Mumbai Indians 149-7 (20 overs): Harmanpreet 66 (44); Kapp 2-11

Delhi Capitals 141-9 (20 overs): Kapp 40 (26); Sciver-Brunt 3-30

Mumbai Indians won by eight runs

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Nat Sciver-Brunt claimed 3-30 and held her nerve at the death as Mumbai Indians won the Women’s Premier League for the second time with an eight-run win over Delhi Capitals in the final.

MI made a slow start after being asked to bat first as Marizanne Kapp took 2-11 from a miserly opening spell before Harmanpreet Kaur got them up and running with 66 off 44 balls.

The MI skipper cracked nine fours and two sixes as she shared an 89-run partnership with England all-rounder Sciver-Brunt for the third wicket.

MI’s innings stalled after Sciver-Brunt swept Shree Charani into the hands of mid-wicket for a 28-ball 30 and Harmanpreet followed not long after, caught in the deep off Annabel Sutherland.

Jess Jonassen and Charani finished with two wickets apiece for the Capitals as MI finished on 149-7.

Delhi lost captain Meg Lanning for 13 early in their reply, bowled by a Sciver-Brunt in-ducker, before fellow opener Shafali Verma was trapped lbw to Shabnim Ismail.

From 17-2 Jemimah Rodrigues led the fightback for Delhi – beaten finalists in the past two WPLs – with a gutsy 30.

But when she became Kiwi spinner Amelia Kerr’s second wicket in the 11th over, the scoreboard read 66-5 and the Capitals’ fate looked to be sealed.

However, South Africa all-rounder Kapp ensured the match went deeper than expected with a defiant 40 off 26 balls before she chipped Sciver-Brunt into the hands of long-off.

The Capitals required 14 runs off the final over of the game but Sciver-Brunt was ice cool with ball in hand as she conceded just five singles.

MI’s victory was their second over the Capitals in the WPL final, having beaten them by seven wickets in 2023.

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