By Admin 
Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Mumbai Indians (MI) by 7 wickets in the 13th match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 played at the BCA Stadium on Tuesday. This was DC’s second win of the season, while MI had to face its third consecutive defeat.
Mumbai Indians are at second position in the points table despite losing 4 out of 6 matches, while DC has secured the fourth position by winning 2 out of 5 matches. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has qualified for the next round. At the same time, the remaining four teams remain in this race.
After losing the toss and opting to bat, Mumbai Indians scored 154 runs after losing 5 wickets in the stipulated overs. Sajeevan Sajna made a partnership of 21 runs with Haley Mathews for the first wicket. Sajna returned to the pavilion after scoring 9 runs, while Mathews contributed 12 runs to the team’s account.
MI had lost the wickets of both the openers by the time the score was 21 in 4.1 overs. From here Nate Sciver-Brunt along with captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored 78 runs in 58 balls for the third wicket. Kaur contributed 41 runs in 33 balls with 7 fours to the team’s account.
After the captain’s dismissal, Sciver-Brunt added 31 runs with Nicola Carey for the fourth wicket. Nicola was out after scoring 12 runs, after which Sciver-Brunt took the lead and took the team to the score of 154. He scored unbeaten 65 runs in 45 balls. This innings included 2 sixes and 6 fours.
From the opposition camp, Shri Charani took maximum 3 wickets, while Marijan Kapp and Nandini Sharma took 1 wicket each.
In response, Delhi registered victory in 19 overs. The opening pair of Shefali Verma and Lizelle Lee gave a great start to the team chasing the target. There was a partnership of 63 runs between the two players in 7.3 overs. Shefali was out after scoring 29 runs in 24 balls with 6 fours.
From here Lee along with Laura Woolward added 21 runs for the second wicket. Lee remained just 4 runs away from her half-century. He played an inning of 46 runs with 1 six and 7 fours.
Woolward along with captain Jemimah Rodriguez scored 34 runs in 35 balls for the third wicket. The team got the third blow in the form of Wolvaardt, who scored an inning of 17 runs in 19 balls.
From here, Jemima made an unbroken partnership of 37 runs in 17 balls with Marizanne Kapp and kept DC in the title race by giving an important victory.
Jemima scored unbeaten 51 runs in 37 balls with 1 six and 5 fours, while Kapp played an unbeaten inning of 10 runs in 6 balls. For MI, Amanjot Kaur and Vaishnavi Sharma took 1-1 wicket.