The WPL 2023 finals ( World premier league) are held at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. In WPL 2023 finals, the Mumbai Indians defeat the Delhi capitals team by seven wickets. After the toss win by Delhi capitals, they decide to bat first and set the target to achieve 132 runs.
To beat them, the Mumbai Indians set the target of 134 runs in 19.3 overs. Nat sciven brunt played well and remained unbeaten by scoring 60 runs off 55 balls, whereas the captain of the team, harmanpreet kaur, scored 37 runs off 39 balls. Harmanpreet Kaur makes history by becoming the winner of the 2023 edition of a cricket match.
A brief score of WPL 2023
- Mumbai Indians-
Players- Harmanpreet kaur, Hayley Matthews, yastika Bhatia, nat sciver brunt, melie kerr, humaira kazi, saika ishaque, pooja vastrakar, issy wong, jintimani kalita, amanjot kaur.
Score- 134 for 3 in 19.3 overs ( harmanpreet kaur 37, Nat Sciver brunt 60 not out, Radha Yadav 1/24)
- Delhi capitals-
Players- Jemimah Rodrigues, meg lanning, shafali verma, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, minnu mani, marizanne kapp, taniya Bhatia, Alice capsey, Arundhati reddy, jess Jonassen
Score- 131 in 20 overs for 9 (Hayley Matthews 3/5, Issy wong 3/42, Meg Lanning 35)
Who won the awards
Nat Sciver brunt was awarded as the player of a cricket match. Harmanpreet Kaur was awarded for the catch of the season, and Hayley Matthews was awarded the purple cap. On the other hand, the meg lanning was awarded the orange cup. And Hayley Matthews claimed the award of most valuable player.
WPL 2023 orange cup
After the best performance in the tournament, meg lanning has become the winner of the WPL 2023 finals orange cup.
The Delhi capitals captain was the top scorer for the team for the finals, scoring 35 runs in the first innings. In the whole tournament, lanning scored 345 runs and finished the match with an impressive average of 49.29 and 139.11 strike rate in 9 matches.
WPL 2023 purple cap
The player of Mumbai Indians, Hayley Matthews, was awarded a purple cap for outstanding performance in the WPL finals. Matthews is all rounded player from the Caribbean and triggered the Delhi capitals collapse by taking 3 wickets for only 5 runs in 4 overs. With performance, the total wicket tally in matches reached 16, which led her to clinch the purple cap.
What the victors speak after the game
- Saika ishque said about the victory that I am unable to express. It is a dream come true situation. I am speechless.
- Yastika Bhatia said that I was unable to explain my happiness in some words. We are pretty relaxed after winning the match. We only tried to focus on team plans in the gaming field.
- It is a crazy win for all in the team. We have to go through many ups and downs, and happy to win the match in the end.
Mumbai Indians are the champions.
Nat Sciver’s brunt hits the boundary, which will lead to winning runs. The game was over, and the match was a win by Mumbai Indians by seven wickets. With this, they become the first-ever women’s premier league championship.
