“DC back to original form”- Twitter reacts as Delhi Capitals fail to emulate their high-octane performance in front of Mumbai Indians

Delhi Capitals sure were all guns blazing in the previous two matches they played at the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL). They put on such massive scores and later, crushed the opposition. But this time, when they faced Mumbai Indians, they were struggling to even reach the three-figure mark. Meg Lanning and co. got skittled out for a mere 105 runs in 19 overs on Thursday (March 9) at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.

Meg Lanning slammed two half-centuries in the previous games, but failed to reach the 50-run mark by seven runs. Only she played a fighting knock against the MI bowlers. By smashing five boundaries, she scored a slow 43 runs off 41 balls before becoming a victim of Saikia Ishaque.

Not our best with the bat this #TATAWPL, but backing our bowlers to turn this around tonight ???#YehHaiNayiDilli #CapitalsUniverse #DCvMI pic.twitter.com/2vEB9Pylh9

— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) March 9, 2023

On the last ball of the 13th over, Ishaque delivered it full on off stump, and Lanning tried to push it but failed to connect the ball properly and it fell straight to the hands of skipper Harmanpreet Kaur at covers. After her wicket, half of the DC batters headed back to the pavilion. Amongst the bowlers, Ishaque, Issy Wong, and Hayley Matthews scalped three wickets each.

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Check how Twitter reacted to Delhi Capitals’ performance against Mumbai Indians

 

MI men's team seeing MI women's team performance pic.twitter.com/t70f5kJsLi

— ▄︻̷̿┻̿═━一 (@NO_VIS0R) March 9, 2023

https://twitter.com/BoiesX45/status/1633851674443026432

Harmanpreet really inspired from Rohit Sharma

— कृति ⚡ (@KRITI_HU_ME) March 9, 2023

First 12 overs like :- Mumbai Indians

Last 6 overs like :- RCB ??

— कृति ⚡ (@KRITI_HU_ME) March 9, 2023

https://twitter.com/ictblood/status/1633853774769844225

Full batting strength and all players batting ability tested.. in one way good for DC.. MI may also face this situation better to get used to these scenarios..

— Venkata Satya Puppala (Sekhar) (@VSekharPuppala) March 9, 2023

Chokepitals for a reason ?

— MSD 7 × SI 96 (@subasri_41) March 9, 2023

DC back to original form ?

— ηєнα (@dreamer__neha) March 9, 2023

https://twitter.com/_Alone_1820/status/1633853582159249408

https://twitter.com/Deep12955533/status/1633851845222502400

https://twitter.com/tpraveenj/status/1633852155395440641

Meg Lanning for the first time will see and feel a batting collapse in her own team instead of the opposite team

— Vish ?? (@vishesh_srt) March 9, 2023

Earlier, the Capitals won the toss and decided to bat first. They just couldn’t find time to settle because Ishaque struck in the second over. Soon one by one, those destructive batters took a long walk back to the dugout. Marizanne Kapp scored just two runs, while Jemimah Rodrigues scored the second-highest run of 25 off 18 balls with three fours.

Mumbai Indians have started their innings and had a perfect start they needed to wrap this game up quickly. They reached 59 runs in eight overs, with openers Yastika Bhatia and Hayley Matthews playing at 39* and 18* respectively.

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