• Delhi Capitals registered a dominating nine-wicket win over Mumbai Indians on Monday, March 20.

  • Jemimah Rodrigues took an excellent catch to remove MI opener Hayley Matthews.

WPL 2023 [WATCH]: Jemimah Rodrigues takes a blinder to dismiss Hayley Matthews in DC vs MI clash
Jemimah Rodrigues takes a stunning catch

Delhi Capitals (DC) squared off with Mumbai Indians (MI) in match no. 18 of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 at the DY Patil Sports Academy in Mumbai on Monday (March 20) and emerged victorious in the contest by nine wickets.

Asked to bat first, MI started off very slow and managed to score just 109 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in their allotted 20 overs. Pooja Vastrakar and Harmanpreet Kaur were the top scorers for the Mumbai-based team, with 26 and 23 runs, respectively. Meanwhile, Marizanne Kapp and Shikha Pandey took two wickets each for Delhi. The two dismissals Shikha struck included the wicket of dangerous Hayley Matthews, whom Jemimah Rodrigues caught inside the third-yard circle in a brilliant effort.

On the third ball of the 4th over, Shika delivered a fuller delivery onto the pads of Matthews, which the latter tried to smack over mid-on but fell prey to Jemimah’s magnificent effort. Diving towards her right, the Mumbai cricketer judged the timing of the ball perfectly and pulled off a stunner to send Matthews back to the pavilion.

Jemimah was thrilled after completing the catch and celebrated the dismissal by kissing the ball.

Here’s the video:

Talking about the result of the match, Delhi chased down the target with ease, reaching 110 runs for the loss of one wicket in just nine overs. Alice Capsey was the star performer for DC with an explosive 38 runs off just 17 balls, including one four and five sixes. Meg Lanning also played a crucial role in the run chase with 32 runs off 22 deliveries. On the other hand, Matthews took the only wicket for MI.

During the match, DC players were also seen dancing in the dugout. A video of the same soon went viral on the internet.

With the win, DC have now reached the top of the WPL 2023 points table, while Mumbai slipped down to the second position in the team standings.

Source: WomenCricket.com

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