The Mumbai Indians won the Women's Premier League's inaugural season thanks to Nat Sciver-Brunt's outstanding performance. The English international and captain Harmanpreet Kaur combined for an incredible 72-run partnership that enabled Mumbai to defeat Delhi Capitals, who came in first place after the league stage, in the decisive final.
The team led by Meg Lanning, meanwhile, will be upset with their performance in the final match at Mumbai's Brabourne Stadium. The middle order crumbled under pressure, despite the captain's pretty solid performance with the bat. Nevertheless, Shikha Pandey (27* runs off 17 deliveries) and Radha Yadav (27* off 12 deliveries) picked up speed at the end of the game to enable Delhi finish on 131 runs.
The Capitals got off to a strong start with the ball, taking two significant wickets of Hayley Matthews and Yastika Bhatia. They were unable to right the course, though, as Mumbai prevailed by seven wickets in the last over. Nat Sciver-Brunt (60*) and Harmanpreet (37) played a match-winning knock and took Mumbai to the inaugural title of the tournament.
Brief scores: Delhi Capitals 131/9 in 20 overs (Meg Lanning 35, Radha Yadav 27*; Hayley Matthews 3-5, Issy Wong 3-42, Melie Kerr 2-18) lost to Mumbai Indians 134/3 in 19.3 overs (Nat Sciver-Brunt 60*, Harmanpreet Kaur 37; Radha Yadav 1-24) by seven wickets.