WPL 2023 Final: Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma In Attendance To Support Harmanpreet Kaur And Co

New Delhi: Injured India pacer Jasprit Bumrah and India captain Rohit Sharma were among the Mumbai Indians stars who were present at the Brabourne Stadium on Sunday to cheer for their women’s team who are playing Delhi Capitals in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) final.

Bumrah, who is nursing a back injury, is in doubt for IPL 2023.

Not only just Rohit and Bumrah, but the whole Mumbai Indians team were in attendance to watch the final. Even Sachin Tendulkar was at the stands too.

As far as the game is concerned, Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Capitals by seven wickets to lift the inaugural Women’s Premier League trophy. MI first restricted DC to 131 for 9 and then returned to overhaul the target with three balls to spare. Nat Sciver-Brunt smashed an unbeaten 55-ball 60, while skipper Harmanpreet Kaur made a 39-ball 37 as MI reached 134 for 3 in 19.3 overs.

Earlier, skipper Meg Lanning (35 off 29 balls) was the top-scorer for DC after she won the toss and elected to bat at the Brabourne stadium here. Shafali Verma (11) and Marizanne Kapp (18) also reached double figures but couldn’t capitalise on as DC were looking down the barrel at 79 for 9 in 16 overs.

Shikha Pandey (27 not out) and Radha Yadav (27 not out) then added 52 runs off just 24 balls to take DC to a competitive score. Hayley Matthews returned with incredible figures of 4-2-5-3, while Issy Wong (3/42) continued her sensational run, claiming three more wickets and Melie Kerr (2/18) was the other wicket taker for MI.