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Meg Lanning Wins The Toss As DC Invite Mumbai Indians To Bat First

Sakshi Sharma

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In the much-awaited second match of the ongoing WPL 2025, Delhi Capitals Women will lock horns against Mumbai Indians Women on February 15, 2025 at Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara. In a significant development, Delhi Capitals Captain Meg Lanning  won the toss and opted to bowl first. 

It is important to mention that, Mumbai Indians have faced a setback, as star player Pooja Vastrakar has been ruled out due to injury. In response, the team has signed Parunika Sisodia as a replacement. 

TOSS UPDATE: Delhi Capitals Women won the toss and opted to bowl first. 

Mumbai Indians Women are the champions of the inaugural WPL edition, where they lifted the trophy in 2023. However, their journey in the second season ended in disappointment as they lost in the eliminator to RCB. Mumbai will be hoping to bounce back this season and challenge for the crown once again.

On the other hand, Delhi Capitals Women have established themselves as one of the most dominant teams in WPL history, reaching the finals in both of the tournament’s first two editions. Their strong performances have made them one of the favourites as they look to finally capture the coveted silverware.

MI-W vs DC-W: Playing XIs

Delhi Capitals Women Playing XI: Meg Lanning (c), Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Annabel Sutherland, Niki Prasad, Sarah Jennifer Bryce (wk), Shikha Pandey, Arundhati Reddy, Minnu Mani, Radha Yadav

Mumbai Indians Women Playing XI: Yastika Bhatia (wk), Hayley Kristen Matthews, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Sajeevan Sajana, Amanjot Kaur, Jintimani Kalita, Sanskriti Gupta, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque

MI-W vs DC-W: Captains' Thoughts

Meg Lanning(Delhi Capitals Women Captain) - " We are going to have a bowl tonight. It seems like a good wicket and it's a good opportunity for us to see what it does early on. We need to keep improving and it's about putting our best effort out on the park. Things have worked well for us. Good cricketing shots will have value on this surface and from the bowling perspective it's about taking wickets early on. Hopefully we will be able to do that. We have had to effect some changes due to the sickness that has effected some of the players. Sarah Bryce will be in the line-up. 

Harmanpreet Kaur (Mumbai Indians Women Captain): Harmanpreet Kaur (Mumbai Indians Women Captain): "I would have bowled as well. Last game, we saw the ball was coming nicely on the bat. 200 runs were scored. Hopefully, we will bat, the way we want to. 

The last season, we tried to play fearless cricket. We will try that this season as well. Just want to keep doing the right things again and again, we want to repeat the same things this year. 

It is important. We didn't want to try anything new, we got a bit of success in the first season, we did everything right. We want to go with the same momentum, we don't want to try anything new. We have a debutant today, she is someone who is bringing a lot of balance to the side. We want to play good cricket so that the fans can enjoy.