33r, 20r, 43r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MIW | 28r, 1r, 11r, 33r, 2r. |
| Total Stats vs MIW | 5 INNINGS – 75 RUNS. |
3. JEMIMAH RODRIGUES – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 4r, 102r, 9r, 29r, 52r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MIW | 69r, 42r, 9r, 25r. |
| Total Stats vs MIW | 4 INNINGS – 145 RUNS – 48A. |
4. ALICE CAPSEY – RHB + RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 6+1W, 0r, 14+3W, 4r, 8+2W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MIW | 19r, 75+2W, 0W, 38+0W, 6+1W. |
| Total Stats vs MIW | 5 INNINGS – 138 RUNS – 3W. |
5. MARIZANNE KAPP – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 57+1W, 21+0W, 38+3W, 1W, 22+3W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MIW | 11+2W, 16+1W, 18+0W, 2W, 2+0W. |
| Total Stats vs MIW | 5 INNINGS – 47 RUNS – 5W. |
6. SARAH BRYCE (WK) – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 28r, 0r, 30r, 8r, 1r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MIW | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs MIW | NOT PLAYED YET. |
7. JESS JONASSEN – LHB+LAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 2W, 78+3W, 2W, 4W, 2W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MIW | 3W, 1W, 2W, 0W. |
| Total Stats vs MIW | 4 INNINGS – 6 WICKETS. |
8. SHIKHA PANDEY – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 28+0W, 41+1W, 13+0W, 2W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MIW | 1W, 1W, 27+0W, 2W, 4+0W. |
| Total Stats vs MIW | 5 INNINGS – 31 RUNS – 4W. |
9. RADHA YADAV – LAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 4W, 0W, 2W, 48+0W, 4W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MIW | 1W, 0W, 27+1W, 0W, 10+0W. |
| Total Stats vs MIW | 5 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
10. ARUNDHATI REDDY – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 4W, 0W, 1W, 0W, 3W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MIW | 0W, 2W, 1W. |
| Total Stats vs MIW | 3 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS |
11. MINNU MANI – RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 0W, 2W, 1W, 2W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MIW | 1r, 0r. |
| Total Stats vs MIW | 2 INNINGS – 1 RUN. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 05
DCW WIN – 03
MIW WIN – 02
NO RESULT – 00
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – Y. Bhatia.
BATSMEN – M. Lanning, H. Kaur, J. Rodrigues, S. Varma.
ALL-ROUNDERS – J. Jonassen, H. Matthews, N. Sciver, M. Kapp, A. Kerr.
BOWLERS – S. Ismail.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – Y. Bhatia.
BATSMEN – M. Lanning, H. Kaur, J. Rodrigues.
ALL-ROUNDERS – J. Jonassen, H. Matthews, N. Sciver, M. Kapp, A. Kerr, A. Capsey.
BOWLERS – S. Pandey.
BACK-UPS – S. Ishaque, A. Maheshwari.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – H. Matthews, A. Kerr.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – N. Sciver-Brunt, M. Kapp.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
MUMBAI INDIANS MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.
