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"Alarming capitulation"- Fans react to DC's batting collapse against MI in WPL 2023 final

Modified Mar 26, 2023 21:53 IST

The Delhi Capitals (DC) batting line-up suffered a tremendous collapse against the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the WPL 2023 final at the Brabourne Stadium on Sunday, March 26.

Deciding to bat first, Delhi were reduced to 79/9, and a 52-run stand for the last wicket helped them get to a fighting total of 131/9.

However, they will be disappointed with their batting efforts, especially with the top order who fell to deliveries that weren't as dangerous as they made it look.

Mumbai, apart from the last 20 minutes of the first innings, were in complete control with the ball in hand and that was backed up by some excellent fielding.

Fans on Twitter trolled DC batters for throwing their wickets away under pressure. Here are some of the reactions:

Ananyaa

@Anonymouse_2006

I don't understand why dc chose to bat when clearly their strength is chasing, very baffling tbh

Jai Tweets 😶‍🌫️

@Hey_Jai_1309

@CricCrazyJohns Better to say “Disaster by DC”

#WPL era

@awkdipti

thank you for the memories @DelhiCapitals

Udit

@udit_buch

Delhi vale bechare. IPL team is already a gone case, they had high hopes from their SA sibling league team but they choked in finals and now women too doing the same

Amlan

@OdishaFCFan4

@CricCrazyJohns That first wicket of Shafali almost demoralised the whole team. But apart from it, it has been poor batting especially by Jess who was seeminglt trying to gift her wicket. In nutshell- poor performance

Deepak Blessed Kumar 🇮🇳🦋

@cricstatsbydeep

I knew Shafali would throw her wicket..She proved me right. Too bad she can't play as the game demands..

#DCvsMI

🎭

@Cricsomaniac

Kuch bhi kaho this is choking from Delhi so far except the first wicket..

#WPLFinal #MIvsDC

Udit

@udit_buch

DC score atleast 120 if you have any self respect as a team?

Soorya Sesha

@sooryasesha7

Just been an alarming capitulation by the Capitals. No demons in this pitch at all. Debatable but the break seems to have sapped them of their momentum. Mumbai Indians have been stellar though through these middle-overs! #WPL2023

Radha Yadav and Shikha Pandey give DC hope with late blitz

The Capitals may argue that they had a rough decision upfront as Shafali Verma skied a full-toss and the catch was completed at the point region. Replays showed that it could have been called a no-ball but the third umpire didn't feel so.

However, Alice Capsey and Jemimah Rodrigues hit juicy full-tosses straight into the hands of the fielders. Meg Lanning's baffling run-out really put Mumbai in the ascendancy.

At 79/9, it really looked like MI would bundle out Delhi under the 100-run mark. But that wasn't to be as Shikha Pandey and Radha Yadav showed their batting prowess and unleashed a counter-attack that caught Mumbai napping. They stitched together a 52-run stand to take the total to 131/9 in 20 overs.

If Delhi get a cluster of wickets upfront, they could well pull-off a sensational win in the WPL 2023 final.

DC XI: Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning (c), Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, and Minnu Mani.

MI XI: Yastika Bhatia (wk), Hayley Matthews, Natalie Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Issy Wong, Amanjot Kaur, Humaira Kazi, Jintimani Kalita, and Saika Ishaque.

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Edited by
Ankush Das