WPL 2023 18th Match Highlights: MI-W vs DC-W; DC won by 9 wickets

Mumbai Indians, who had won five consecutive matches in the WPL 2023 season, suffered their first loss against UPW. In today's match, MI also lost to DC, with Delhi Capitals winning by 9 wickets. The 18th match of WPL 2023 was played between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals at DY Patil Stadium. Delhi Capitals won the toss and chose to field first. Mumbai Indian managed to score 109 runs in 20 overs, losing 8 wickets. During their batting, Mumbai Indians only scored 18 runs on the verge of losing 3 wickets in the powerplay. Pooja Vastrakar scored 26 runs while Wong and Captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored 23-23 runs. In response, Delhi Capitals achieved the target in just 9 overs, with Kapp, Jonassan, and Pandey each taking 2 wickets for DC.

Meg Lanning and Shafali Varma got off to a blazing start, chasing 110 runs. The opening pair managed to put 50 runs on the board within the first four overs. By the end of the powerplay, the team had scored 67 runs with just one wicket down. Delhi Capitals successfully chased down the target set by Mumbai Indians, winning the match by 9 wickets in just 6 overs. As a result, DC secured the top spot on the points table with 10 points, while MI followed closely behind with the same number of points. Shafali Varma was dismissed by MI's Healy Matthews.