Kolkata : Delhi Capitals, playing 3rd WPL final, are set to face season 1 champion Mumbai Indians in WPL 2025 Final. However, DC are undefeated against MI in this WPL.
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Mumbai likely to have home advantage playing at home ground Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.
The teams also clashed against each other in Season 1 Final where Harmanpreet Kaur’s Mumbai defeated Meg Lanning’s Delhi and became inaugural champion at the same venue.
DC also qualified for final in WPL 2024 final where RCB defeated them. Meg Lanning’s army finished at top in WPL 2025 Points Table, and qualified in the final. This will be their 3rd consecutive final, can they be ‘3rd time lucky’?
Venue :
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.
When to Watch WPL 2025 Final?
The WPL 2025 final between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals can be watched from 7:30 PM IST.
Where to watch WPL 2025 Final?
Star Sports will telecast the WPL 2025 Final between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals.
Live Streaming of the final will be available on the JioHotstar app.
Head To Head :
Delhi Capitals have won 4 out of seven matches against Mumbai Indians in the WPL. DC are also on a 3 match winning streak over the 2023 champions. The only time these 2 teams met at the Brabourne Stadium, MI beat DC by 7 wickets in the final of WPL 2023.
Overall :
Total Matches played : 7
Delhi Capitals : 4
Mumbai Indians : 3
Road To Finals :
Delhi Capitals –
Delhi Capitals finished at top of the points table in WPL 2025 having won 5 out of 8. They started off the tournament with win against MI, however, lost the 2nd game against RCB. Having won 3rd against UP, they immediately lost the 4th against them. DC came back strong recording hat trick of wins in next 3 matches and then finished group stage with loss against Gujarat Giants. They won both their league matches against MI.
W (MI), L (RCB), W (UPW), L (UPW), W (GGT), W (MI), W (RCB), L (GGT).
Mumbai Indians :
Mumbai Indians finished 2nd on points table having won 5 out of 8. Having they lost their first match against DC, they clinched hat trick of wins and get again lost against DC. MI again won 2 consecutive matches against UPW & GGT, lost their last group match against RCB. Harmanpreet Kaur’s army lost their Eliminator clash against Gujarat Giants and qualified for Final. MI lost both their matches against DC this season.
L (DC), W (GGT), W (RCB), W (UPW) , L (DC), W (UPW), W (GGT), L (RCB), W (GGT)
Players and Stats to watch out for :
Nat Sciver-Brunt – Nat Sciver-Brunt is three runs away from becoming the first player to 1000 WPL runs. She’s also seven runs away from becoming the first player in the WPL to tally 500 runs in a single season. She has scored whooping 493 runs at an average of 70.42, most by any players in league’s history. She also bagged 9 wickets and probable contender of Player of the Tournament.
Meg Lanning – Meg Lanning has won all international titles in her career. In 2024, she won her first franchise title with London Spirit in the Women’s Hundred. The WBBL will be the only tournament left for Lanning to win if DC win on Saturday. Lanning also loves Batting against Mumbai Indians, having scored 269 runs with an average of 53.80. She’s also 61 runs away from scoring 1000 WPL runs.
Hayley Matthews – Hayley Matthews has been in stunning all-round form scoring 304 runs (at an average of 33.77) with 3 half centuries, and also Purple Cap holder with 17 Wickets.
Amelia Kerr – Amelia Kerr, ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year 2024, displayed her exploits with the ball, being the only MI bowler with a five-wicket haul in WPL history, the New Zealander has taken 16 wickets at an economy rate of 7.93.
Shafali Verma – Shafali Verma has arguably been the standout batter for the Capitals in WPL 2025. Opening the batting, she has scored 300 runs from eight games at an average of 42.85 with a top score of 80 not out. Shafali is also one six away from becoming the first batter with 50 sixes in the WPL.
Jess Jonassen – Jess Jonassen has been a key all-rounder for the Capitals in the ongoing tournament. She has taken 11 wickets from seven games at an economy rate of 8.19. She also has the best batting average amongst all the DC batters, 45.66, having notched 137 runs with two fifties and a top score of 61 not out against Gujarat Giants.
Shikha Pandey – Pacer Shikha Pandey is the highest wicket taker for Delhi Capitals this season with 11 wickets in 8 matches and might pose threat to MI Batting order.
Squads :
Delhi Capitals : Alice Capsey, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen, Marizanne Kapp, Meg Lanning (C), Minnu Mani, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniyaa Bhatia, Titas Sadhu, Annabel Sutherland, Nandini Kashyap, N Charani, Sarah Bryce, Niki Prasad.
Mumbai Indians: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Akshita Maheshwari, Amandeep Kaur, Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Hayley Mathews, Jintimani Kalita, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Nadine de Klerk, Natalie Sciver, Sajeevan Sajana, Sanskriti Gupta, G Kamalini, Yastika Bhatia, Parunika Sisodia, Saika Ishaque, Shabnim Ismail.
Probable Playing XI :
Mumbai Indians :
1) Hayley Matthews, 2) Amelia Kerr, 3) Nat Sciver-Brunt, 4) Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), 5) Amanjot Kaur, 6) Yastika Bhatia (wk), 7) S Sajana, 8) G Kamalini, 9) Sanskriti Gupta, 10) Shabnim Ismail, 11) Saika Ishaque.
Delhi Capitals :
1) Meg Lanning (capt), 2) Shafali Verma, 3) Jemimah Rodrigues, 4) Annabel Sutherland, 5) Marizanne Kapp, 6) Jess Jonassen, 7) Sarah Bryce (wk), 8) Niki Prasad, 9) Minnu Mani, 10) Shikha Pandey, 11) Titas Sadhu.
