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Live Scorecard: Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians Women Today
The Indian Express
January 20, 2026•2 days ago

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Mumbai Indians posted 154/5 against Delhi Capitals. Delhi Capitals' openers, Shafali Verma and Lizelle Lee, began their chase strongly, scoring 61/0 after seven overs. Mumbai Indians' bowlers struggled initially to contain Delhi's aggressive batting. The match outcome is pending further play.
Amanjot Kaur in to bowl right after the powerplay. Can she take some wickets and swing the match in MI's favour? No wickets but she does manage to stem the runs. No boundaries this over.
DC 61/0 after 7 overs
Last over of the powerplay now. Sanskriti to bowl. Lee does not care at all as the Protea player slams the second ball for a four!! Straight down the ground that goes. Follows that up with another one,, this time with a swivel pull. 50-run partnership up in a flash. And another boundary to end!! 3 fours off this one as well.
DC 57/0 after 6 overs
On to the penultimate over of the powerplay. And Delhi have started on the front foot. Ismail to bowl this one and SHE STRIKES!!! Shafali has been given out LBW and she takes the review. There's an inside edge and Shafali lives to fight another day. And just like the other overs, Shafali has mined back to back fours from this one as well. MI leaking runs here.
DC 44/0 after 5 overs
Carey now to bowl the second over. Lee on strike and she pulls the first ball for a four!! She takes a single next to put Shafali on strike. And she targets the fine leg area to get another boundary!! Second of the over. Follows that up with a clubbed shot over the bowler for 4 more!!
DC 17/0 after 2 overs
Welcome back to the chase. DC will be looking for their second win of the season and they'll be hoping for a good start once aagin from Shafali and Lee. Ismail has the new ball for MI. And she's greeted with a straight four by Shafali to start this one off. That's followed by 3 dots as the bowler makes a comeback. And just that four from this one.
DC 4/0 after 1 over
To be honest, it wasn't a nice wicket to bowl on. I would have liked some more wickets, but I'm happy with that score, even though I don't think it's going to be that easy to chase. (bowling 4 in a row) Yeah, look, it's what I've been doing for the last few seasons. I just felt like today if I could get through Nat or Harman there, it would open up their batting line up a little bit. Unfortunately, it didn't work, but I still feel like it's a chaseable score. (what has changed from Mumbai in terms of the pitch here?) No it's pretty similar. Like I said, it's actually still not a nice wicket to bowl on. I'm still hoping I'm going to get my green wicket one day. But no, I feel like I was actually probably a little bit fuller tonight. Might be wrong, but yeah, it just looks like it was very difficult to get underneath the ball. I just feel like there wasn't any movement, there wasn't a lot of bounce. I don't really like wickets like this. (on the Matthews wicket) Oh, it didn't look like it. It looked like it was fairly straight, to be honest.
Lucy Hamilton to finish off the innings. NSB starts with a dot. FOUR! Cheeky stuff from Nat Scriver-Brunt, who reads the length early, shuffles across and plays the scoop fine for a boundary. Hamilton has done considerably well to give just three singles off the following three deliveries. SIX! Wow, perfect way to end the over and the innings. Sanskriti Gupta shimmies down the track and deposits the length ball in the middle at long-on. Mumbai go past 150 and puts 154 on the board. The average first innings total is 156 at this venue ahead of the RCB vs GG game. Can Mumbai defend this under-par total in a chase-friendly venue? We will have to wait and see.
MI: 154/5 in 20 overs
Sree Charani is in the attack with her final over. OUT! Nicola Carey falls this time. Plays the outside off delivery away from her body and cuts it to Sneh Rana at covers. OUT! Amanjot Kaur comes in and has to walk back in the same over as she is trapped in front for LBW. This is not the finish which Mumbai would have fancied.
Amanjot Kaur c Lizelle Lee b Shree Charani 3(3); Nicola Carey c Sneh Rana b Shree Charani 12(11)
MI: 134/5 in 18 overs
Nandini Sharma comes back into the attack in place of Shafali Verma. Good start to the over from her as she gives just four singles from her five deliveries. She oversteps and ends up bowling a NO BALL and was rightly punished in the following free-hit delivery when Nat Scriver-Brunt pulls her for a SIX! What could have been a five-run over ended up being a 12-run over for Mumbai.
MI: 112/3 in 15 overs
Change of ends for Sree Charani, who returns after a break of one over. FOUR! Nat Sciver-Brunt pounces on the short ball, goes on back-foot and places her pull to perfection for a boundary at deep mid-wicket. OUT! Wicket at the right time for Delhi! Big one too! Mumbai skipper falls this time. Harman dances down the track, goes for a big shot but mishits to Lucy Hamilton at long-on. This marks the end of a phenomenal rearguard action from Harman. Nicola Carey is in at No. 5. She gets off the mark with a single off the last delivery of the over which brings 100 for Mumbai.
Harmanpreet Kaur c Lucy Hamilton b Shree Charani 41(33)
MI: 100/3 in 14 overs
Change in bowling as Shafali Verma comes into the attack in place of Sree Charani. A couple of singles off the first three deliveries before Harman unleashes her true batting genius. She dissected the field on three consecutive occasions to get THREE BACK-TO-BACK FOURS to end a pretty good over. Two sweeps to get boundaries at the deep square leg region and one at the backward point. 14 from this over, and the innings have only gotten better for two-time champion MI.
MI: 91/2 in 13 overs
Sneh Rana continues from one end. Sciver-Brunt brings out her sweep and gets two from the first delivery. SIX! Two singles from the next two deliveries before Sciver-Brunt charges down against a back of the length delivery on off and lofts it over the fence at deep cover. First maximum of the innings. Much need one both for NSB and Mumbai. Another good over for the duo in the middle. 12 off it.
MI: 77/2 in 12 overs
Nandini Sharma returns. FOUR! Poor line from Nandini, who bowls on leg and was aptly punished by Nat Scriver-Brunt. NSB just helps herself and flicks fine for a boundary. FOUR! Harman is on the move now. Good batting from Harman, who hangs on and let the ball come to her before opening the face of the bat and placing it through the vacant region between backward point and third man. She also becomes the leading run-getter in the event with the boundary. 11 from this over and MI are looking to put up a fightback.
MI: 47/2 in 9 overs
Marizanne Kapp continues with her third over. OUT! Through the gates! Hayley Matthews looks to play across, goes for a big swing, but her poor shot selection against a full ball on the middle does the trick for Kapp. Both the openers fall in a span of three deliveries. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur walks out. She plays out the rest of the over before taking a single off the last deliveries to get off the mark. A wicket and one from this over.
Hayley Matthews b Marizanne Kapp 12(15)
MI 22/2 in 5 overs
Nandini Sharma is in the attack now. Replaces Lucy Hamilton from the attack. FOUR! First boundary for Sajana. Full but on leg, Sajana gets in the line of the ball and pulls it with authority. OUT! First wicket for Delhi and it's Nandini who gets strikes early. Sajana is very late in her shot, doesn't use her feet at all and lets the ball go through. She falls for 9. Nat Scriver-Brunt joins Matthews.
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MI: 21/1 in 4 overs
Lucy Hamilton from the other end. Sajan starts with a single. FOUR! Full and off, Matthews presses forward and square-drives it to get a boundary at the backward point. FOUR! Again, in a similar region and this time she gets more bat on her shot. She gets a double on the following delivery. Sajana ends it with a dot. 11 from this over.
MI: 14/0 in 2 overs
Marizanne Kapp from over the wicket to Sanjana. One slip in place. A single to start the over after Sajana cuts the outside off delivery at third man. Kapp hits the middle line, Matthews stays in place and defends it off backfoot. Full ball to follow, Matthews drives it through cover, but the fielder inside the circle defends it. An underedge goes near the stump in the following delivery, but it gives a single to Matthews, who opens her account. Sajana ends the over with a single.
MI: 3/0 in 1 over
Jemimah Rodrigues: We will bowl first. I think under lights, the ball skids on a lot more, so I think that was the reason to bowl first. With the dew coming in, it’s going to help us a lot more. I think because the ball is staying low, as a batting unit going through the line and playing as straight as possible works well. For the bowlers, it’s about keeping the stumps in play at all times. We’ve just been talking about keeping things simple. We know we’ve got to win, but rather than focus on that, we are concentrating on the process; what we need to do and how we execute it. The results will take care of themselves. We have one change. The youngster Deeya Yadav comes in. She’s 16, but she can really smash the ball out of the park. That’s all I’ll say.
Harmanpreet Kaur: Yes, definitely (we would have bowled first). We had a very good couple of days. We all sat together and had some really good conversations. Hopefully, we’ll play our best cricket today because I feel in the last two games we weren’t at our best. Hopefully, we’ll come out with positive energy today. We have four changes. We have a new wicketkeeper coming in - Rahila. Kamalini got injured and is ruled out of the tournament. Vaishnavi Sharma comes back. She’s a left-arm spinner and is also making her debut today. Apart from that, Ismail is back in the team. Looking at the conditions, we feel they’ll really suit her. Poonam is back as well.
Left-arm spinner Vaishnavi Sharma was drafted into the Mumbai Indians squad for the rest of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 season as a replacement for wicketkeeper-batter G Kamalini, who was ruled out due to an injury.
A WPL release said that the 20-year-old cricketer, who had gone unsold at the mega auction in November, had been acquired by the franchise for Rs 30 lakh. She made her international debut in the five-match T20I series against Sri Lanka in December, where she claimed five wickets as the hosts won 5-0.
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