The table-toppers of the WPL 2024 season, Mumbai Indians, and Delhi Capitals, are set to clash on Tuesday. Both teams have an identical record so far this season, having played four matches and won three of them. The winner of tonight’s match will secure the top spot in the points table. The match will be hosted at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, where the remainder of the tournament will take place
The MI women’s skipper, Harmanpreet Kaur, is set to make a return after missing the previous two games. Kaur has recovered from a niggle and will reassume the captaincy from Nat Sciver-Brunt, under whom MI managed to secure one victory out of two games. Mumbai Indians are entering the match against the Capitals on a positive note, having recently defeated RCB. Meanwhile, the Meg Lanning-led Delhi side secured a convincing win in a one-sided clash against Gujarat Giants last Saturday.
DEL-W vs MI-W Pitch Report
DEL-W vs MI-W will be marked as the first match of this WPL season to be played on the Delhi pitch. Historically, the track in Arun Jaitley Stadium has been known to favor batsmen. The ground here will feature small boundaries during the WPL season which will provide an added advantage for the batters. Winning the toss, teams are likely to opt to bowl while the team batting first will have the goal of reaching a score of 160 or more.
Delhi Capitals Women vs Mumbai Indians Women Dream11 Team Prediction
Wicket-keeper: Yastika Bhatia
Batters: Meg Lanning, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues
All-rounders: Amelia Kerr, Hayley Matthews, Nat Scriver-Brunt, Alice Capsey, Jess Jonassen
Bowlers: Issy Wong, Arundhati Reddy
DC-W vs MI-W Head-to-Head Record in WPL
Mumbai Indians Women’s team has maintained the upper hand over the Delhi Capitals Women’s team, winning three out of their four head-to-head matches in the WPL.
| Matches | DC-W Won | MI-W Won | Tied/NR |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
DC-W vs MI-W Last Match Scorecard
Both teams played the opening match of this season at Bengaluru. Mumbai Indians’ skipper, Harmanpreet Kaur, chose to bowl first, and Meg Lanning and her team managed to reach a competitive total of 171 runs. The match was a thrilling contest that went down to the last ball. Mumbai needed 5 runs to win on the last ball and S Sanjana secured the win for Mumbai with a six.
| Delhi Capitals Women: 171-5 (20) | Mumbai Indians Women: 173-6 (20) |
| Alice Capsey: 75(53) | Yastika Bhatia: 57(45) |
| Jemimah Rodrigues: 42(24) | Harmanpreet Kaur: 55(34) |
| Meg Lanning: 31(25) | Amelia Kerr: 24(18) |
| Nat Sciver-Brunt: 4 – 0 – 33 – 2 | Arundhati Reddy: 4 – 0 – 27 – 2 |
| Amelia Kerr: 4 – 0 – 43 – 2 | Alice Capsey: 2 – 0 – 23 – 2 |
| Shabnim Ismail: 4 – 0 – 24 – 1 | Marizanne Kapp: 4 – 1 – 32 – 1 |
| Match Result: Mumbai Indians Women won by 4 wickets. |