MI vs DC WPL 2025: Head-to-head record, important stats, and all you need to know

The inaugural editions winner Mumbai Indians will bank on their core group of players while twotime finalists Delhi Capitals will expect fireworks from Shafali Verma when they faceoff in the second game of the Womenrsquos Premier League on SaturdayThe finalists of the first WPL in 2023 both Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals made it to the knockouts in the second edition last year but lost to the eventual champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the eliminator and the final respectivelyThose defeats were certainly not reflective of how well MI and DC had fared until the knockouts stage with Harmanpreet Kaurs side finishing second in the points table with five wins in eight matches and Meg Lannings team topping it with six wins in as many outingsThe winners of WPL 2023 Mumbai Indians tend to lean on their core group of players mdash both overseas and Indian mdash and a similar approach can be expected this year with only a few changes taking place in terms of squad compositionIndia pacer Pooja Vastrakar who was grappling with an unspecified injury was ruled out of the competition and has been replaced by slow leftarm orthodox bowler Parunika Sisodia who was one of the main performers in Indiarsquos titlewinning campaign in the U19 Womens T20 World Cup recentlyMumbai Indians have let go of Englands Issy Wong who took the firstever WPL hattrick in 2023 after the player lost form and the franchise found the leader of their attack in South Africas Shabnim IsmailAmong domestic talents another member of the U19 T20 World Cup winning squad G Kamalini would be one to watch out for having finished as the third highest scorer in the competition with 143 runs in seven matchesApart from a strong leader in Harmanpreet MI have strong figures from other international sides such as Nat SciverBrunt England Hayley Matthews West Indies Amelia Kerr New Zealand as well as South Africans Nadine de Klerk Shabnim Ismail and Chloe TryonWhile Yastika Bhatia is MIrsquos No 1 wicketkeeperbatter other Indian players in Saika Ishaque Sajana Sajeevan uncapped Akshita Maheshwari and Amanjot Kaur will be expected to play their roles to perfectionMI vs DC Headtohead records Last five encountersMumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals have faced off five times in the Womenrsquos Premier League WPL with Mumbai holding a slight edge in their headtohead record Out of these encounters Mumbai Indians have emerged victorious three times while Delhi Capitals have claimed two winsDuring the inaugural WPL season in 2024 the two teams clashed thrice including the grand finale Mumbai dominated their first meeting bowling out Delhi for a mere 105 runs before securing an emphatic eightwicket victory However Delhi bounced back in their second encounter chasing down a modest target of 110 runs with nine wickets in hand The highly anticipated final saw Mumbai Indians rise to the occasion defeating Delhi by seven wickets to be crowned the firstever WPL championsSquadsMumbai Indians Harmanpreet Kaur c Akshita Maheshwari Amandeep Kaur Amanjot Kaur Amelia Kerr Chloe Tryon Hayley Matthews Jintimani Kalita Keerthana Balakrishnan Nadine de Klerk Natalie SciverBrunt Parunika Sisodia Sajeevan Sajana Sanskriti Gupta G Kamalini wk Yastika Bhatia wk Saika Ishaque Shabnim IsmailDelhi Capitals Meg Lanning c Jemimah Rodrigues Shafali Verma Sneh Deepthi Alice Capsey Annabel Sutherland Arundhati Reddy Jess Jonassen Marizanne Kapp Minnu Mani N Charani Niki Prasad Radha Yadav Shikha Pandey Nandini Kashyap wk Taniyaa Bhatia wk Sarah Bryce wk Titas Sadhu