In Photos: Harmanpreet's MI Kickstarted Proceedings With a Win Over Lanning's DC
#WPL2024 | In pics - #MumbaiIndians handed a 4-wivcket defeat to #DelhiCapitals.
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The opening ceremony of the second season of the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2024 kickstarted with performances by Bollywood stars including Shahrukh Khan.
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Captains of the all five WPL teams with BCCI officials and Bollywood stars.
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Amongst the Bollywood stars who performed at the opening ceremony, actor Siddharth Malhotra presented Delhi Capitals.
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Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and decided to bowl first against Delhi Capitals.
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Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals by 4 wickets in the first match of the WPL 2024.
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Shafali Verma got out early after scoring just a run as Shabnim Ismail knocked her middle stump down in the 2nd over.
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Capitals' skipper Meg Lanning scored 31 runs from 25 balls before being dismissed in the 11th over.
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Alice Capsey came out all guns blazing as she scored 75 runs off 53 balls laced with nine boundaries and 3 maximums.
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Jemimah Rodrigues, too, played a pivotal knock of 42 off 24 deliveries.
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Mumbai Indians' Amilia Kerr scalped the wickets of Marizanne Kapp and Alice Capsey.
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Nat-Sciver Brunt, too, took two wickets as she sent back DC skipper Meg Lanning and Jemimah Rodrigues.
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In the chase of 272 runs, MI opener Yastika Bhatia contributed with her pivotal knock of 57 off 45 balls.
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Marizanne Kapp struck on just the second ball of MI's innings when she removed opener Hayley Matthews for a duck.
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Arundhati Reddy accounted for all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt's and half centurion Yastika Bhatia's wicket.
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Arundhati rattled Nat Sciver-Brunt's stumps with a lethal inswinger in the 7th over of MI's innings.
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Captain Harmanpreet Kaur played a match-winning knock of 55 runs off 34 deliveries.
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