🏏WPL 2025: Match 15 - GG W vs UP Warriorz W at Lucknow, 03/03/25🏏- Page 39

Last ball successful chases in the WPL

MI vs DC, Bengaluru, 2024

DC vs MI, Vadodara, 2025*

- This is the highest successful chase by DC and the highest any team has chased against MI in the WPL.

Harmanpreet Kaur | MIW captain: I think, even though we were not able to set a decent total, we thought we could cross 200 when me and Nat Sciver-Brunt were there. The five balls cost us but our bowlers did well and we were in the match till the last ball. Ismail is someone who is a great bowler and it is a privilege that she is in our side. Saika is someone who bowls for the team and unfortunately we misfielded and that cost us. Playing full 20 overs and whoever is there, that batter should bat till the end. Even myself I should have continued till the end. Our batters need to take more responsibility in the next game.

Sarah Bryce: The situation dictated what we needed to do. Thankfully it came off and got a little partnership with Niki. Unbelievable game, unbelievable atmosphere and a great day to be a part of. They got off to a really good start and we pulled it back. The girls were outstanding to give us a chance to chase that down. That it is probably going to be different to what you have experienced before. India is such a great place. I have been really lucky at the opportunities I have had in the last couple of years, in the Hundred and the WBBL, even though I have not played in India before, that experience certainly helps.

Originally posted by: Aurora_77

Chasing what appeared to be a par total, Delhi got off to a blazing start compiling 60 in the powerplay. Shafali single-handedly mauled the Mumbai bowlers all over the park during her 18-ball 43 that included 7 fours and 2 sixes. However, her departure at the edge of the powerplay coupled with the wicket of Lanning first ball after the powerplay turned things upside down for both teams.

The next two overs saw Delhi losing Jemimah and Sutherland cheaply and those flurry of wickets meant Delhi could only add 23 runs for the loss of 3 wickets 4 overs after the powerplay. Capsey and Niki Prasad did well to calm things with a 33-run stand for the 5th wicket and that helped Delhi to make a comeback. Sarah Bryce's 10-ball 21 and Radha Yadav's 9 off 4 balls and all the drama in the last couple of overs...Total madness. All in all, we were treated to a thrilling affair between two of the most competitive sides in the tournament.

Both the innings in this game had a similar pattern. Powerplays belonged to the batting side. The bowling side clawed its way back in the middle phase and a see-saw death overs. DC lost 4 for 16 after a strong start from Shafali and Lanning, but found a calm head in Prasad, who kept them in the game with a partnership with Capsey. Bryce's cameo helped them get to a situation from where they could actually hunt it down before it actually happened in the end.

Meg Lanning | DCW skipper: That was way too stressful. I thought we were well on track, Shikha bowled well and put us in a great position. Happpy to get on the board. The bowlers executed really well and you just gotta keep changing it up when the batters get set and it was nice ability to keep that to that score. Niki did an excellent job to come in at a tricky time and accelerate at the end. Radha played her part as well. Really good win.

Niki Prasad | Player of the Match: This is the first game for me in WPL and all I wanted to do was go out there and express myself. I did visualize before the game and I knew what I had to do and that is what I did. The situation we were in, singles weren't enough and all I wanted to do with those singles was some calculative boundaries as well. Motivated to go out there and give my best

Just a couple of weeks ago, Niki Prasad led India U-19 to a World Cup win in Kuala Lumpur. And here she is playing her debut game in WPL game proving why she has been made the skipper of the U-19 team. She may not have got enough opportunities to showcase her skills during the World Cup, but her composure with the bat revealed a lot more than what the stats suggest. And that is what WPL is all about. Unearthing future stars for India. And just as I type this, Niki Prasad gets a warm hug from Indian legend Mithali Raj. She looks quite emotional now.

A two-wicket win off the last ball sees DC open their account in their first attempt this season. The games will keep coming thick and fast. Gujarat Giants take on UP Warriorz tomorrow at the same venue. Do join us for that. See you tomorrow!